We did cheap stir fry last night. Most expensive item was the shrimp, but that was on sale for I think $4 a pound frozen. Wish I would have gotten more. Used up some carrots, bell pepper, onion, cabbage we had in the fridge,and added some broccoli. The wife got a pound of mushrooms for 50% off. Made some basmati rice, and it's probably $12 worth of ingredients. I'll get at least 2-3 meals out of it for two people and still have vegetables left to do another round with some frozen chicken thighs. I don't eat huge portions, and neither does the wife, so it's pretty easy to stretch out everything with leftovers.
I guess having soy sauce, and some five spice I got on sale also contributed but I can get ridiculous amounts of meals from both of those items once they're in the pantry, I guess I don't necessarily can sit her pantry items or dry goods like that to be part of the meal cost.
It does bug me that vegetables are going up in price, because we buy a lot of them, but that's why I like easy meals like this to use up whatever scraps I have.
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There's definitely cheap stuff out there, especially when you focus on getting stuff on sale, just figuring out other uses for cheaper things. I've been using a lot of cabbage lately just because it stays good for such a long time in the fridge, and I like it, and it's just pretty damn versatile.
The new wok is wonderful. I'll have it for years upon years.