Originally Posted by
Spectral
I really don't know why people keep insisting this. I can walk across the street right now and buy a pound of (pre-seasoned!) pork chops for $1.78, a pound of rice is less than a dollar, and a pound of frozen broccoli is about a dollar. Cook it up, season it, and you've got a pretty decent meal for 2-4 people (depending on size/hunger) for under $4, which is literally the cost of a bag of Doritos. There are many similar variants - chicken thigh, pasta, Brussel sprouts, for example. Pretty much any meal that consists of meat, starch, and something green is basically decent and can consistently be cheaply made.