conversation: User (aerilink): "Holy shit, after reviewing my expenses monthly, I spend far too much on food. Roughly $600\-700 USD a month for 1 person. I'm a 23 y/o M living alone and I have no idea how this is happening as I'm pretty good about buying sale items at the grocery store, spending about $100 a week. I make packed lunch 3 times a week for work, make dinner 6 times a week, never eat breakfast except for homemade coffee and a biscuit everyday, I would say I eat out 4 times a week. I mean on some days I even only eat 1 meal the whole day. Yet when I tally the numbers every month it's like 600\-700 which appears to be the average for like a fucking family.\n\nI don't think I'm eating like a rich person either, I usually have meals consisting of rice, a meat serving, and vegetables. When I eat out it's like $10\-18 per meal. Any tips on cutting down on food expense, I would like to be around $300\-400 which is still considered a liberal meal plan.\n\nUpdate/edit: I just downloaded the app mint to see a graphical representation of my expenditures. So this month, I spent so far $481 on food. "
  Self: "Shop at Aldi's for snacks,  dry goods and frozen meats, in large amounts. Go to the normal supermarket  just for specialty items and fresh produce, milk, eggs, bread. \n\nFuck a crock pot. Nobody wants to wait all day for that. Buy an Instant pot for meal prep. Same idea, but takes a fraction of the time. Bonus - you can throw the frozen chicken you get at Aldi's in there still frozen. 45 minutes later, dinner for a w"
  