That week I tried to meal prep on $25 and it totally backfired

I set a strict $25 budget for the week's groceries and planned out three basic meals like rice and beans and pasta... but by Wednesday I was so bored I ordered pizza and blew the rest of the budget. The meals were cheap but they had zero flavor and I couldn't stomach another bowl of plain lentils. Has anyone else gone too extreme with a budget and ended up wasting money on takeout?

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joel_young8d ago

$25 is brutal for a whole week. I tried that exact thing last year and was eating sad plain rice by Tuesday. Felt like a failure for ordering Chinese on Thursday. The boring food trap is real. @diana829 is spot on about the hot sauce trick, I keep a bottle of sriracha in my bag now for emergency flavor upgrades. But honestly sometimes you just need a real meal.

diana8298d ago

Add hot sauce and garlic powder to those lentils next time, it costs basically nothing and saves you from flavor burnout halfway through the week.