Pro tip: I fed myself lunch for $2.14 all week and it beat my usual $9 sub run
Been buying a 10 lb bag of rice at the Aldi on 5th for $7 and pairing it with whatever canned beans are on sale, and my lunch total came out to $2.14 a day over 5 work days. The rice takes 20 minutes on Sunday night and I portion it into 5 containers so there's no excuse to grab takeout. Any cheap add-ins that don't wreck the per-meal cost? I'm getting bored of beans already.
Eggs are the move, cheap protein and you can fry one in two minutes. Frozen veg also works since a bag lasts forever and costs almost nothing per scoop. Just season the rice hard so it doesn't taste like sad plain grains.