Fedi users who struggle with money and have any amount of free time: Learn to cook if you have the resources.

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Fedi users who struggle with money and have any amount of free time: Learn to cook if you have the resources. Even extremely basic things like making some chicken soup will be less cost for more calories and often minimal added work.

I just made a chicken noodle soup out of entirely store-bought pre-packaged stuff (pre-diced veggies, shredded rotisserie chicken, etc) and it still made substantially more calories and nutrients per serving at less cost than a decent can of soup. Only took like 15-20 minutes to cook and most of that was just stirring a pot.

Genuinely, learning to cook is one of the most cost-effective and healthiest things you can learn. Even if you only cook once a week, even if you only know how to make one or two things, the benefits in how much better you eat and how much less you spend are huge.