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.
