What do you eat?
catch23: I cook everything with fresh ingredients and I'm still able to eat decently.  I usually either cook a form of soup noodles with 1 veggie & meat for around $2.50 or a form of spinach/fish/tomato/mushroom risotto for around $3.00 a meal. I buy my food from local asian grocery stores that usually half the price of similar foods bought at Safeway.I use cheaper beef bones or chicken gizzards for broth, rice or basic noodles for staple starch.