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Decisions about
Food.

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21%
average regret rate from live outcomes. Drops significantly over time.
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43
recorded outcomes in this category alone.

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Made Great Depression era soup for a week

Filled 8 qt pot with cheap ingredients, fed myself for a week

Regret Level1/10

made healthy cereal at home

made a simple, cheap breakfast with oats and raisins

Regret Level1/10

Make budget-friendly chicken and rice dish

Made budget meal with chicken and rice, served with green beans

Regret Level1/10

making own bagels

tried making bagels, results were decent

Regret Level1/10

copied recipe by hand

Found preserved recipe in honeymoon journal

Regret Level1/10

started making own yogurt

I assumed making yogurt would be complicated, but it's not

Regret Level1/10

Buying chicken leg quarters on sale

Wasted 7 lbs of bones, skin, and fat

Regret Level8/10

Cooked a dollar meal

Cooked a tasty meal for cheap

Regret Level1/10

used McDonald's reward points for free sandwich

got free sandwich anyway

Regret Level1/10

Seeking cheaper protein options

Explored cheaper alternatives for meat

Regret Level1/10

Grow own tomatoes to eat fresh

Couldnt grow own tomatoes due to apartment

Regret Level2/10

I made a zero-cost tofu press.

Tofu is cheap, healthy and delicious, so it's ironic that tofu presses cost a small fortune. The DIY versions are great, but they require purchase of the supplies. You actually don't need ANY of that! Just keep the original plastic box from your previous cook. Open up new tofu box and squish it on top, weigh it down with a container of water, and let gravity handle the rest. The built-in grooves provide perfect drainage—no hole-punching required. It’s a zero-cost, zero-clutter way to get be

Regret Level1/10

Eating on $40/week: Chicken and rice lunch prep

Continuing my series on eating well on a $40/week grocery budget... I work a Monday - Friday schedule and prep both my dinners and lunches on Sunday. For dinners, I cook a full meal (and have posted the past few weeks of my meals on this subreddit). It would be a little much to cook full meals for lunch as well, so instead I cut a few corners here and there and make what I like to call "assemblage meals", which aren’t as transformational as cooking per se, but instead assemble individual ingred

Regret Level5/10

bought cheap chicken at Kroger

spent $5 on chicken, got quality protein

Regret Level1/10

Getting Burger King Whopper every Wednesday

I'm saving money on cheap burgers

Regret Level2/10

Made Colombian style rice and beans in Instant Pot

Turned out super tasty and easy to make

Regret Level1/10

Cook 5lb bag of chicken drumsticks on a budget

Received 5lb bag of chicken drumsticks from food pantry, need to cook on a budget

Regret Level1/10

Buy brisket during St. Patrick's Day sale

I save money by buying brisket at a discount

Regret Level1/10

Got potatoes from food bank

Concerned about spoilage, researched solanine

Regret Level2/10

Cut costs on food

Started meal prepping with lentils and beans

Regret Level1/10