My project was making ham stock to make a ham/bean soup recipe so I wanted carrot/celery trimmings for the stock. I didn’t really drive 8 miles out of the way just for a bag of carrots because I wanted to go to walmart to get a wireless mouse for work and that grocery store is on the way. It was more a commentary on the sad state of the closer store. The whole carrots were a better deal though too.
We ate canned veggies of all sorts for 20+ years but I’m getting sick of easy button foods. That was the ex-wife’s thing. Canned, boxed, fast. If we had a really good meal, I was the one who made it but it probably wasn’t a cheapo meal.
I’m working on cheap and yummy.
Note to self; The 6 qt instant pot is not quite big enough for 2 lbs of beans plus soup veggies and meat. The 8 qt would be just about right.