25 Cheap Meals Our Grandparents Ate To Survive
https://youtu.be/5svGOPptoGA?si=GgjEs7pLznm-HgQ_
I just happened on this while looking for something else. We didn’t do beans & rice, but we did love grilled cheese & tomato soup, Sloppy Joe’s, spaghetti & tuna casserole - all were fairly regular meals at our house.
Q. Frugality.....Daughter just came back from Sam’s Club with a 12 pack of 14.5 oz steam peeled diced tomatoes for $9.63 (plus tax), about $0.80 a can. A good start for a lot of soups and casseroles.
(Off the top of my head, Chili mac, beef barley soup, Lentil stew, black bean and rice, chicken enchilada, chicken cacciatori, mexican rice....)