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Just as one example - a single walmart red pepper, $1.43. No-name mac n cheese, 3 boxes for a dollar.

Your exception proves the rule. Eating out-of season produce from Belgian greenhouses is not the way for the poor to feed themselves.

Try the green pepper. Try some frozen peas, beans, or broccoli (frozen veggies are aways in season.) Try frozen red peppers (Trader Joes has a green/yellow/red bag for cheap.)

And if you want to save money compared to mac and cheese (which there is nothing wrong with if it is supplemented with some vegetables), try homemade mac and cheese, with actual cheese.

Moreover, please tell us what that pepper is for. It probably is just an accent for things that are cheap, like Spanish rice with chicken, Jambalaya or Gumbo (those creoles knew how to eat well cheap),

And you don't need a red bell pepper to make Tacos or burritos, for goodness sake (meat/beans, cheese, tomatoes, onions and lettuce are still cheap, and everyone loves them, especiallo poor kids.)

Tomatoes, lettuce, and onions are not cheap in California.

Tacos are one of our more expensive meals. By the time you by taco shells, meat, sauce for the meat, and all the fixings, it adds up quick.

Then if you want to do anything fancy like avocados or olives it really adds up.

Your exception proves the rule. Eating out-of season produce from Belgian greenhouses is not the way for the poor to feed themselves. Try the green pepper.

Oh, I know, and I do buy the green, also whatever's on special. I guess it was a poor sample. I'm referring to people on a budget I know who bypass produce because it's 'expensive' and get the prefab, devoid of nutrition foods. I've been on a stricter budget for a bit of time now. I'm getting good at scavenging out good stuff. Last week, locally, corn on the cob, green beans, and eggplant. Yummo. Also, the lean pork roasts, prepackaged, low fat. I'm just saying that produce can be more expensive than cheap, fast, prefab food, and some seem to prefer to stock up on prefab deep fried chicken nuggets instead of the boneless, skinless chicken breasts, just $6/5lb bag last week. So yes, it's economics and habits. I just miss red peppers, but they'll go on special, too!