It's hard to ignore the rising cost of everyday groceries and how expensive it has become to put a filling meal on the table. Well, if you're looking for some cheap, satisfying dinner inspo, the search is over. Redditor IPod_Kid29 asked, "Those of you who grew up poor, what was your favorite meal ?" Here are some of the " poverty meals " people still make today.
2. "Cheater's lasagna, but I only knew it as mom's macaroni, and she still makes it for me cause it tastes like memories. Boil cheap macaroni noodles and layer them (twice) with Kraft single cheese and diced tomatoes.
Bake until the cheese is gooey. Even just thinking about I feel like I’m a kid again." — llama_llama_ 4.
"Pinto beans (washed, picked, and left in water overnight) and a ham hock. If we were lucky, we'd lucky a couple of bay leaves. We'd let that sit in the slow cooker all day, and man, that was some filling and good stuff.
It lasted three or four days, too, with a big enough pot. I still make this sometimes." — jiyax33634 5.
"Blue pasta. My mother was quite clever, and to not make us realize that we ate pasta with little else several days in a row, she used food coloring. The blue pasta was my favorite.
It tasted the same as any other pasta with ketchup, but when you're a kid, simply believing something is special makes it so." — azthal 7. "What my grandma called 'egg surprise.
' She'd boil an egg, and the surprise would be if it was hardboiled, softboiled, or basically raw. It was the only thing.
