Food · Posted 1 minute ago As A Home Cook On A Tight Grocery Budget, These Are The "Emergency Meals" I Rely On When My Stomach Is As Empty As My Wallet I can personally vouch for every single one of these. by Ross Yoder BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Hot Topic 🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Self-Care Summer I don't know about you, but I've just about had it with grocery shopping — and that's coming from someone who considers himself a pretty savvy shopper. Maybe it's the reality of lugging a hulking tote bag in each hand on the subway in steamy NYC summer weather.
Or perhaps it's the fact that even some of the cheapest recipes I love require so much money (and so many ingredients!) just to make a few measly servings. Either way, I'm low-key sick of it, and I've been in a big cooking rut as a result. Rockaa / Getty Images So, lately, when I manage not to give into the always looming desire to say screw it all and grab some takeout, I've been relying on what I like to call "emergency meals.
" Basically, they're all made possible by keeping a handful of cost-effective, long-lasting, and versatile ingredients in my kitchen at all times. By minimizing the number of ingredients I'm buying during each grocery run and focusing on foods that won't go totally rotten a few days after you buy them, I've been enjoying cooking a whole lot more — and it's saved me some pretty serious money, too. When I say "emergency," I'm not talking about those "just add w.