Get Way More Food For Your Money

Smart, MDM. Some of us take it a step further, and perhaps more healthful, by trying to eat the way many folks in the "less developed" world do it. Dried beans, dozens of varieties, form the basis for lots of great and tasty dishes. Scrimp more on other, more costly, and perhaps less good for us, meat and fish protein---especially red meats. Fried tofu tastes good to many, but certainly not all. Varieties of rice, best if brown, add a nice touch, and are filling. Inexpensive canned veggies add color and flavor, especially if we drain out and rinse to get the salt and can toxins out. All sorts of bread like foods, some corn based, as do our central and south American neighbors. Oatmeal and raisin porridge---best breakfast for the money. And if you have even a small plot of dirt, or community garden, or even a few 5 gallon cans for soil for the balcony or roof, growing our own is fun and cheap. And there are lots of free foods, many high in protein. Once a month we get mussels from a clean nearby bay. Escargot as well. And angling/fishing, no where as good as when I was a boy, still is an option. Keeping chickens as well. Just a few ideas. And water, yes, drink it by the quarts. Best if from springs. We use these types of healthful diets at the Vierk Clinic, for all our patients suffering from Trump Derangement-Hilary Deficit Syndromes, with great results. Just keep the windows open and a bottle of Beano handy at all times.

Soooo you're diluting the nutritional value by 8 or 9. That may be good for the salt and chemical content in canned food but that's about it. No one should be eating this much canned food and even if poor you don't have to. There are inexpensive Whole Foods out of there to put a meal together. You just need to be creative.

UF, the party line has always been that frozen bought seafood (so called frozen at sea can be broken up still cold, wrapped, and stored back in the freezer. Same with fresh fish, but once frozen is best to be used on thawing. Can divvy it up and wrap well though, for first freezer storage. Always works for me, and ain't dead yet, which may be a big disappointment for some. Octopus is great, but not for everyone. Spicy recipes seem to please best.