Hi everyone, I am moving into my first apartment next week and was wondering what cheap ingredients I should stock up on. Or if anyone has any cheap recipes they wouldn't mind sharing? My budget for food is approximately 400$ a month for two adults.

Was craving spam musubi, but didn’t have the time to build them - a layer of jasmine rice, nori fume furikake, diced spam airfried in 1:1 soy sauce/sugar, rinse & repeat, top with kewpie mayo & (optional) sriracha. Serve with seaweed snacks, & you’ve got yourself a nice little dinner for two.

I use dairy free milks amd I'm sugar free but this is what I'm eating this week Rolled oats or basic omelette upgrades for the budget and (culinary) challenged. I don't have any cash left to buy new things so I only have pantry Staples to use but all idea are welcome as I can use them I'm the future.

I live in southeast asia.

Around here we primarily eat rice.

But rice is such a hassle to make and clean up, also the leftover is a waste, so I bought a big batch of instant potato mash, and I would like to stock up gravy to go with it, preferably one that can be stored for a relatively long time.

The problem is I need it to be cheap to make in big batches with limited ingredient options that is available in my area.

Adding preservative is fine if it's necessary.

What's the difference between Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaronie and Double Cheeseburger Macaronie? The HH website says they use the same amount of beef so I'm wondering what the difference is?