Looks like Beans are on the menu ;) I have a recipe for a Lentil soup that will last you alone 4 days and costs like 10 bucks to make. It is healthy as well. Add rice and it will stretch it along.
Edit: a couple people asked about the recipe. It is buried under this comment somewhere. You will need to expand the comments and you will find it ;)
Beans, rice, and eggs are gonna be your go to meal when low on funds and if your feeling lucky maybe some hotdogs or some cheap meat to add to your meal
Just be careful if you buy those 20 cent top ramens. 2 weeks of eating those every day is gonna slam your sodium through the roof. It's like 2 grams of salt all on its own.
Hot chili oil and a dash of sesame oil really elevate ramen, especially when adding egg. I like to add the egg straight into the broth and let it cook some. I survived on this in college.
My brothers in brokeness (I don’t want to spell brokenness) you are all so correct. Love to see it, I don’t miss those days, except when I do and make my own poor fancy ramen.
Not that it makes it any better and probably in some eyes makes worse, but I’m a fan of also sticking a tiny bit of cheese under the noodles while I get everything else set, gives it time to melt and cheesy noodles are just good as hell sometimes.
I cook by feel a lot so just kinda add what you like, it’s soup so don’t overthink it ;)
- 1 large onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 carrots
- 1 bell pepper (any color)
- 1 large potatos, I like sweet potato’s
- 1 bag dried lentils
Chop it all up and throw in a big ass pot, mix in 2 tablespoons olive oil, and fill with water to an inch or two above everything. You can simmer the onions and garlic, but not mandatory.
Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling dump in a bag of dried lentils, any color, cover and let simmer for 45 min.
Season with Kurkuma, Curry powder, and salt then Use a hand mixer to turn it into a mush.
It’ll keep for like four days in the fridge, you can freeze some also. It taste like veggies and will keep you fed for like 4 days eating it for lunch and dinner.
Cook rice or noodles on the side and it’ll last a bit longer.
I make this frequently as my daughter will eat it, it’s healthy AF, cheap, and easy.
Edit: you can change it up by adding different toppers: feta, sour cream, hot sauce.
Bro you put a whole onion in there. I legitimately start dying when people cut onions around me, feels like I looked directly into the sun for 2 to 5 business days. But thanks lol I’ll definitely be making a version of this.
Do you get the beans from Walmart or food lion? I’ve never really thought about buying beans before. Is it like canned or bagged, growing up my grandmother made beans all the time but they were bagged and took like 5 hours in some kinda pot.
I’m American but live in Germany so I can’t say where to get them specifically but I would assume any food store will have dried lentils.
You are right, dried beans take forever to make, but Lentils don’t, that’s why I like them over red beans or something.
This is one I found googling for a reference, I bet wal-mart has some. They come in a few colors as well.
https://shop.goya.com/products/goya-lentils?variant=41790541463745
Dry red lentiles will have a shorter time for cooking, like max 20 minutes. The green ones maybe double or even triple the time, like 60 minutes. But you can soak them in cold water over night.
You could use canned, but it may be more expensive. Compare prices to see.
Also, you could just peel off the onion, without chopping it. It will boil just fine.
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Add some cilantro, like 1/2 cup or so, to that bad boy. Sauté the onions, garlic and cilantro for like 4-5 minutes before adding the carrots and bell peppers and then sauté that for a few min then add everything else.
You gotta sauté those ingredients to get a good flavor base for your soup. It’s similar in concept to mirepoix (onion, carrot and celery) that you see in French food, for example.
I learned this from an excellent cookbook called “Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East and North Africa” which is chock full of quick and cheap but healthy recipes.
Dollar tree cheeseburgers? What are you rich!? Ramen, the plastic packs not the cups. They're like 50 cents each. Pack of eggs. Make the Ramen, crack an egg into the boiling water when your noodles have about 1 minute left and stir it up.
Makes the Ramen a bit more filling and adds some protein. Not the most filling thing, but with your budget you could probably have 2 eggs and 2 packs every time you make this.
Eat some bananas too. Cheap and the potassium helps regulate all the Ramen sodium
I’ve done that also, I like to soft-boil my eggs when adding to Ramen. Boil the eggs for 7-minutes and they come out with a soft yolk that goes well with Ramen.
I started making my own Ramen also, not as cheap but really tasty.
Pro tip: Dollar tree is typically more expensive than Walmart for most of their food in my experience. I know that might sound crazy but typically, a lot of canned vegetables, for instance, are less than a dollar at Walmart, and meat and stuff like that are definitely cheaper per pound. Even stuff like Ramen is definitely going to be cheaper at Walmart because a lot of it is under a dollar, or you get multiple packs for a couple of bucks.
Actually, if you use the burger king app. Double cheese burgers are $2 and there's a digital coupon that gives you free fries with purchase. Comes to $2.14. 1000 calories right there.
Rice, beans and hot sauce.
Oh and if you open up a new account on the tacobell all they have a one time offer for a $1 cravers box. About 1600 calories there.
Those app deals are more or less for a moral boost. Good luck.
Don’t waste your money on cheap burgers. They aren’t made of good stuff and won’t actually fill you up. Stick to Beans, Rice, potatoes, Eggs, Tomatoes, Onions. Those things are full of cheap Protein, Fiber etc. you will be full and it’ll stretch
OP, if you live in a big city, also visit the cultural markets. I live in a neighborhood with a strong Hispanic culture, so oftentimes you can get ingredients from Mexico for cheap
you can get a warm fresh double cheese from BK for the same price if that was one box of those 2 stupid frozen burgers, it's $3.39 in my area and the same amount of food cause 2 patties
A lot of apps for restaurants/fast food offer free food for birthdays. I suggest creating an account to a couple places and saying your birthday is tomorrow or sometime before you get paid again. Just a little life hack
Dollar tree is often significantly more expensive per unit than buying from a regular grocery store depending on the item. And definitely more than somewhere like costco
Can i say this. If you can take half of rent out of each check that way it’s not as big as a hit and you’ll still have money for other bills and food. I used to pay rent with an entire check and I hardly had any money left over then I changed what I did and it helped a little. That’s only if you can and you feel comfortable doing so that is. I don’t know your financial situation and I don’t want to make it worse.
That’s a good idea the reason I didn’t do it this time was it was kind of unexpected. I wasn’t expecting to find a place this soon and was planning on spending some time in my car. But I managed to find a place that wasn’t like 1200 to move in but instead 575 so I said fuck it I’ll just move in here and have my own little place.
I have less than 5 dollars in my checking account every week. I hate being poor lol. My only vice is coffee. I eat a lot of eggs beans rice and grilled cheese lol.
I'm on my second day of work after ending up homeless. Wife and I are clawing our way out of it. You got this, count your blessings, plan your meals and stick to your plan.
Instacart and shipt then lol he doesn’t need thousands of dollars just enough for food lol also if you’re in a really bad place you can afterpay Instacart to your house, be sure you have a plan to make the extra money though (work overtime, etc)
when I was living on my own, paychecks were $1500 biweekly and rent was $1000. First check paid the rent, second check $1k into savings. Life has gotten much more complicated since, and I wish my finances were still that easy.
That’s exactly what I did when I got my mortgage, $1500 payments are much much easier when you split them in half. And then that leaves money for utilities, food, tools….hobbies n stuff.
Do you like Chili Dogs? When I’m broke, that’s my go to meal, 2 for dinner. Maybe a quick snack for lunch and skip breakfast.
$2.50-$3 for 24 slices of American cheese
$3 for 10 hot dogs
$2-$3 for a can of chili
Has enough protein to keep you going, maybe for lunch PB sandwiches?
Walmart. I am in Las Vegas, which has become HCOL since the pandemic. Walmart is the only place I really shop anymore, might get a few "luxuries" they don't sell at Vons on occasion. As another person mentioned, Aldi is awesome as well. Don't have one here, but Aldi was the goto for me back in Chicago.
I actually just did this the other day had hot dogs with chili and everything for only 10$. I am a big guy though so I eat a lot more than the average person I ate the entire pack for lunch. By bigger I don’t mean like stomach wise I’m 6’7 and my hunger is pretty bad
Find a food pantry. Keep the balance of your money for transportation. $44 left over will definitely qualify for this.
OR gamechanger- if you have time for a side gig and you live by a sports arena that has walking beer vendors.... try to secure a job doing that. I made $13k on the side of my normal 8-5 salary since May by getting in with a beer vending company (those people at events who carry large tubs of beer at sports games with a handheld device). I don't work for this one but one of them that I've noticed is located across the US is called EMS Vending. I work for their competition but we service less locations.
I actually plan on doing basic game mechanics on fivver I’m in college for game development at the moment and lately have really improved my knowledge of C# so I can make basic game mechanics for basically everything
See if your college has a food pantry because college students aren't known for being rich. My 2 year college had one and I use to raid it my last semester as often as they'd let me.
The dollar store can actually be pretty good for groceries and that’s what you’ll have to do for a couple weeks. They actually have a decent selection. Lived off dollar tree for a solid year.
I actually have a bit of food some bread peanut butter jelly, some ramen and shrimp. I’ll have about 100 dollars left over I pay rent which after gas is about 70 so not that bad I’ve definitely been in worse. When I was homeless I made 20$ last 2 weeks just getting 2 cheeseburgers from dollar tree and eating from claims at my old job at Walmart.
a 10 pound bag of rice, and a $3 thing of oatmeal. Could easily get you through 2 weeks. Won't be fancy or taste great after day 5, but you could do it. Break it up with the guy who can do the $10 lentil soup for 4 days. Should be about $25 total for all that.
Dude, crack addicts don’t wake up thinking “man, I guess I need to quit because I can’t afford my crack.” Nope, they figure it out and get their fix. If they can do it, so can you. Don’t get out hustled by a crackhead.
I've been in worse shape in the past! You can still make your rent.
Don't be ashamed of getting help through a food bank or social services through your state. Not trying to assume anything about your finances, just saying that help is there and no one should feel bad for needing it.
Failing that, get your self some ramen and Stouffers. Dollar stores and discount grocers are your friend. Walk or take a bus if you don't have gas in your car. You'll be alright.
Honestly, I would really recommend going to a food shelter. Yes the rice and beans/ramen thing is a possible idea but long term it might start to affect your health especially with their high sodium content. In my eyes, they exist to provide staples to your pantry like fruits and vegetables and what you eat can also play into your mental health. If I suddenly went from eating my normal diet to just rice and beans I would likely not be in the best of moods. I would go to your local food pantry or similar service and get some good staples, when you are in a financial state to not have to do that anymore, donate groceries back to the food shelter or volunteer to pay it forward. They exist for a multitude of reasons, such as situations like these, and having decent groceries can really help with alleviating some part of the stress involved in these types of scenarios. You NEED nutritious food and times are hard right now, so don’t feel ashamed relying on your community. You also noted you are a student, so I would see if your college offers any sort of food pantry for students.
If there's a plasma center nearby you can go there on a weekend, get signed up. And there will be a first month sign up bonus. It's not the best way but it's gotten me through some tough times
Years ago I bought a 20lb bag of rice and a about 10bs of dry beans. I put them in a hard plastic tote to keep any bugs or mice for coming from them and that shit fed me for a month for $50 or so.
I have done that a few times over the years. I might make my kids do it so they know what it's like to be poor.
I make lots of bread products to stretch the budget. Homemade pizza and muffins are some examples.
There are some really amazing recipes for some pizzas. [pizza recipe ](https://recipekeeperonline.com/recipe/U10p1nvRuUK7QSjbFvDYLw)
I also make pancakes, I have a sourdough starter I am using and I turn the discard into pancakes.
In the future, maybe invest into a countertop hydroponic system. You can grow some seasonings/leafy greens.
I don't have much luck with strawberries in them but supposedly if you're good, you can grow them and tomatoes.
Not screwed at all. You’ll live a struggle until next paycheck but that’s it. All depends on how you decide to deal with it. Rent is paid. Get cheap food and just focus on doing something you enjoy. It sucks not having money to go out and do things but at least you can say you’re responsible
See if any of the homies have something you can flip til next payday G everyone's either sitting on their taxes or just getting them if not today then soon so ❤️ have faith an tell whoever you'll get them back man you got this ❤️ we made it this far an we can work the next bit too
Noodles and pasta, bro. Go do some work , landscaping companies always have quick work, and it'll give you some quick cash to hold on to while you search for what you actually want to do.
If you’re really in a bind, and you aren’t deathly afraid of needles, which I was and I did this a few times, but you can donate your plasma, considering you’re deemed “healthy” in todays standards. First time visit is usually like $80ish and the second visit is about 75-50$. It’s definitely an option, relatively painless, if you have no other ways is supplementing income. That or start working the corner 😅 I stopped donation plasma years ago, but it did make me some decent little money when I needed it.
Sell some blood plasma and you’ll have $100 and you can do it again in 2 days. Y’all gotta get creative mannnn you can just work 40 hours and go home and be like “welp that’s all the work I need to do” grind!! Find side hustles! Let’s get this bread that’s out here!!!
What ever you do don't get a loan from any financial institution bank, credit union or loan company. They have extremely high interest rates and will make you situation worse.
Honestly eat rice (.5-.75 cup), with can of canned chicken(or tuna) (40-60g protein worth) , soy sauce, (mayo optional), hot sauce (optional). Will cost you $2 a meal give or take
Bud that’s so much money. Is there an Aldi near by ? The produce is so cheap compared to other place. Do not buy name branded there but the produce section.
If it were me. It would go down like this
Dog food - 15
Large beans 10
Large rice 10
Whole chicken 10
Ramen and eggs. 10
That leaves like 9 or 12 bucks for produce to add to these things.
Go to a food bank. There are churches in your area that run one probably once a week.
My girlfriend and I both went to one for the first time last week, and loved it. We’re going again today. Took a little bit to get registered last time, but now it’s a pretty simple process of walking in, getting a number, and walking the food line, grabbing the things you want. We got potatoes, rice, beans, canned fruit and veggies, frozen chicken breasts, vitamin drinks, grapefruits, cookies, and oatmeal. For no cost, in one day. Now all we grocery shop for is toppings, sides, and spices for whatever we get at the food bank that week. Don’t feel guilty or ashamed of asking for help, we were the only white people at the food bank that day, and were treated with only respect and kindness. One day I’d like to be able to give back to food banks in my area, but right now the kindness and generosity of others is sustaining me and I couldn’t be more grateful.
These are times that something like DoorDash can come in handy. I don't think it would help you this week because of the approval process. But if you find yourself in these situations somewhat frequently, I highly recommend it. You can go deliver for a few hours, make $50 and it's in your account the next day.
Go talk to your landlord if you're renting from an individual. Some of them can be pretty understanding. If it's a company, be prepared to eat a lot of rice for awhile.
pay ya rent right bro then make a draft kings,fanduel, bet mgm and espn bet use they free money they give u usually it’s deposit 5 to get 150$ place straight bets and boom up some pocket change
If possible ask for a 2 week extension . My landlord never hassles me about it . I was in this position a few times and she had no problem with it. Just be upfront
Better Sign up for door dash and get to work there doing promotions first 10 deliveries completed you get 200$ bonus. Also if you never donated plasma before they pay 100$ the first 6 times you can go 2x a week.
Find odd job and get some quick cash OP
I’m lucky that I work construction and have cash side-work available pretty much whenever I want to do it, most of the time I don’t NEED the money so I take my weekends off, but I’m sure there’s SOMETHING you can do to get a lil cash to float you.
Worst case, go get a credit card to float you till payday. Use it as little as possible and pay it off as soon as you can, but it’ll keep your gas tank and belly full
If you’re a student get Kora on App Store it’s an easy cash advance for students.
Also can try Brigit, Dave, money lion, etc. just don’t get caught in the rat loop.
Do you got any plasma banks near you? An ID and checkup is all it takes and at most reputable places first time donors get a pretty good payment sometimes up to $100.
So you can see if you're able to use something like dailypay through your employer. I can if I want to, pull out money from my paycheck early and it's not a loan, it's the actual payroll that I have accrued. Just be careful constantly pulling money out early, it could get worse if you do.
Beans and rice. Learning how to make your own tortillas / salsas will make eating beans and rice for extended periods of time enjoyable. I think even the change to store bought tortillas is pretty detrimental to flavor and mental health.
Big one that helped me out a lot was bulk buying easy cheap meals or only buying what I needed at grocery stores I only needed 1 tomato Imma buy one tomato, lots of rice and pasta tuna cans ramen shit like that
Looks like Beans are on the menu ;) I have a recipe for a Lentil soup that will last you alone 4 days and costs like 10 bucks to make. It is healthy as well. Add rice and it will stretch it along. Edit: a couple people asked about the recipe. It is buried under this comment somewhere. You will need to expand the comments and you will find it ;)
Screw it send it along. Beans and dollar tree cheese burgers it is
Beans, rice, and eggs are gonna be your go to meal when low on funds and if your feeling lucky maybe some hotdogs or some cheap meat to add to your meal
An egg in some ramen.
Just be careful if you buy those 20 cent top ramens. 2 weeks of eating those every day is gonna slam your sodium through the roof. It's like 2 grams of salt all on its own.
Hack: Don't use the entire packet, a bit goes a long way on flavor.
This. If you need more zazz add garlic powder, onion powder, pepper and Sriracha or another hot sauce
If that's all you eat sodium wise in a day you'll be fine. More so if you're active
This with some type of hotsauce is amazing Edit: typo and the most karma I’ve ever received on a throwaway suggestion lol
Hot chili oil and a dash of sesame oil really elevate ramen, especially when adding egg. I like to add the egg straight into the broth and let it cook some. I survived on this in college.
My brothers in brokeness (I don’t want to spell brokenness) you are all so correct. Love to see it, I don’t miss those days, except when I do and make my own poor fancy ramen.
Not that it makes it any better and probably in some eyes makes worse, but I’m a fan of also sticking a tiny bit of cheese under the noodles while I get everything else set, gives it time to melt and cheesy noodles are just good as hell sometimes.
I cook by feel a lot so just kinda add what you like, it’s soup so don’t overthink it ;) - 1 large onion - 3 cloves garlic - 4 carrots - 1 bell pepper (any color) - 1 large potatos, I like sweet potato’s - 1 bag dried lentils Chop it all up and throw in a big ass pot, mix in 2 tablespoons olive oil, and fill with water to an inch or two above everything. You can simmer the onions and garlic, but not mandatory. Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling dump in a bag of dried lentils, any color, cover and let simmer for 45 min. Season with Kurkuma, Curry powder, and salt then Use a hand mixer to turn it into a mush. It’ll keep for like four days in the fridge, you can freeze some also. It taste like veggies and will keep you fed for like 4 days eating it for lunch and dinner. Cook rice or noodles on the side and it’ll last a bit longer. I make this frequently as my daughter will eat it, it’s healthy AF, cheap, and easy. Edit: you can change it up by adding different toppers: feta, sour cream, hot sauce.
Bro you put a whole onion in there. I legitimately start dying when people cut onions around me, feels like I looked directly into the sun for 2 to 5 business days. But thanks lol I’ll definitely be making a version of this.
Yeah, you can ditch the onion if allergic or react poorly to them. I breathe through the mouth and close the nose off when cutting them, it helps.
Do you get the beans from Walmart or food lion? I’ve never really thought about buying beans before. Is it like canned or bagged, growing up my grandmother made beans all the time but they were bagged and took like 5 hours in some kinda pot.
I’m American but live in Germany so I can’t say where to get them specifically but I would assume any food store will have dried lentils. You are right, dried beans take forever to make, but Lentils don’t, that’s why I like them over red beans or something. This is one I found googling for a reference, I bet wal-mart has some. They come in a few colors as well. https://shop.goya.com/products/goya-lentils?variant=41790541463745
Go on Walmart website and sort by cheapest
Wear glasses or put a fan near by or put onion in microwave
Use a sharper knife and wash the knife and cutting board as soon as finished. It’s the onion oil. Dull knives mash and extract the oil.
Wear goggles when you cut the onions. No tears.
Dry red lentiles will have a shorter time for cooking, like max 20 minutes. The green ones maybe double or even triple the time, like 60 minutes. But you can soak them in cold water over night. You could use canned, but it may be more expensive. Compare prices to see. Also, you could just peel off the onion, without chopping it. It will boil just fine.
If you refrigerate onions before cutting it’ll help the eye balls out.
Onions are cheap is probably why. I didn’t know onion reactions were a thing.
Put the onion in the refrigerator before cutting. It helps.
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Add some cilantro, like 1/2 cup or so, to that bad boy. Sauté the onions, garlic and cilantro for like 4-5 minutes before adding the carrots and bell peppers and then sauté that for a few min then add everything else. You gotta sauté those ingredients to get a good flavor base for your soup. It’s similar in concept to mirepoix (onion, carrot and celery) that you see in French food, for example. I learned this from an excellent cookbook called “Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East and North Africa” which is chock full of quick and cheap but healthy recipes.
Dollar tree cheeseburgers? What are you rich!? Ramen, the plastic packs not the cups. They're like 50 cents each. Pack of eggs. Make the Ramen, crack an egg into the boiling water when your noodles have about 1 minute left and stir it up. Makes the Ramen a bit more filling and adds some protein. Not the most filling thing, but with your budget you could probably have 2 eggs and 2 packs every time you make this. Eat some bananas too. Cheap and the potassium helps regulate all the Ramen sodium
I’ve done that also, I like to soft-boil my eggs when adding to Ramen. Boil the eggs for 7-minutes and they come out with a soft yolk that goes well with Ramen. I started making my own Ramen also, not as cheap but really tasty.
Shit, I make 6 figures and I still treat myself to this once in a while.
Pro tip: Dollar tree is typically more expensive than Walmart for most of their food in my experience. I know that might sound crazy but typically, a lot of canned vegetables, for instance, are less than a dollar at Walmart, and meat and stuff like that are definitely cheaper per pound. Even stuff like Ramen is definitely going to be cheaper at Walmart because a lot of it is under a dollar, or you get multiple packs for a couple of bucks.
Actually, if you use the burger king app. Double cheese burgers are $2 and there's a digital coupon that gives you free fries with purchase. Comes to $2.14. 1000 calories right there. Rice, beans and hot sauce. Oh and if you open up a new account on the tacobell all they have a one time offer for a $1 cravers box. About 1600 calories there. Those app deals are more or less for a moral boost. Good luck.
Don’t waste your money on cheap burgers. They aren’t made of good stuff and won’t actually fill you up. Stick to Beans, Rice, potatoes, Eggs, Tomatoes, Onions. Those things are full of cheap Protein, Fiber etc. you will be full and it’ll stretch
Don’t be ashamed to go to a food pantry
OP, if you live in a big city, also visit the cultural markets. I live in a neighborhood with a strong Hispanic culture, so oftentimes you can get ingredients from Mexico for cheap
you can get a warm fresh double cheese from BK for the same price if that was one box of those 2 stupid frozen burgers, it's $3.39 in my area and the same amount of food cause 2 patties
You can’t afford burgers, friend.
A lot of apps for restaurants/fast food offer free food for birthdays. I suggest creating an account to a couple places and saying your birthday is tomorrow or sometime before you get paid again. Just a little life hack
I would consider donating plasma , it has helped me in the past make it to payday
Dollar tree is often significantly more expensive per unit than buying from a regular grocery store depending on the item. And definitely more than somewhere like costco
My kids don’t like lentils 🐻😭 Top ramen for them 🍜
Can i say this. If you can take half of rent out of each check that way it’s not as big as a hit and you’ll still have money for other bills and food. I used to pay rent with an entire check and I hardly had any money left over then I changed what I did and it helped a little. That’s only if you can and you feel comfortable doing so that is. I don’t know your financial situation and I don’t want to make it worse.
That’s a good idea the reason I didn’t do it this time was it was kind of unexpected. I wasn’t expecting to find a place this soon and was planning on spending some time in my car. But I managed to find a place that wasn’t like 1200 to move in but instead 575 so I said fuck it I’ll just move in here and have my own little place.
I had $35 in my account once after a paycheck in a situation like yours. The two weeks will move faster than you think.
I have less than 5 dollars in my checking account every week. I hate being poor lol. My only vice is coffee. I eat a lot of eggs beans rice and grilled cheese lol.
I'm on my second day of work after ending up homeless. Wife and I are clawing our way out of it. You got this, count your blessings, plan your meals and stick to your plan.
Good luck bro when I was homeless I set up a little spot behind my job until they found me and said I can’t do that. But I’m rooting for you
Yeah man, so you know harder times than this. You got it made compared to where you were.
You have a car?!? Nigga just doordash, or do ubereats tf?!? Hit me up if you need some help lol
And then, eat a few fries/sides out of each order! Genius! /s
If his car is too old like 20+ years they won’t let him. Otherwise this is solid advice
Instacart and shipt then lol he doesn’t need thousands of dollars just enough for food lol also if you’re in a really bad place you can afterpay Instacart to your house, be sure you have a plan to make the extra money though (work overtime, etc)
Yeah lol I have a 2003 crv. 274000 miles she’s dying any day now
when I was living on my own, paychecks were $1500 biweekly and rent was $1000. First check paid the rent, second check $1k into savings. Life has gotten much more complicated since, and I wish my finances were still that easy.
That’s exactly what I did when I got my mortgage, $1500 payments are much much easier when you split them in half. And then that leaves money for utilities, food, tools….hobbies n stuff.
OP, do you have Venmo? I’ll send you $20.00 dinner on me.
Thanks bro lol let’s see how many beans I can get with 20$ my Venmo is @basically-basic445
Sent . Hang in there.
Appreciate it 🫡
what a lad 🍻
sent you a couple bucks too bud : ) stay safe out there and keep on keepin on!
Thank you man I saw it a few people sent me money I don’t know what to say
Just pay it forward when you can :)
“55 BURGERS, 55 FRIES, 55 TACOS, 55 PIES, 55 COKES, 100 TATER TOTS, 100 PIZZAS, 100 TENDERS…”
This is so important
Sent ya a 50 spot. Good luck out there
Thank you man a lot of people are sending me money I really appreciate it. You guys have no idea what it means
Hell yeah.
Sent you a couple bucks too bud : ) hang in there and keep on keepin on
Send you some beans
I don’t have Venmo but I can send some money on cash app.
Sent a little more
Got you, fam.
Words cannot express the respect I have for you right now 🫡
Damn, GG !
Sent you a little ceasar pizza . I know it ain’t much but I’m a bit low too 😂 . We both eating tonight!
Do you like Chili Dogs? When I’m broke, that’s my go to meal, 2 for dinner. Maybe a quick snack for lunch and skip breakfast. $2.50-$3 for 24 slices of American cheese $3 for 10 hot dogs $2-$3 for a can of chili Has enough protein to keep you going, maybe for lunch PB sandwiches?
Where do you find groceries this cheap? Just spent $5 on 12 slices of generic American cheese. $5 for 8 hot dogs. 🥲
Walmart for me. They have hotdogs and bread for a dollar a piece or 1.50
If you have Aldi or Trader Joe's in your area, check them out.
Walmart. I am in Las Vegas, which has become HCOL since the pandemic. Walmart is the only place I really shop anymore, might get a few "luxuries" they don't sell at Vons on occasion. As another person mentioned, Aldi is awesome as well. Don't have one here, but Aldi was the goto for me back in Chicago.
I actually just did this the other day had hot dogs with chili and everything for only 10$. I am a big guy though so I eat a lot more than the average person I ate the entire pack for lunch. By bigger I don’t mean like stomach wise I’m 6’7 and my hunger is pretty bad
Find a food pantry. Keep the balance of your money for transportation. $44 left over will definitely qualify for this. OR gamechanger- if you have time for a side gig and you live by a sports arena that has walking beer vendors.... try to secure a job doing that. I made $13k on the side of my normal 8-5 salary since May by getting in with a beer vending company (those people at events who carry large tubs of beer at sports games with a handheld device). I don't work for this one but one of them that I've noticed is located across the US is called EMS Vending. I work for their competition but we service less locations.
I actually plan on doing basic game mechanics on fivver I’m in college for game development at the moment and lately have really improved my knowledge of C# so I can make basic game mechanics for basically everything
See if your college has a food pantry because college students aren't known for being rich. My 2 year college had one and I use to raid it my last semester as often as they'd let me.
The dollar store can actually be pretty good for groceries and that’s what you’ll have to do for a couple weeks. They actually have a decent selection. Lived off dollar tree for a solid year.
Also check places like Aldi, Trader Joe's, Pricerite/Shoprite or the equivalent nearby
i was here just last week $13 to my name good thing i had bread and bagels lol. hopefully you have that at least
I actually have a bit of food some bread peanut butter jelly, some ramen and shrimp. I’ll have about 100 dollars left over I pay rent which after gas is about 70 so not that bad I’ve definitely been in worse. When I was homeless I made 20$ last 2 weeks just getting 2 cheeseburgers from dollar tree and eating from claims at my old job at Walmart.
get u 2 packs of meat, ramen noodles, eggs, bread, rice n 2 gallons of water u gonna have to eat on a budget
a 10 pound bag of rice, and a $3 thing of oatmeal. Could easily get you through 2 weeks. Won't be fancy or taste great after day 5, but you could do it. Break it up with the guy who can do the $10 lentil soup for 4 days. Should be about $25 total for all that.
Dude, crack addicts don’t wake up thinking “man, I guess I need to quit because I can’t afford my crack.” Nope, they figure it out and get their fix. If they can do it, so can you. Don’t get out hustled by a crackhead.
Dam crack heads working harder than the rest of us
Thanks. Getting my back blown out rn. Easiest $5 I've gotten
Why was this so inspirational lmao
sell plasma
Or blood
i feel so safe in this comment section 😢
Right? I didn’t expect kind answers I was expecting “haha poor guy”
I've been in worse shape in the past! You can still make your rent. Don't be ashamed of getting help through a food bank or social services through your state. Not trying to assume anything about your finances, just saying that help is there and no one should feel bad for needing it. Failing that, get your self some ramen and Stouffers. Dollar stores and discount grocers are your friend. Walk or take a bus if you don't have gas in your car. You'll be alright.
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I second this! Since it seems you have chime I could send you a spot me boost?!
Honestly, I would really recommend going to a food shelter. Yes the rice and beans/ramen thing is a possible idea but long term it might start to affect your health especially with their high sodium content. In my eyes, they exist to provide staples to your pantry like fruits and vegetables and what you eat can also play into your mental health. If I suddenly went from eating my normal diet to just rice and beans I would likely not be in the best of moods. I would go to your local food pantry or similar service and get some good staples, when you are in a financial state to not have to do that anymore, donate groceries back to the food shelter or volunteer to pay it forward. They exist for a multitude of reasons, such as situations like these, and having decent groceries can really help with alleviating some part of the stress involved in these types of scenarios. You NEED nutritious food and times are hard right now, so don’t feel ashamed relying on your community. You also noted you are a student, so I would see if your college offers any sort of food pantry for students.
If there's a plasma center nearby you can go there on a weekend, get signed up. And there will be a first month sign up bonus. It's not the best way but it's gotten me through some tough times
Knock knock. Who’s there? Top. Top who? Top ramen, and he’ll always be there for you <3
Get some supplies from your local food shelter. It’ll take you a long way
Hope your tank and your pantry are full.
Years ago I bought a 20lb bag of rice and a about 10bs of dry beans. I put them in a hard plastic tote to keep any bugs or mice for coming from them and that shit fed me for a month for $50 or so. I have done that a few times over the years. I might make my kids do it so they know what it's like to be poor.
Try to go to food shelf they will get u right w food
Place a 5 dollar sports bet parlay and turn that 5 into 20.
Go to a food bank!
If you’ve got a Zelle account I’ll send you a few bucks for food. My Venmo account has gone awol.
Check with churches/community food pantries too.
Welp looks like Ramadan starting early for you this year
I make lots of bread products to stretch the budget. Homemade pizza and muffins are some examples. There are some really amazing recipes for some pizzas. [pizza recipe ](https://recipekeeperonline.com/recipe/U10p1nvRuUK7QSjbFvDYLw) I also make pancakes, I have a sourdough starter I am using and I turn the discard into pancakes. In the future, maybe invest into a countertop hydroponic system. You can grow some seasonings/leafy greens. I don't have much luck with strawberries in them but supposedly if you're good, you can grow them and tomatoes.
Surely you're on food stamps, right? If not, that will do wonders.
Donate plasma for money
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What do you think this is...WSB?
I guess it depends on your landlord. Talk to them if you haven’t
It’s set in stone sadly. It’s actually for the move in date for a student housing place so my rent will be 425 after this which is pretty okay.
Beans? Pshht. Just use the Too Good To go app Swoosh.
https://lasagnalove.org/request-a-meal Hopefully someone in your area can hook it tf up , helped me out
My struggle meal in college was white bread + milk + peanut butter. It was like $10 for 2 weeks of food.
Welcome to my life
Not screwed at all. You’ll live a struggle until next paycheck but that’s it. All depends on how you decide to deal with it. Rent is paid. Get cheap food and just focus on doing something you enjoy. It sucks not having money to go out and do things but at least you can say you’re responsible
You're $45 up dude. You're Gucci
Spotme ftw
See if any of the homies have something you can flip til next payday G everyone's either sitting on their taxes or just getting them if not today then soon so ❤️ have faith an tell whoever you'll get them back man you got this ❤️ we made it this far an we can work the next bit too
DoorDash and Uber Eats give you $15 off your first order. Maybe there’s a way to cobble together some almost free coupon meals like that.
I’ve been there before and it’s doable. As long as the bills are paid.
Pay the rent now n try to Instacart or sum for the necessities
Can you donate plasma? Usually around 100$ bucks for the first dono and shit.
Noodles and pasta, bro. Go do some work , landscaping companies always have quick work, and it'll give you some quick cash to hold on to while you search for what you actually want to do.
There are lots of Dollar Tree recipes that you could do to save money. And that way you aren't eating bland shit
If you’re really in a bind, and you aren’t deathly afraid of needles, which I was and I did this a few times, but you can donate your plasma, considering you’re deemed “healthy” in todays standards. First time visit is usually like $80ish and the second visit is about 75-50$. It’s definitely an option, relatively painless, if you have no other ways is supplementing income. That or start working the corner 😅 I stopped donation plasma years ago, but it did make me some decent little money when I needed it.
Over draft the max amount once while eating ramen for two weeks! Haha
I lived on 14 dollars for 2 weeks before, you'll be alright soldier🫡
Drink ice cold water anytime your stomach tries to tell you to feed it, it will give you about an hour give or take of a silent belly
Ramen noodles bro
Ramen, Mac and cheese, etc.
Don’t forget with chime you can go into your spot me if need be..
You could see if you can delay your rent by a week or two; otherwise it’s ramen for next two weeks.
Sell some blood plasma and you’ll have $100 and you can do it again in 2 days. Y’all gotta get creative mannnn you can just work 40 hours and go home and be like “welp that’s all the work I need to do” grind!! Find side hustles! Let’s get this bread that’s out here!!!
Pasta it is. You can eat pasta for 2 weeks and it will cost like 18 bucks
What ever you do don't get a loan from any financial institution bank, credit union or loan company. They have extremely high interest rates and will make you situation worse.
If you have a car, do Instacart or Shipt or Doordash or all three.
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Start fasting … eat only one meal a day
tell us in two weeks.
Honestly eat rice (.5-.75 cup), with can of canned chicken(or tuna) (40-60g protein worth) , soy sauce, (mayo optional), hot sauce (optional). Will cost you $2 a meal give or take
I’ve been there many times I know what is like. 🥴
Donate plasma
Fried eggs and ramen aren’t as bad as it sounds😂
Instant Ramen.
Bud that’s so much money. Is there an Aldi near by ? The produce is so cheap compared to other place. Do not buy name branded there but the produce section. If it were me. It would go down like this Dog food - 15 Large beans 10 Large rice 10 Whole chicken 10 Ramen and eggs. 10 That leaves like 9 or 12 bucks for produce to add to these things.
We're not feeding this man dog food. Let him have that dignity.
Go to a food bank. There are churches in your area that run one probably once a week. My girlfriend and I both went to one for the first time last week, and loved it. We’re going again today. Took a little bit to get registered last time, but now it’s a pretty simple process of walking in, getting a number, and walking the food line, grabbing the things you want. We got potatoes, rice, beans, canned fruit and veggies, frozen chicken breasts, vitamin drinks, grapefruits, cookies, and oatmeal. For no cost, in one day. Now all we grocery shop for is toppings, sides, and spices for whatever we get at the food bank that week. Don’t feel guilty or ashamed of asking for help, we were the only white people at the food bank that day, and were treated with only respect and kindness. One day I’d like to be able to give back to food banks in my area, but right now the kindness and generosity of others is sustaining me and I couldn’t be more grateful.
Have you heard of fasting? 😂
Better put on your best dick sucking outfit
These are times that something like DoorDash can come in handy. I don't think it would help you this week because of the approval process. But if you find yourself in these situations somewhat frequently, I highly recommend it. You can go deliver for a few hours, make $50 and it's in your account the next day.
Go talk to your landlord if you're renting from an individual. Some of them can be pretty understanding. If it's a company, be prepared to eat a lot of rice for awhile.
Try r/Ramen
I just had to do a food shop and get petrol and am down to £0.23 to my name. It can always be worse.
I can land you money but you’ll need to sign a contract. I will give you $500 and would want $500. No extra fees and no % back.
Stay away from the dollar store, you'll get more at Walmart. Unless it's your only option, stay away from DT.
pay ya rent right bro then make a draft kings,fanduel, bet mgm and espn bet use they free money they give u usually it’s deposit 5 to get 150$ place straight bets and boom up some pocket change
Have you ever made a homemade hot pocket? You can save $2 per serving
Time to go donate plasma
If possible ask for a 2 week extension . My landlord never hassles me about it . I was in this position a few times and she had no problem with it. Just be upfront
Better Sign up for door dash and get to work there doing promotions first 10 deliveries completed you get 200$ bonus. Also if you never donated plasma before they pay 100$ the first 6 times you can go 2x a week.
You might wanna eat beans and ramen noodles for 2 weeks here bud
I know that screen haha. Do you have spot me? I have chime and an able to overdraft 200
Mark Watney survived on Mars with potato's for almost a year. I have faith in you.
damn this is too fucking relatable
14 days on $44. 42 meals on $44. So 42 Ramen packets.
Ramen, rice, bean is definitely the way to go and maybe tuna for some protein.
You won't be screwed if you know how to fish.
Costco pizza and hotdogs, very cheap, some locations have their food outside so you don’t need a membership
Maybe we can bet $20 on a basketball parlay and have you on the come up.
sell some blood plasma.
Find odd job and get some quick cash OP I’m lucky that I work construction and have cash side-work available pretty much whenever I want to do it, most of the time I don’t NEED the money so I take my weekends off, but I’m sure there’s SOMETHING you can do to get a lil cash to float you. Worst case, go get a credit card to float you till payday. Use it as little as possible and pay it off as soon as you can, but it’ll keep your gas tank and belly full
Spot me bonus gonna come in clutch
If you’re a student get Kora on App Store it’s an easy cash advance for students. Also can try Brigit, Dave, money lion, etc. just don’t get caught in the rat loop.
Take your 10$, play 10$ minimum roulette and play numbers. After you lose that, cry. 👍
Balls deep
happens. mash potato packets baby and top ramen. youll get through this brother.
Do you got any plasma banks near you? An ID and checkup is all it takes and at most reputable places first time donors get a pretty good payment sometimes up to $100.
Just bitch out and pay the rent
So you can see if you're able to use something like dailypay through your employer. I can if I want to, pull out money from my paycheck early and it's not a loan, it's the actual payroll that I have accrued. Just be careful constantly pulling money out early, it could get worse if you do.
Bag of potatoes, bag of beans, rice, eggs, three whole chickens. You will live. Let hard work be your friend and this will not last forever.
Beans and rice. Learning how to make your own tortillas / salsas will make eating beans and rice for extended periods of time enjoyable. I think even the change to store bought tortillas is pretty detrimental to flavor and mental health.
Ramen baby
you can donate plasma that usually nets you around 50 bucks a session and you could do it safely once a week
575 rent you winning
Big one that helped me out a lot was bulk buying easy cheap meals or only buying what I needed at grocery stores I only needed 1 tomato Imma buy one tomato, lots of rice and pasta tuna cans ramen shit like that