[vba616]

I have gotten used to just not eating meat every day. I am not refraining out of ethical or health reasons, I'm just happy with tomato sauce on my spaghetti, for instance.

I've noticed that potatoes are really cheap, relatively, like under 50 cents a lb. It has assuaged my unhappiness at pasta being over $1/lb which is my mental anchor.

I do use the loyalty card and look for the things that are on sale by the largest amount, but I don't bother with coupons, because all I see are for things I don't want.

[yakak]

Pasta a little more than doubles in weight when cooked so potatoes are probably more expensive than pasta, which is usually more than rice which triples in weight when cooked.

Of course nutrition is a different matter, making potatoes or brown rice better choices than in a simple weight calculation.

[positr0n]

Mostly unrelated, but few years ago I realized that buying the $3/box pasta has a trivial impact to my food budget but it really does taste better and soak up sauce better (due to the slower extrusion process)