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Helios4242 t1_itetohg wrote

Not sure if its too close to spaghetti for the kid, but Maruchan Ramen comes 12 for $3.60. One package is 370 calories and has 8g protein so covers a meal for the basics of macronutrient needs. I like to jazz it up with carrots (get the full size ones, they're ultra cheap. One package will last for 20ish of these meals). Ideally you can add an egg for protein (I just make a poached egg in the boiling water for the ramen). It adds $0.25 per meal but makes it a more filling meal. This adds more but I like to get rotisserie chicken from the store and I can either have that plain or add a bit to my Ramen. I can freeze what I don't use in a few days. Save the bones for making broth for stew, which is another cheap option. Potatoes, carrots, cheap stew meat.

Rice and beans is another classic cheap option.

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PutridOil8535 OP t1_iteubkt wrote

Thank you very much I will get some ramen

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Helios4242 t1_itev5oh wrote

The beef one probably has the most neutral flavor for kids. Chicken one isn't spicy but tastes like curry. Shrimp one they have to like shrimp.

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Independent-Error121 t1_itiw34l wrote

Don't do Ramen, do potatoes. Potatoes are surprisingly very cheap and much more healthier than ramen will ever be.

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Helios4242 t1_itj80ye wrote

no protein

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Independent-Error121 t1_itj853h wrote

Better them Ramem

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Helios4242 t1_itj8vpr wrote

name me a way to get 8g protein in 370 calories for 30 cents other than rice and beans which I also identified.

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Independent-Error121 t1_itj9li9 wrote

Potatoes with brown rice and beans

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Helios4242 t1_itjaiic wrote

You don't need the potatoes for that. It's redundant with the rice.

Rice and beans is indeed good You get better meal diversity if you have two types of meals but if they both need to be on the cheap you can't do rice and beans for both lmao.

Only real problem with Ramen is the sodium but that's a problem with a lot of things.

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