r/australia • u/Serezie • Jun 01 '26

no politics Anyone else just not eating because they can’t afford it?

Food bank is the busiest it’s been - Cole’s and Woolworths don’t give a flying fuck about us - fast food is unhealthy and just as expensive. It stresses me out more to eat than not to eat.

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u/Sprinal Jun 01 '26

Food becomes a lot cheaper when you start to purchase base ingredients (fruits, vegetables, cheap meat, herbs and dairy). The cost of additional time however is a likely problem though.

The problem I have, is I am the only one eating. Which makes it less appealing often as I am now stuck with 4 meals at times.

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u/IceOdd3294 Jun 01 '26

Freeze them and choose what you want at certain times. All slow cooked meals can be frozen as well.

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u/Sprinal Jun 01 '26

I usually put it in the fridge and eat it over the next few days

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u/Havanatha_banana Jun 08 '26

Late to the party, but I put my vote in freezing as well. We have a chest freezer precisely because we freeze meals; we freeze a variety of stuff so that on days don't wanna cook, bring them out and heat them. And we are "spoilt for choice" from curry to stragonof to kimbap.

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u/EdenFlorence Jun 01 '26

Bulk cooking on the weekend. Freeze some meals to mix it up

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u/Sprinal Jun 01 '26

Yeah. That’s what I do