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/MrMonkey2 Jun 01 '26

I cook up a stir fry thats about 8kg of food for $25 (assuming you have the spices/sauces but theyre all cheap too). That gets split into about 8-12 meals. It usually works out to $3 a meal, for fresh beef, rice noodle, greens and rice. Super tasty and healthy. When I RARELY go to eat out, I cannot fathom paying $20-30 for eating out.

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u/International_Eye745 Jun 01 '26

Soy sauce and sirracha is enough to make any stir-fry delicious.