An Experiment In Cheapness

After spending far too long on r/EatCheapAndHealthy I decided that I would like to take a look into how long I could go while spending as little as possible.  To do this I decided to opt for rice and beans, which is frequently recommended to people who need to get by on as little as possible.  Luckily, before starting this I came across a post that adding a grilled onion to the mix goes a long way in improving the dish.

Ingredients:

2 cups of Dried Kidney Beans

2 cups of Rice

8 cups of water

1 onion

Instructions:

Add rice and 2 cups of water to the InstantPot

Cook on Rice setting and fast release

Add rice to a bowl

Add beans and 6 cups of water

Cook on Manual for 50 minutes

Chop the onion

When the beans are done, allow to natural release

Strain the beans and fry the onions in a large pan

Stir in the rice and beans and cook a bit longer

This... is about as good as a low budget meal can be.  It's not great, but it's filling, and the onion adds quite a bit of flavor to it.  The main issue, is that there is far too much rice for the other ingredients.