I'm terrible at planning meals and keeping decent foods to cook with, so today I grabbed dried peas, some chia seeds, quinoa, chicken bouillon and spices and am just making something called a soup. Sorta. I get lentils and peas and rice, and I've not been a very good fiber eating lady for a moment, and that's not even what I'm trying to do today. The thing is, beef and ham and hearty foods are expensive, and this is the stuff I had in my pantry (yes, I had the quinoa because, clearly, it's not a regular staple). So I got to thinking about these cheap things we can keep on hand--how they are struggle meals, really. They are also better for you than processed foods. I'm not sure I want to keep on keeping on with blogging about the weird shit I ate in the beautiful realm of fiber, but it is cool to think about Depression style foods, like, how we can eat stuff that's filling, tastes good and is cheap. I really do hope we don't see lentils, dried, ...
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