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Both reign supreme in one form of nutrition over the other, but combined they are a single, low cost unit that will keep you healthy and under budget.

>> No.9985707

qunioa is too expensive for poorfags
you need lentils, beans, rice and potatoes

>> No.9985710

>>9985707
Sad but true.

>> No.9985714

>>9985702
I love quinoa

>> No.9985719

>>9985707

You would derive most of your protein from the lentils, which means no need to buy meat saving you on overall cost. You could probably get some really cheap pork or chicken if you wanted to, but in the end there will always be some way to make up the different in cost basis.

>> No.9985761

>>9985707
it sucks i like quinoa was working in california over the summer and it was 99¢/lb now back home it's like $5.99 a fucking pound ridiculous

>> No.9985795

>>9985761
In my country is 2.99€

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9985839

>>9985702
>Ultimate Poorfag Diet
>no rice

>> No.9985867

>>9985839

Rice is a glycemic index carb. Enjoy your diabetes.

>> No.9985870

>>9985867
>what is brown rice
also
>rice giving you diabetes
stupid idiot

>> No.9985891

Quinoa is like $6 per lb.

>> No.9985923

>>9985870
>rice not giving you diabetes
>stupid idiot

wew flyover

>> No.9985928
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9985928

Try about 7-8 chicken breasts and brown rice and broccoli to give you a dinner for a week at about $15. Some $1 protein bars for lunch, if not, protein powder, peanut butter, and bananas for about $30 to last a month. And then milk, special K protein cereal, eggs, and packaged fish for breakfast at about $7-10 a week.

About $100 a month could easily feed me, but I like to have my vegetables to cook with as well. And I need my oils and little things here and there. So I splurge once in a while, maxing at about $115-130 a month on food. Sometimes beer. Rent is what, $300 or so? Just find a roommate and that's half. Then, what, phone and internet at about $60-100? I could easily live off roughly $400-500 a month if I had to.
That's under 20 hours a week at $7.50 where I'm at, which, spoiler alert, is nothing... Like I need a car or fancy phone... This is of course assuming I don't have to pay the electric, water, and heat bill, which would put somewhere at a $750 a month requirement or so, plus a car and better phone maxing somewhere around $1000 for gas and everything else. Nothing 35 hours a week can't fix. But not as a student.

>> No.9985935

>>9985891

Cooked it basically doubles in size and also increases the amount of calories you're eating, so divide by 2 for an accurate meal intake. $3 for 2lb of cooked food isn't too shabby.

>> No.9986126

I like barley better than quinoa, but neither is as cheap as rice.

>> No.9986174

La vida es una lenteja
O la tomas o la dejas