How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 230 points –

I don't know how they think we're all going to survive with these prices.

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Meat = almost eliminated from my diet except for frozen ground chicken that's 10 dollars.

Potato chips = replaced by crackers, much cheaper.

Vegetables = all frozen now

Have you looked into the one time expense of buying an air fryer? You can make your own chips/fries/etc which are both cheaper and healthier. Obviously you have to buy the appliance but it pays off in terms of health and groceries eventually. Like, crackers are usually loaded with crap ingredients. You could air fry some potatoes in a little spray of healthy oil for a dollar or two and do your wallet and your heart a solid AND you're still getting your daily allotment of potatoes lol

Would love one but the place I live has a 1000 watt limit before I blow a fuse.

You don't need the gadget. You can make these things with a normal stove and oven. As someone who cooks a lot someone gave me one of these for xmas. It's a damn convection oven. A tiny one worth way too much money. Learn to use the appliances you have and stop with the useless gadgets.

It is a convection oven but most people don't have a fancy oven with a convection oven. Yeah you can make it in the oven but it comes out better in the air fryer and mine heats in literally one minute, I can use it in summer because it doesn't add nearly as much heat to my house, etc. It's way more convenient than using the massive oven for a plate of fries or something and I can even cook an entire pizza in the air fryer I got using the bake setting, which again is just much easier and more convenient for me.

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