Invest in a rice cooker. You can buy a decent one for less than $30 at Walmart. Get a huge bag of rice, around $10-20. I eat rice almost every day. Just add a some salt and pepper to the cooked rice and it goes well with chicken or fish. To make it richer, you can add onion, butter and garlic salt. Fried rice is also delicious. Just put cooked rice in a pan with oil (I like to add in some minced garlic too), and fry. Green onion is a great addition, or throw in peas/corn, add scrambled/fried egg to top. And soy sauce is great with it too!
Buy canned beans. You can make chili or cowboy beans with a few other ingredients. Black beans go well with salads; you can buy a box of quinoa and make mexican quinoa salad. Or you can mash them and fry them to make refried beans. Throw them in a flour tortilla and add cheese and you've got a burrito.
Canned tuna or salmon are also pretty cheap protein sources. You don't need to cook them again. Mix them with rice, throw them in a sandwich or even a salad. Or even make burgers with them.
Invest in a rice cooker. You can buy a decent one for less than $30 at Walmart. Get a huge bag of rice, around $10-20. I eat rice almost every day. Just add a some salt and pepper to the cooked rice and it goes well with chicken or fish. To make it richer, you can add onion, butter and garlic salt. Fried rice is also delicious. Just put cooked rice in a pan with oil (I like to add in some minced garlic too), and fry. Green onion is a great addition, or throw in peas/corn, add scrambled/fried egg to top. And soy sauce is great with it too!
Buy canned beans. You can make chili or cowboy beans with a few other ingredients. Black beans go well with salads; you can buy a box of quinoa and make mexican quinoa salad. Or you can mash them and fry them to make refried beans. Throw them in a flour tortilla and add cheese and you've got a burrito.
Canned tuna or salmon are also pretty cheap protein sources. You don't need to cook them again. Mix them with rice, throw them in a sandwich or even a salad. Or even make burgers with them.