Yeah this woman would not appreciate my responses about eating at home. The 50+lbs bags of rice from Sam's or Costco will last a year comfortably to many people. Even the assorted bags of frozen veggies offer a wide variety at decent prices for around $1.50 depending on the size and the taxes in a person's region. They go great with the rice and all of this can be combined in various ways in Crockpots. $3 will buy one person a weeks worth of oatmeal for breakfast. A person seriously only has to boil water for this.