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I'm trying to learn to buy groceries, cook for myself again.

Can't afford to buy and keep produce. Limited cookware. So, any recipe telling me to crush garlic, dice onions, etc, can't do.

Need budget, ghetto, for people on a fixed income, easy no frills way to make diy tomato paste pasta sauce.

Good suggestions so far. Tks. I have 1 bowl, 1 plate, 1 spoon, 1 fork, 1 butter knife ; 1 small sauce pan; Only stores nearby are corner stores. Hardly any produce. Having to make due with what you can find in a liquor store.

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[-] EeeDawg101@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

It's good that you're wanting to cook for yourself, but why no produce? You really need to be able to cut up and onion and to be fair garlic you can get away with already diced jarred stuff, but whew love me my onions lol

Here's a recipe that is budget centered. You could tweak it to your particular needs but cutting out the parts you can't do > https://www.spendwithpennies.com/easy-meat-sauce/

[-] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah I wonder what OP meant? No fridge? Even then, onions and garlic stay good for a long time outside the fridge.

[-] 31415926535@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It's, I have no Tupperware. Nothing to put an onion into after I cut a bit off, to keep it fresh. No foil, no ziploc bags. My $ sitch is that bad right now. I have $60 to last me til September 3. Hence, why I probably sound stupid and clueless right now.

[-] phexinator@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Please don't assume that you sound, or believe that you are, stupid or clueless. Whatever you're going through won't get any better if you beat yourself up, even sarcastically. Take care, you'll pull through!

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