The Tasty community is responding to rising grocery prices with creative approaches to cooking, emphasizing budget-friendly meals. Many members share how they are decreasing meat consumption and turning to alternatives like lentils, mushrooms, and tofu. The frustration over escalating costs is palpable, as people express a sense of nostalgia for meals they can no longer afford to make. Innovative strategies such as stretching meat with vegetables and discovering affordable meat options are highlighted as ways to cope in these challenging times.
I'm experimenting more with lentils and other meat substitutes like mushrooms and tofu. I like to swap half a pound of ground beef for lentils when I cook taco meat. Does it taste as good? Not quite. But it's MUCH cheaper.
I'm not a vegetarian, but I've been eating a lot less meat as it gets increasingly expensive. I try to stretch the meat I do buy as far as I can, by combining it with some sort of vegetable and carb.
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