On one hand, I get it. Food is comfort, and when everything else in your life is hard, ambivalent, or cruel, sometimes you just want one thing, just one thing, to be simple and comforting.

but on the other hand, knowing you purchased an $8 food item for $30, just to get it right when it hits that luke-warm to cold temp, makes even a wonderfully tasty meal seem like a waste. I don’t even think I could enjoy eating it, knowing how expensive it was. Like, you gotta find comfort food that you can make at home simply. You know what’s unbelievably good? Get you some frozen french fries (generic Walmart crinkle cut), heat them in an air fryer, and then sprinkle some dill on’em before eating them with ketchup or whatever. Shit is amazing. Comforting, easy, cheap.

Here’s another, get some generic no sugar added apple sauce. Add in a sugar free strawberry jello packet, BAM you got yourself strawberry apple sauce. Cheap, easy, comfort food.

One more, get yourself a stovetop popcorn maker (microwave popcorn just can’t hold a candle to it, sorry), make some fresh popcorn with slightly more oil than is recommended. once finished sprinkle on some salt while josteling the popcorn, and then eat it in a ratio of 5 kernels of popcorn with two pieces of dark chocolate. shit’s AMAZING. Cheap, easy, comfort food. Learn it, and you’ll never waste $30 for a mediocre $5 burrito ever again.