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Shoutout to the $12 rice cooker that got me through my first apartment in Denver
I ate out 5 nights a week before, then started cooking with it and my grocery bill dropped from $380 to $140 a month. Anyone else have a cheap appliance that ended up paying for itself?
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victorhill9d ago
That "got me through my first apartment" line hits home because I feel like everyone has that one cheap thing that quietly saves them. My version was a $20 slow cooker from a thrift store. I'd throw stuff in before work and come home to dinner, which meant no more panic takeout runs on the way home. The weird part is how these little buys change your habits without you even noticing. You stop seeing cooking as this big chore and start seeing it as the default. Honestly the money saved is nice but the real win is you stop leaning on restaurants for every single meal.
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