>>3019904You can prepare a whole meal with the same money that you spend on a Mc Donalds's set. And yeah, I know that americans rarely have the will to do something more complex that adding hot water and stirring, but dude, it's not that difficult to learn to cook half a dozen dishes to eat healthier and for cheaper.
I'm from Latinamerica and basically every man is taught basic survival skills like cooking and budgeting before we even finish secondary school. It's not unusual for kids to know how to prepare at least a couple basic meals to help out when their parents are too busy to cook.
Cooking rice mixed with veggies, cubed potatoes and ground beef is basically everyone's first mastered meal where I live, and that meal is super delicious.