Hot take: I tried meal prepping with canned beans vs dried beans for a month

I used to think dried beans were just for people with too much time on their hands. Last month I finally tested both side by side for my Sunday meal prep. The dried beans cost me about $1.50 a pound while the canned ones were $1.20 per can. But here's the thing, the dried beans made almost double the amount of food after cooking. I soaked them overnight and used a $20 pressure cooker I got at a garage sale. After 4 weeks, I saved roughly $12 total and the texture was way better. Has anyone else made the switch and noticed a big difference in their grocery bill?

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jessica_dixon7d ago

...and honestly it's not just about beans, it's like that whole mindset of "paying for convenience" that sneaks up on you in a million little ways. Like those pre-cut veggies in the produce section or the individual snack packs, they all add up way more than you think once you step back and look at the total. I started noticing it with laundry detergent and shampoo too, the bigger containers cost less per ounce but you have to actually plan ahead to buy them. So your bean experiment is just one example of how cutting out the extra processing step can save money and honestly make stuff taste better, even if it takes a tiny bit more effort upfront.