My Top 5 Recession Foods
1) Oatmeal – Not only is it my son’s favorite food, bu for about $2 a week I can feed breakfast to my whole family, and have a snack at work. Throw in $1.50 for some raisins if you have a fancy palette.
2) Pancakes – The just-add-water variety is the cheapest (and still edible) but Bisquick won’t break the bank. Mixed with some cheap syrup and you have enough carbs to get you through a week.
3) Spaghetti – Cheap, healthy, and versatile. Hunts makes 30 different sauces for a dollar.
4) Corn on the Cob – A wise man said, “Corn-on-the-cob should be called ‘corn.’ Everything else is corn-off-the-cob.” That has no relevance here. But 5-6 for $1 does.
5) Wendy’s Crispy Chicken Sandwich – Hands down the best 99 cents I’ve spent since you could get M&M’s 3 for $1 at 7 Eleven. McD’s, Burger King, and KFC all bow before Dave Thomas’ posthumous mastery of the mystery chicken sandwich.
Hon. Mention) Peanut Butter & Jelly – Usually cheap and always satisfying. This one just missed the list because my wife insists we get fancy jelly, which defeats the purpose.
Charles Jones is the lead web designer at an evangelical seminary, where he's pursuing a masters in Christian Education, and holds a bachelors in youth ministry. He's a husband, father of two, and aspiring writer. Aside from design, coding, and getting smacked around in Halo 3, Charles is interested in education, economics, and kitschy sci-fi TV from the nineties. Xbox Live: Elmo McElroy 
