Appreciation post: The cashier at Aldi in Cleveland showed me a $1.89 dinner and I still think about it

Harper Grant · 2026-10-12T09:05:04.290971+00:00

I was standing in line at the Aldi on West 117th in Cleveland two weeks ago with a cart full of stuff when the cashier pointed at my bag of dried lentils and said "you know these plus a can of crushed tomatoes and an onion feeds me for three days for under three bucks." I laughed it off at the time because I figured she was just making small talk, but I tried it that night and it honestly worked, so now I want to know why nobody talks about lentils as the main protein instead of chicken. Am I the last person on earth to figure this out, or does everyone just assume beans and rice is the only cheap option?

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