She’s super creative with instant mashed potato’s and using them makes:

Potato patties

Black bean burgers

Shepard’s pie

I actually made some black bean burgers using the recipe and they came out great!

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      1 month ago

      Let’s do some math then!

      The box of mashed potatoes has 2,720 calories dry lentils 1430 2 cans black beans 770 1 can mixed veggies 100 1 can tomatoes 100

      … yeah you’re right, you’re gonna lose some weight that week, but the high fiber beans/lentils may keep yourself from feeling it. The mashed potato’s are yummy, but take up way too much of the budget for the calories.