I'm too poor to cook like a real Mexican :'(

it all looks so damn expensive

I've been watching YouTube videos to learn how to cook better mexican food

like tacos

I hate being poor because I got in trouble and all my money goes to fees and rent+bills

the tacos I make are a tortilla flaming hot onion rings boxed cheese and canned jalapenos

I don't have a blender or molcajete mortar and pestle so I have to buy premade salsa

I don't know how to make tortillas so I have to buy them

Why am I going to like the only mexican meat market store in town

and I'm eating hot dogs sandwiches and ramen noodles

there has to be something better I can make that's on budget

I want to get chips and hot sauce or guac

and I want tacos

I don't want to do steak tacos

so probably ground beef

I would make stew but I don't want to run the stove for 4+ hours to get the stew good it'll be too hot in the apt

I could do ramen + chips salsa/guac

okay

vegetables/fruit

seasonings

canned things like jalapenos and chili

oil

pickles/olives/ramen/candy

chips

cookies

drinks

that's all the main aisles

then the meat market on the back

and sandwich meat/hotdogs/chorizo and cheese on the far side

WHAT CAN I GET TO HAVE THE DEEP FLAVORFUL MEXICAN TASTE

and not spend 30$+

I'm literally cooking for one person and I don't take that much

now i'm thinking hotdogs again

only because I can just grab the hotdogs

and I don't need to ask for the ground beef for tacos

I could get hotdogs + bread for like 5$

then I can get chips and salsa for like 9$

that's like 15$ to feed myself for tonight

I think i'm going to do that

I usually get pickles when I get hotdogs

I want guac

I probably won't get out without spending like 25$

but what else could I cook for 25$ that may taste better

tablita, burgers, tacos, stew, steak, sandwiches all too expensive

I'm thinking catfish with lemons and chips salsa

I'm about to just make ramen and be done

but I want to eat good today

so I may just go out in the heat and get catfish

when my phone charges i'm going to post a pic of the paper I got in a bag with the prices

also going to post some youtube videos I have watched today

just watched video of tacos

she used turkey but i'm think ground beef

corn tortillas salsa and cheese

pretty simple recipe

I"M GOING TO DO THAT!

brb going to store

20 mins later or so

I ended up spending WAY too much but it should last me a few days

fresco cheese

2 lb ground beef

red salsa

2 bell peppers

4 limes

coconut water flavor

corn tortillas

I plan on cooking about a lb of ground beef with the bell peppers

then warming the corn torilla in the ground beef + bell pepper juice

then wrapping them up

putting the salsa and the cheese on top

squeezing a lime when it's time to devour

haven't tried the coconut water flavor yet but I bet it is good

i'll take pics

When you hear your girl that never speaks to you in English anymore on the radio station playing Mexican music

And it's like heaven and she's been waiting for you

And your belly is full from good food