What's up with the hamburger helper thing? All you need is meat, salt and pepper.

I get a full meal consisting of two 300gram hamburgers for around $3 here. It's even a challenge to finish those huge fuckers.

Another easy one is to just fry up some sausages, meatballs or something and eat with spaghetti. This probably costs like $1 to $2, since you can use the same ingredients several days.