I mean… if you’re on a super tight budget, like $1 a day, you will be getting most of your calories from:

Beans

Wheat

Rice

Potatoes

Oils

Then a couple cents a meal for flavor.

So yeah, on a super tight budget if your only source of food is that $1, probably not. Instead of getting that dinky little can of veggies I would probably go for split peas personally, since they are pretty cheap and calorie dense. But mostly sharing cause I thought they were interesting vegan recipe bases that can be added too. The patties tasted good to me and the pie will be good with more veggies I think!

Hopefully anyone who is on such a low budget will have access to a food pantry or some other resources to assist though.