<prompt> Human: I have been trying to save some money by cooking for myself.I try pretty much everything to minimize costs -- I shop at a cheap food store, I only buy items on sale if possible, cook 3 meals at a time and save leftovers, etc.Even after all of this, each meal comes to around 13. Take-out, comparatively, would be somewhere around 11.Is it even economical to cook for one person?Assistant: I dont know what in the world you are eating if you are spending 13 per meal. Thats probably the issue.Human: it could be the cost of living, maybe New York or something but even then..thats a ridiculous amount of money to feed one mouth. Assistant: Its in New York yeah  <response>: It is like...manhattan or something? How much does a box of pasta generally cost? 