I like ants. I paid 0.30€ per tube and I don't think I'll ever need to buy more, I use old plastic food containers, so free, I breed my ants' feeder insects...
I mean, there are many hobbies that can be dirt cheap or free. Do you like plants? Get free cuttings asking for them to your neighbor or any acquaintance, buy a little dirt and cheap pots. Do you like fishes or crustaceans? You don't need an expensive aquarium, you just need a really cheap food grade plastic tub. Do you like bikes? My bike is a cheap second hand one. Do you need a house? Forget it, you'll never be able to pay for one.
cooked some small potatoes in the microwave (10-12 mins)
added some rehydrated small textured soy
added tomato sauce I had in the fridge and needed to finish
added spices (tomato powder, basil, garlic, chilli pepper flakes... I don't remember what else)
mixed all and heated it for one or two extra minutes
added chia seeds and nutritional yeast
If you don't have the tomato sauce you can use some oil and add other spices to your taste.I love textured vegetable proteins because they are so convenient; since those are dried they are easy to keep, won't spoil for a long time and rehydration usually takes little time.
In Spain there is the "coñofre", something like pussywaffle. There's also a dick version.
https://diariodeavisos.elespanol.com/2021/06/conofre-atrevido-tinerfeno-arrasa-madrid/
Where I live they opened one "la pollería" (the dickery?) and the opening day it was a blast. People hungry for sweet sweet dicks.