easiest and cheapest food recipes

You can make a killer risotto so easily. There's definitely purists out there who would have my head. But you could go as simple as some Arborio rice, fried in a pan with some oil for a few minutes, and then add in like some stock with a 3:1ish ratio with the rice (You can play this by ear).

Add some parmesan at the end and bam - pretty delicious meal right there. You can add Mushroom, Peas, Chroizo, Bacon, etc for some more flavour. I also can't recommend Thyme enough, realllly brings it up a notch.