What's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they?

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Inspired by this comment [https://piefed.social/comment/10052649]. Iโ€™m curious.

I pretty much live off energy drinks and rice rn.
My dude, do you need some easy recipes? That canโ€™t be good for your mental health.

No.

I need money to be able to afford better food.

Energy drinks are expensive, health and money.
Redbull and Monster are expensive. Venom and Unbound Energy are less than a dollar.
A 32 oz bag of dried beans is $2. A 2 lb bag of carrots, also $2. Cook these together and you have a ton of meals
Too bad I only have $3. Cooking my rice in Unbound Energy instead of water.

Monsterโ€™s not terrible if you buy it in bulk. You can get it for around a dollar per can from places like Costco.

Redbull idk - that stuff tastes like ass imo, so l never paid much attention to price. โ€ฆfor the record, most Monster tastes like shit too, but thereโ€™s a few gems in the Ultra line.

Gently I ask, do you think thereโ€™s a reason for that?