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Cheap survival food are bulk grains and beans.
Dried beans can be stored with oxygen eaters in mylar bags in buckets. Some folks suggest gamma seal lids (see other threads), but I use 5 gallon restaurant buckets with lids sealed with clear silicone caulking.
If you complement your vegetable proteins by mixing a variety of rice and beans, you'll have a complete protein that your body can utilize.
However...if all you have is rice and beans, things will get tiresome very quickly and morale (and motivation) may suffer.
Forage for some wild greens and mushroom and spice up the rice, stir fry the greens and mushroom, take day old (cold) rice stir fry till golden then add egg or two or three stir fry eggs in the rice then add your already stir fried greens and mushrooms topped off with wild onions... rice can be used for a lot of things. With pinto beans you can make refried bean, with flour/cornmeal you can make tortillas, spread with the refried beans, add some rice and some chicken or pork. Rice and beans are only as boring as one makes it?