Spaghetti, pasta, chili, pancakes, ham hocks, baked potatoes, potatoes and gravy, mac and cheese, fried rice, couscous, chickpeas, cornbread, meatloaf, beans, cabbage, grits, collard greens, oxtail, asparagus, yams. Pretty sure soul food hasn't been gentrified yet so it should be cheap and the 50s were big on sticking vegetables in cans.