Tight budget Grocery list?

fcanad

Eggs.
Canned meat for soup
Frozen veggies
Beans and rice
Canned tomatoes
Frozen fruit
Bannans
Limited perishables
Powdered milk

savithny

Frozen cauliflower, spinach, and broccoli, in "family pack" value sizes.
Lentils
Black beans
onions and garlic
Cabbage
A "family pack" block of cheddar
A big bag of tortillas

zeejane03

OP what stores do you have available?

Cheap ingredients you can build meals around:

-eggs
-beans (I can get canned beans for .50 a can or a big bag fo around $1-look at dollar stores for the bags)
-cheapy bread and soft tortilla shells
-frozen veggies
-gallon of milk
-rice
-frozen meat-tubes of ground beef and turkey/bags of chicken tenderloins/breasts
-couple bags of shredded cheese (or block if its cheaper, but you need to be able to shred it)
-potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes (there's a million recipes out there that use potatoes as a base)
-bananas and any other fruit that's on sale (oranges are really cheap right now, look at store ads for the weekly loss leaders)
-fresh veggies that are cheap/on sale (carrots, onions, leafy greens etc)
-spices (hit the dollar store for these, for any that you're missing. You can use them to add flavor to dishes, make taco seasoning etc
-tub of margarine
-as funds allow-ketchup, syrup, mustard etc

Do you have any baking ingredients on hand? Things like flour, sugar, baking soda/powder, salt, chocolate chips etc. If you don't it's worth spending $10 or so of your budget getting these things-you can use them to make everything from snacks/desserts, to biscuits and bread, pancake mix etc etc. My baking cupboard is the most important cupboard in my kitchen and is ALWAYS fully stocked.

OP-I've been where you're at (except I was feeding a family of 5 on $60). What I've learned from that experience is to always buy 1-2 extra items every time I get groceries (sometimes I could only afford a can of corn, other weeks I could make it work to buy extra meat to go in the freezer etc). It took a while, but I now have a stocked kitchen/deep pantry and even if I couldn't get to the store for a few weeks my family would be fed well. Just something to think about as you go forward

Sunshine_And_Sand

Here's what I'd get, but your tastes may vary.
-Oatmeal (quick cooking and store brand, steel cut and organic isn't necessary unless it's just what you like)
-Large bag of shredded cheese (you can save a little with the bulk and separate it out into smaller bags and freeze or get a block and shredded it yourself and freeze)
-beans
-tortillas
-store brand bread
-bananas
-bag of apples
-bag of oranges
-bag of potatoes
-frozen chicken
-those steam in bag frozen veggies

Liamsm0m

If you have an Aldi, try there first. Your $50 will go much further. I would buy eggs (lots), lean turkey (at mine, it’s cheaper than the beef), canned tuna, cottage cheese, fruits, veggies... pasta is a good choice too.