feeding an army on a poor person budget.

Cooking dried beans and legumes is about the cheapest and most nutrient-dense meal you can make, I think.

I have The Indian Slow Cooker (a cookbook) that shows how to make delicious meals in the slow cooker with these dried beans, and the Indian spice blends she recommends are perfect. It is the first time I have ever made Indian at my house as good as a restaurant.

Buying whole turkeys or chicken will save you money and you can freeze whatever you don't immediately eat.

Also, things like picnic hams that you can cook in one big batch, shred, and use for multiple dishes later are helpful.

Wow Rae. That's amazing. I wish I could peek in your journal to see how your'e managing. I have my daughter constantly and my boyfriend at least 2x a week. My goal is $250 but on a good month I land close, but usually wind up around $310.

We do eat Paleo, so bulk beans, lentils, grains etc are definitely out.

And I do induldge some of the Paleo bells & whistles. Coconut flower, nutritional yeast, a wide variety of oils, vinegar, spices, occasional organic grass fed beef, stevia, stevia, and more stevia, etc it is a bit pricey.

I get frustrated when I spend more on a single ingredient than a couple pounds of meat. But, that's the stuff that makes the food taste like heaven.

Interesting thread.

Following.