Very low budget healthy eating

angelabethb
angelabethb Posts: 33 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So for this week I have a ten dollar bill. I need to find some way to buy food for this week and somehow remain healthy. I already have a dozen eggs and black coffee, which basically covers me for breakfasts. I have a box of pasta too but I don't want to eat that for all other meals. Any ideas?

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  • kandell
    kandell Posts: 473 Member
    A bag of frozen chicken should last more than a week, and it's a great source of lean protein. Canned fruits and veggies are typically pretty cheap, too :]
  • chloematilds
    chloematilds Posts: 111 Member
    veggies and fruits?

    theyre cheap and are satiating due to fiber
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  • MooMooBooHoo
    MooMooBooHoo Posts: 6 Member
    Buy some dried beans and dried rice, you can probably get a weeks worth or more for about $3, and then use the rest for some fresh fruits and veggies. Bananas and green leaf lettuce are cheap but the more variety the better if you can swing it.
  • raelia
    raelia Posts: 23
    Peanut butter, bananas, and whole grain bread? A small turkey you can use for several days?
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    frozen fruit
    beans & rice
  • ValeriePlz
    ValeriePlz Posts: 517 Member
    I second dried beans and would add potatoes, too!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Beans and rice.

    This ^^ These are almost always the best bargains in any store.

    And frozen veggies with whatever is left.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Beans and rice.

    beans and rice indeed- lived off it for my unemployment months.

    also eggs- lots of eggs- If I only had 10 bucks- I'd buy bacon and 2 dozen eggs.
    and possibly milk- 1/2 gallon.
  • toomanycats1975
    toomanycats1975 Posts: 27
    Lentils and steamed kale with some eggs would get you through a short stretch of time pretty well.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    Beans and rice.

    This ^^ These are almost always the best bargains in any store.

    And frozen veggies with whatever is left.


    Yup plus easy if you have a crockpot make a a large pot of beans and it lasts forever and taste good with ketchup if you have it
  • violetbluemornings
    violetbluemornings Posts: 99 Member
    You can get a box of veggie broth, some frozen veggies, can of diced tomatoes and maybe some lentils and make a big pot of soup/stew. Also a big pot of chili is cheap to make and makes for several meals.
  • fedup30
    fedup30 Posts: 141 Member
    Dig through your cupboards and see what else you can combine for healthy meals! You can buy frozen veggies for pretty cheap, tuna, and chicken breasts for protein! Try to portion out your meals after cooking too! I portion my meals now to prevent over-eating, but it also helps with cost! Also, check out your local grocery store adds, and get what is on sale or that you can combine with coupons!
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Buy some dried beans and dried rice, you can probably get a weeks worth or more for about $3, and then use the rest for some fresh fruits and veggies. Bananas and green leaf lettuce are cheap but the more variety the better if you can swing it.

    This was the list I was thinking of posting !!
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    Beans and rice.

    Ever watch Survivor? They live on water and rice.

    Add in beans and you are adding in protein, iron, fibre etc.
    300 calories of almost any bean provides a 1/3 of the daily requirements of the items listed above and more.

    Its important to hit your macros. Lots of good ideas are coming out on this thread.
  • angelabethb
    angelabethb Posts: 33 Member
    Thanks for much for your input! I went to the grocery store and bought rice, frozen green beans, strawberries (on sale), and some whole grain bread. I already have some peanut butter and normal butter for the toast. It should last me a few more days!
  • megsterella
    megsterella Posts: 69
    Nth-ing the suggestion for rice and beans. Lentils and chickpeas, too. The bagged stuff is cheaper than the canned stuff. Also, potatoes. A large sack of potatoes could last you weeks, and you can do a bunch of stuff with them.

    Frozen fruits and veggies, too, They're less expensive than their fresh counterparts. If you're keen on the fresh stuff, though, potatoes, lettuce, kale, corn, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, , peas, and carrots tend to be real cheap. For fruits-- bananas, pears, apples, kiwis, etc. And depending on where you are, probably apples.

    Wheat pasta. 1 average sized box could easily last me a week.

    Tuna. A typical 5 oz can could be stretched for 2 days.

    Slice bread. Sandwiches FTW. Get a small jar of PB&/orJ, or a pack of cheese (etc, etc) and bam, you've got lunch for the week.

    For snacks...sunflower seeds, peanuts (shelled/raw), popcorn kernels, etc.

    Also: check for sales!!! Coupons are your friend.
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    Drop an egg into some hot rice with some butter for a reasonably filling dinner.
  • Mangopickle
    Mangopickle Posts: 1,509 Member
    Egg and veggie fried rice. Use frozen mixed veg, usually a $1 for 12 oz. lentil soup with sausage or bacon. Learn how to roast a chicken. Roasted root veggies.
  • cbhubbybubble
    cbhubbybubble Posts: 465 Member
    Reminds me of my University days
  • spamarie
    spamarie Posts: 2,825 Member
    This reminds me of my student days. My end of the month and I'm skint meal was always rice and tuna salad. You boil and cool some rice (don't leave it out though as room temperature rice is one of the main food poisoning culprits) and mix in some tinned tuna, frozen peas and sweet corn and whatever veg you have to hand. Sometimes I add a chopped up, hard boiled egg. Then I mix in a little bit of oil and a little bit of vinegar and voilà, lovely, healthy, filling dinner. My mother used to optimistically call it a salad niçoise. Now I'm not so skint I sometimes use salmon instead, but the simple tinned tuna version is still pretty good.

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