what would you buy with $20
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ashesfromfire
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Very poor college student here. I have $20 to buy groceries for the next 10 days. I'm trying to make a healthy shopping list that will cover 3 meals a day for the next week and a half. What would you buy?
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This is the best I got:
$10 pack of chicken breast from Walmart and portion them out for dinner every night.
$1 or $2 on oatmeal for breakfast
75c per can of veggies to eat with chicken. 9 cans = $6.80
May have to eat ramen noodles for lunch. 10 packs = $2.200 -
Eggs
Potatoes
Chicken breast
Strawberries
Mixed vegetables0 -
Membership to a dating site. Get a bunch of guys to buy you dinner.
Kidding. Kind of.
Do you have a kitchen?0 -
Eggs are kinda expensive right now, don't know the cost around your area ! But are so great .
Oatmeal
bread
Milk
Frozen veggies
Rice
Tuna
Chicken ,whatever is on sale
Seriously I could tell you millions things or ideas but just buying smart, everything on sale and taking advantage of the weekly specials you could make anything fit ! You don't need much money to "eat healthy"
Good luck0 -
eggs
sweet potatoes
cauliflower
chicken
some type of power greens (put them in eggs or blend in a smoothie)
Rice
cheers!0 -
Eggs, chicken legs, canned tuna, canned clams, canned soup, frozen veggies, frozen fruit, Greek yougart and low carb pitas.0
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Hit up a big lots if one is near you. Can sometimes find some canned tuna and soups cheaper than walmart and places. Check ads for local grocery's like kroger or if they have it Ruler Foods. If you have any friends that hunt see if they have any extra meat to spare. It may seem odd but hunters are fairly giving.0
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lentils
rice
eggs
potatoes
a whole large chicken
a large bag of frozen mixed vegetables
bread
butter
Hate to say this but depending on location this is not feasible on $20. Where I'm it would look something like --
lentils - $3
rice - $5
eggs - $4
potatoes - $3
a whole large chicken - $12
a large bag of frozen mixed vegetables - $3
bread - $1
butter - $4
That's $35 -- whole chickens here are not cheap by any means. The $12 is a pretty low estimate a lot of the time too.0 -
My recommendation would go along with the first person to comment --
bag/box of frozen chicken breasts.
canned or frozen veggies
eggs
rice
also -- if you need spices at all to keep things from getting too boring and bland and you only need a little for a short period of time then buy them in bulk if your local grocery store has a bulk spice section. You can get just a little bit of each spice you want for almost nothing.0 -
I love eggs, I could eat them constantly, but I feel like they've gotten so much more expensive lately0
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ashesfromfire wrote: »
Rice, frozen veggies and those bags of cheap, frozen chicken breasts. $20 doesn't really allow for a healthy, varied diet!0 -
ashesfromfire wrote: »I love eggs, I could eat them constantly, but I feel like they've gotten so much more expensive lately
Agreed. I used to be able to get a dozen for about $2 around here. Now that's double and it's about $4.0 -
Bus fare to Mom's house?
For me, I'd buy
- peanut butter
- sliced cheese
- bread
- Ramen
- bologna (sliced meat of choice)
- dried fruit, probably raisins0 -
Eggs have definitely gotten more expensive these days.0
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$2 a day, for 3 meals per day, for a span of 10 days is not realistic when it comes to having a rational diet.
Suggestion: look into a more reasonable plan.0 -
$2 a day, for 3 meals per day, for a span of 10 days is not realistic when it comes to having a rational diet.
Suggestion: look into a more reasonable plan.
Maybe not -- but if she really only has $20 (which is entirely possible) isn't it better to TRY to make it at least relatively healthy rather than just eating ramen for the next 10 days straight?0 -
A bag of dried lentils, brown rice, a box of old fashioned oats, a whole chicken (bring a pot of water to a boil, add chicken, bring back to a boil, turn off heat and cover, leave on burner for one hour, remove meat from bones, save broth for soups, done!), a bunch of celery, 2 onions, a bag of carrots, a large can of tomatoes, a small bag of potatoes and bananas.
Make tomato, chicken lentil soup for dinners and/or lunches.
Serve over potatoes or with rice for change of pace.
Use oats for breakfast - overnight oats, or pancakes with the bananas
Use some of the leftover rice and chicken with the celery, onions and carrots to make chicken fried rice for alternate meals.
Use the rest of the bag of carrots and onions to make carrot soup with brown rice.0
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