what would you buy with $20
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 -
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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 -
2 cans of beans and big pot of rice so rice and beans will last a few meals and super cheap!
10lb bag of chicken quarters, cook and then separate into legs/thighs and that can be up to 7 meals even if you ate on of each at dinner.
Breakfast, big container of oatmeal will go a long way and finally a bag of fruit...like bag of apples or oranges!0 -
i often got rice, rotisserie chicken, canned veggies. and a pizza. popcorn. oatmeal. eggs0
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I forgot dried beans. Cheap and healthy.0
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dried beans - $1.50/bag
grits - $2.50/container - can be used for breakfast or dinner
bag of carrots - $1
bag of onions (if cheaper, only buy what you need) - $250
ham steak - one slice from the deli to throw in with dried beans, onion, carrot for soup - $1?
ramen noodles - $.50 each
pound of pasta - $1
package of amylu chicken sausage (lots of flavor options) - $6 (fry sausage, mix with pasta)
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abetterluke wrote: »$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?
Thank you. Yeah, being dirt poor isn't realistic, but I paid my rent and $20 is literally what I'm left with. Its hard, but I do my best to support myself. :-)0 -
ashesfromfire wrote: »abetterluke wrote: »$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?
Thank you. Yeah, being dirt poor isn't realistic, but I paid my rent and $20 is literally what I'm left with. Its hard, but I do my best to support myself. :-)
Been there trust me. Good for you for trying to stay on track.0 -
There are some good suggestions above. With that budget I would also look for creative solutions. For example, around our university, some of the churches have free student supper nights, that you can just drop in to. Also, I would consider hitting the local food bank, the $20 would go a lot further if it was just being used for fruit, veg or meat to supplement a basic supply. Beyond that, I would be digging through the cupboard. What's in there? Flour? Sugar? Pasta? If you have a few things in the pantry, you might be able to get creative.0
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abetterluke wrote: »$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?
I just would love to hear sixxpoint your rational suggestion , beside the impossible factor that you seem to be point it out.
You do know that there's people who lives with that budget or less, and find a way to have rational eating habits and I'm one of them.
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Op I did my groceries today and got
Tuna : 65 cents/can
Bread: 99 cents
Chobani yogurt: 1.00
Chicken legs: 39 cents/lb
Frozen veggies of all kind : 99 cents
Eggs winnnn were :1.88/dozen
Very Large package of quick oatmeal: 2.50, that's going to last me forever
Rice 10 lbs : I think it was 5.00
Box of protein granola: 2.99
Milk: 3.29
Potatoes 10lbs : 4.00
Beans: 59 cents/can
Italian salad dressing : 99 cents
Cheese mozzarella shredded: 2.50
PB: I think it was around 3 the jar
Those are the things I remember , like I said I do my list but when I get to the grocery store , I take a look at the weekly specials and work with that.
Good luck.
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