Eating on a budget..

[zixxer]

Had a lean pocket for lunch (bought a big box of em at costco) and spent $3.12 for dinner.. (jr bacon cheeseburger, medium fries, and a small chili)


What would you guys do with.. let's say.. $4 a day to eat with ($120ish a month..)

 

[Excelsior]

Oatmeal for breakfast; big thing of it for cheap that would last a week maybe.
Soups for lunch, ramen noodles, rice.
Dinner would be pasta maybe, or, cheaper cuts of meat, or chicken.

It could be done.

 

[chin311]

mcdonalds $1 menu is your friend...

and ramen noodles

 

[Ns1]

got a costco around there?


1.62 hotdogs

 

[Luagsch]

a lot of cheap pasta with tomato sauce...

 

[DainBramaged]

I live on $5 a week.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Quaker Oats "quick 1 minute" oatmeal is a cheap breakfast that's actually good for you. Try it with a little maple syrup or turbinado sugar for sweetener, and crumbled walnuts or pecans are good as a mix-in.

Cooking at home with bags of rice & pasta is much cheaper and healthier than the fast food and frozen fast food like hot pockets.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

I had baked potatoes and chicken legs/thighs baked in the oven for 3 people...

chicken cost me $4 and 10lb potatoes cost $2(they will last 3 weeks) very cheap dinner


$120 is plenty to buy groceries with for 1 person for a month. just dont buy stuff thats ready-made or heat and serve.. you pay $$$$ for convenience. Take for example.. Ben n Jerry's is $5 for Chunky Monkey pint but you can get a half gallon of rocky road for $3. Convenience is costly.

 

[djheater]

f2twallet says safeway

 

[EngenZerO]

cheap bread from schwebels bakery.
buy lots of kraft cheese when it is on sale.
tomato soup

=

grilled cheese and soup

 

[zixxer]

wtf is safeway

we don't have those in atlanta

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Oatmeal for breakfast; big thing of it for cheap that would last a week maybe.
Soups for lunch, ramen noodles, rice.
Dinner would be pasta maybe, or, cheaper cuts of meat, or chicken.

It could be done.

You mean: Is done
seriously, it's not half bad and it keeps me from putting on weight and that alone is worth it. I don't eat that much meat which helps.

EDIT: Safeway = Big supermarket chain in UK

 

[Dragon365]

Ramen noodles. Every meal.

 

[datalink7]

Heh... I once had less than $10 for a month for food.

Packs of Ramen noodles for every meal it was!

I now hate Ramen.

 

[xuanman]

get family size chicken drumsticks for your protein.

 

[Rastus]

Just log into a chat room as an underage person looking for sex and alcohol and have the person bring pizza and beer.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Buy about 20 pounds of the cheapest pasta you can find and a couple of 1 gallon cans of ketchup. You can splurge on a large bottle of Tobasco Sauce for flavor, or just go to Del Taco and pocket all the hotsauce they have sitting out.

 

[0roo0roo]

Oatmeal for breakfast; big thing of it for cheap that would last a week maybe.

naw the big containers are about 3 bux for like 30? servings. last quite a bit longer then a week. i'm not talking about flavored stuff though, that stuff is like twice as expensive atleast.

big bag of pancake mix at costco is like 5 bux, insane amount of servings.

you can get by really cheap if you cook

 

[Descartes]

Makes me feel guilty that I used to spend, and still sometimes do, upwards of $300/week on eating out.

 

[anno]

eggs are a really inexpensive source of protein.. you don't want to eat them ever day, but a dozen eggs for 1.19ish and 8oz of cheese for 1.50ish, you got omelets.. head of lettuce for 1.49 and a tomato for 1.69/lb, probably enough left over for an onion, you got salad to go with.. so what's that.. 6 dinners, 1 buck each.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
I had baked potatoes and chicken legs/thighs baked in the oven for 3 people...

chicken cost me $4 and 10lb potatoes cost $2(they will last 3 weeks) very cheap dinner


$120 is plenty to buy groceries with for 1 person for a month. just dont buy stuff thats ready-made or heat and serve.. you pay $$$$ for convenience. Take for example.. Ben n Jerry's is $5 for Chunky Monkey pint but you can get a half gallon of rocky road for $3. Convenience is costly.

this is the best way; buy food you need to prepare.

 

[wyvrn]

Breakfast: Raisin Bran with 32% fiber, low sugar and calories, and comes cheap in large box sizes.
Lunch: lean pockets, home cooked pasta in tupperware, or the old standby sandwiches with whole wheat bread and spinach or green leaf lettuce
Dinner: anything made at home: stirfry, chicken breast with brocolli, and turkey burgers on whole wheat bun are some of my faves

Sometimes I eat out because my life is so damn busy I cannot always cook, and when I do I try to use coupons or look for deals on healthy food. It's nice being a student because you get all sorts of local discounts

 

[madcat004]

peanut butter & jelly, loaf of bread and box of potatos.

 

[Ryan]

Hrmmmm, for 4 bucks I'd have meals for a week - two loafs of bread, peanut butter and jelly

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

It's peanut butter jelly time! Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat!