what kind of foods or recipes can i cook using under $50.00 a week for 3 adults?

Question

i shop once a week for food and i can only spend $50.00 a week or $200.00 a month We are disable and have verry low income and i need recipes to o by plz send ...... kitty

Answer 1

I buy 2 of the pre cooked chickens at the store and we eat the white meat shredded in sandwiches with miracle whip for lunch.

I boil the chicken bones and make chicken soup for dinner the next night. (noodles, frozen mixed veggies)

The third night I make the soup into Chicken pot pie!

That's 3 meals for about $18.

Eating Tuna Sandwiches and Egg Salad Sandwiches for lunch uses the rest of the first loaf of bread and miracle whip. It's inexpensive and it's yummy!

My 14 year old and I lived on $35.00 per week 3 years ago. You get Very Creative when you are on such a tight budget!

Shopping List:

2 chickens $8.00
Pre made Pie Shell $2.50
Bag of frozen mixed veggies $.99
Noodles $.99
2 Loaves of Wheat Bread $1.99
Miracle Whip (small) $1.69
Can of tuna $.89
Dozen Eggs .$99
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$18.04
or less than $20.00 in your area



You can also spurge on a roast and bag of potatoes and carrots.
Dinner the first night of the second week.

Shredded beef sandwiches the next afternnon or use the leftover gravy for open face beef sandwiches!

Beef pot pie the third night

heck buy both of the menu items and you will be set for several days!

Toast, fried potatoes and eggs are very inexpensive for breakfast! and they fill you up! Hold you until lunch!

Buy hot dogs and eat lunch for a day and make stuffed hot dogs for dinner one night.

(stuffed hot dogs recipe) use extra potatoes from bag, cook and mash. Slice hot dogs legnthwise and put in the mashed potatoes. Top with cheese slices or shredded cheese if desired. Bake or Broil until hot.)
Extra Eggs and Bread from above makes french toast for breakfast!

Shopping List:
Roast Small $11.00
Bag of potatoes $3.00 (use half for roast & stuffed hot dog meal)
Bag of mini carrots $1.00
Can of French Onion Soup for Roast Flavoring $1.39
Frozen mixed veggies $.99
Cheese Slices $1.39
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$19.37
or Under $20.00 in your area!

Play with the extra $10.00

Hot Dog Buns for the other dogs and then toast the extra ones as 'rolls' with one of the dinners above!

Buy Lettuce for a salad and salad dressing!

Orange Juice or fresh fruit to make a pie filling and use the other pie crust in the package!

Make it a game to figure out how little you can spend at the store and still eat well.

Save the extra money for a few weeks and really splurge on something healthy and tasty as a treat!

Remember when you splurge, to freeze some for a 'rainy day' in the future. When you are really broke you will have something yummy!

Good Luck! I hope this helped a little!

I just want to add a note about the comment from paliminka.

Obviously he/she hasn't been disabled. It's a difficult road to travel. His crude humor was not apreciated. I apologize for his imbecile behavior.

Answer 2

Here is a very good link which will help you plan your meals and make the most of your budget:
http://www.epinions.com/kifm-review-1DE5-D90BB30-38EB525B-prod2

Here are some budget recipes with prices:
http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=58581

There are many more recipes on the internet, of course. Have some fun choosing and making up a budget menu list!


With a low budget it's especially important to make sure that you have a balanced diet first. Also that you have one 'treat' a week or a month or whatever you decide (I would try for a week, if possible). Here are some links to planning a balanced diet:
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/ask-the-readers/ask-the-readers-eating-healthy-on-a-small-budget-178421.php
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/01/healthy-food-on-an-unhealthy-budget/
http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm
http://nutrition.about.com/od/nutrition101/a/keepitsimple.htm

Shopping for things in bulk will often get you a better deal, so you will probably need a varied MONTHLY menu list.

There are many things which are a lot cheaper (and nicer) if you can make them yourself. A bread maker may seem a luxury item but it will easily pay for itself in a year and you will have much nicer bread into the bargain.

Answer 3

First... plan out your menu for the week. Mine usually looks something like this: Mon: whole roasted chicken (a small one is about $3 at the store!) with veggies (buy frozen, you get more for you $$) Tue: chicken n something dish, using leftovers from Mon. I like chicken n dumplings: boil the chicken carcas from the night before to loosen up all the left overs and make the water yummy. Then remove bones, add some veggies and cook for about 30 more minutes. Mix bisquick (also cheap for a large box!) according to directions and drop in dumplings! Wednesday: meat loaf- 2 # of meat should be pleanty for 3 adults and should leave left overs. Thursday: stir fry!! Chicken or beef or veggie... use less meat than you think you need, just chop it up smaller! Friday: Left-overs from Wed &/or Thurday Saturday: bbq! chicken or hamburgers on the grill with fries! cheap and easy! Sunday: Pot roast!! get a 3-4# roast and throw it in a crockpot with onion, potato, carrot with a little water and a packet of onion soup mix... cook all day (8 hrs- low heat) and voila... sunday pot roast for dinner!! If you don't have a crockpot, you can acchieve the same results with the reynolds oven bags. Read the directions and throw it in the oven! Takes about 2 hrs!! Good luck!! Remember... PLAN PLAN PLAN PLAN!!! Plan your menu in advance Plan your shopping list! Plan on not buying a lot of extras! Plan for leftovers!! We've been doing this for sometime now, I plan my menus for 2 weeks (we get paid every 2 weeks!) and then spend about $100 when I go shopping! I also make sure to keep staples around all the time: spaghetti (cheap!) and sauce (not so cheap, but important!), hamburger (buy it when it's on sale and freeze it!) and hamburger helper (for those nights you really don't feel like cooking much!) It's really not so hard. Just have discipline at the store not to throw in a bunch of crap. :-) Good luck!

Answer 4

What a fool are you. save on other things like, car, drugs, alcohol, prositutes. Never save on food. NEVER.

I spend 150 EUR per week for two adults and we eat only one meal at home (as we are working full time); that doesn't even include the drinks. And no i don't earn much, i am only a junior financial manager with an income of 4500 EUR a month. And my wife even earns less! what do you say about that?

How do you think you are going to feel good and have quality time without food?!

If you are serious about saving money on food you can live on lost dogs and cats in the streets or even rats if you want to. search trashcans, trashcontainers of supermarkets and son on.

Answer 5

buy in bulk its cheaper, 1 roll of hamb can make 4 meals, alot of rice and cream soup, i have to feed between 5 and 8 people every night, browned hamb with lots of rice and a can of cream soup makes an awesome casserole

Answer 6

chicken soup

Answer 7

beans