Can anyone give me a "cheap" grocery list to feed two people for 1-2 weeks?

Answer 1

How "cheap" do you want? It may depend on where you live.

When I think of "cheap" and "eat", there are some basics I go by.

First, keep in mind that you want to avoid high priced convenience foods and buy staples. If you buy all food that you prepare yourself rather than convenience foods, you will save a lot of money.

Starches usually fill you up, are satisfying, and inexpensive. So for starches, buy whole potatoes, rice and pasta. When I say rice, we aren't talking Uncle Ben's, we are talking regular rice that you boil/simmer for 20 minutes to cook. Same with pasta...we aren't talking Rice-A-Roni or anything fancy. Spaghetti, elbow macaroni, that sort of thing does the trick.

As far as proteins go, whole chickens are usually tasty and can be pretty inexpensive if you eat it all (except the bones, that is). And heck, you can even boil the bones after you've cut most of the meat off and make a nice soup/broth/stock that you can jazz up with some inexpensive fresh vegetables. Ground beef can occasionally be had cheaply (right now in my town, one store has it for .99 a lb), or you can sometimes find a good sale on the tougher cuts of meat that have to be cooked in liquid (like a round steak roast or something of that sort). Even pork can be had cheaply on occasion. And if you're on a tight budget, don't forget those beans! Beans are an excellent source of protein, and if you buy the packages of dry beans that you soak and cook, are very inexpensive. And a lot of people use that tuna fish to make sandwiches or a casserole to stretch that food dollar. You can often find some inexpensive frozen fish (again, not the pre-prepared convenience stuff) like frozen perch, cod, whiting, etc. that are excellent bargains and add a nice variety to your diet.

Don't forget to add vegetables to your diet. A lot of the frozen and canned vegetables can be very reasonably priced, especially if you catch them on sale. Sometimes you can get stuff 3 cans for a dollar, and one can easily provides two adult servings. Especially this time of year, some fresh vegetables can be fairly reasonably priced bargains...around here corn on the cob, green beans, cabbage, carrots, onions...are are priced reasonably.

For breakfast, a couple of eggs and a couple of pieces of toast with margarine, maybe some jelly are hard to beat pricewise. Around here, a dozen eggs go for 77 cents, a loaf of inexpensive bread is 67 cents, and a pound of margarine is maybe 50 cents. So for a little less than $2, that's easily breakfast for three days and you'll still have a bunch of bread and margarine left over!

For snacks, many people forget that we used to pop our own popcorn with a little cooking oil in a covered pan. You can buy a bag of popcorn kernels very inexpensively (it may not be the best popcorn in the world, but when you are on a budget, even average popcorn is better than no junk food at all). Throw on a little melted margarine, some salt, and you've got a fabulous cheap snack!

For drinks, drink water or buy teabags and make pitchers of iced tea. Buy milk if you can afford it...many recipes need a little, and it's good for you.

For desserts, in addition to making some cheap cookies with your flour, margarine, sugar, etc., Jello type gelatin desserts can be very cost conscious, and it often doesn't cost much more to throw in a can of cheap canned fruit to jazz it up a bit.

This is now like a challenge to me. I may have to go home and really research this. I've got three days to answer, after all.

Depending on what staples you may or may not have around the house now, don't forget such things as sugar, flour, cooking oil, salt and pepper. Depending on how much you like to and are willing to cook, you can use the flour (along with some other inexpensive basic ingredients like sugar, eggs, margarine, baking powder/soda, milk, etc) for making biscuits, pancakes, cake and/or cookies, dumplings (using some leftover chicken pieces and boiling down that carcass to make some chicken and dumplings is yummy!)

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Answer 5

Rice, brown or white, store brand bag Pasta, assorted Pasta sauces, assorted Ground beef Ground turkey Breakfast sausage Chicken (your choice) Instant mashed potatoes, store brand Breakfast cereals, big Malt-O-Meal bags Frozen vegetables - corn, peas, mixed veggies, ect Bananas, apples, or oranges - whatever is in season Store brand sandwich bread Beans, canned or dry You're in luck, pasta and rice are cheap. Just buy them plain and season them yourself. Get some store brand pasta sauce for the pasta - marinara, red meat sauce, mushroom marinara are all good. Ragu is cheap, too, and they make a good yellow cheese sauce that would work for both rice and pasta. You can add ground beef, ground turkey, ground sausage, or chicken to any pasta or rice dish, or serve it on the side. Meatloaf is fairly inexpensive to make, too - all you need is meat, bread or saltines, eggs, salt and pepper and maybe some basil if you have it. Instant mashed potatoes are cheap and they go with the meatloaf. The frozen veggies can be thrown into almost any dish, or served on the side. Malt-O-Meal cereals are a great deal and last your forever, especially the crisp rice kind. For milk, eggs, and other dairy products, buy the store brand. They have to pass the same inspections and standards as the name brands, so why pay more? For bread, get the "sandwich" kind - it contains more slices per bag so it lasts you longer. To make meat last longer, only cook half of a package to add to whatever you are cooking and freeze the rest for later in the week. Beans are cheap and filling - get any kind and add it or serve it with whatever. These are just some things that I do at my house to stretch our grocery budget. Good luck!

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SUBSTITUTE FOR MILK!! If you cannot afford milk, and your recipe calls for it...mix water with original powdered coffee creamer! Its cheaper, it cooks the same as milk and it doesn't spoil!!
I'd where that guy is but id LOVE to find ground beef for a dollar a pound, its 3 here, try hunting...squirrel, deer, groundhog frog, fish YUM and free! Hunting license is 20 bucks and fishing is 20 bucks!
Big things of unprepared oats are cheap, bags of uncooked beans.
Try canning!!!! When things are cheap, buy it up and can it!

Answer 8

cheap bread (the long skinny loaves)
peanut butter
grape jelly
eggs
corn tortillas
dried beans that you can cook yourself--mere pennies!
rice cooked with boullion tastes good
Of course, ramen ramen ramen
cereal in the big bags (not boxes)
powdered milk

buy only fruits and veggies that are in season or on sale to save.

go to a cheap grocery store with bulk foods, you can buy a lot of things for very little money--you would be surprised what packaging costs

Answer 9

Dried beans. Big box of grits. Box of oatmeal. 3 dozen eggs. Bread. Saltine Crackers. Peanut Butter. Jelly. Margarine. Bag of rice. Powdered milk. Bags of pasta to boil. Canned tomato sauce/spaghetti sauce. Oil.

This works, believe me. Be creative w/ those eggs... they are cheap protein. Devilled eggs, fried, scrambled, boiled, egg sandwich. Egg on your grits.

Pasta... the spaghetti sauce, plus just use the margarine & a little milk. Or toss w/ a little of the oil.

Rice... w/ margarine. Combine w/ the cooked beans for a complete protein meal.

Best of luck.

Answer 10

I get a 10lb bag of chicken at wal-mart for around $4.00
Potatoes 10 lb bag about $4.00
Canned veggies .40 a can
Get some barb-que sauce or other marinade so the chicken is not the same everyday

there you got your meat, starch and vegetable and you won't go hungry

Answer 11

Swap a bowl of pasta for just a bowl of vegetables. You can cut back to 200 calories by chopping the starch and adding vegetables.