I need ideas for REALLY cheap foods?

Question

or cheap ingrediants for making my own food...i only have $40 bucks to last me until about thanksgiving, and i also have to get pet food...HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i live in Florida, and shop at Walmart, if that helps...

Answer 1

Look for store brands of canned and boxed foods

Noodles and other forms of pasta and rice are very cheap. So are dried beans, like kidney beans, white beans and pinto beans. You can make sauce for the pasta with tomato sauce and add your own seasonings. Store brand veggies are about 50¢ here and you should get 2 to 4 servings from each can.

As far as meat, look for the packages that are marked "reduced for quick sale" or something similar. Those are the ones that are set to expire in a day or to, and are priced at half price or below.

The big bags of cereal, such as "Malt O Meal" are a lot cheaper than the boxes of brand name cereal and taste just as good. Bags of potatoes and onions are a great value, too.

Here are some ideas for meals you can make with cheap food:
Lentil stew. One package of lentils, a couple of carrots, a couple of potatoes, water. Place the package of lentils in a large soup pot and add the appropriate amount of water (1-1/2 cups water to one cup of lentils works best). Peel the potatoes and carrots, and slice to bite size. Add to soup pot. Season to taste. If you have it: Add a ham bone, a bit of leftover beef, bacon bits, bay leaf, or favorite herbs.

Baked potatoes. Nothing complicated here. Buy large baking potatoes or just get a bag of potatoes on sale. If small, bake more of them per serving. Choose your favorite toppings: Simply butter, salt and pepper, cheese, broccoli, sour cream, bacon bits, or whatever is on hand.

Cheese quesadillas. Make these with flour tortillas. Heat two tortillas in a skillet and remove one to a plate. Top the remaining tortilla with shredded cheese. When melted, about 1-2 minutes, place the other tortilla on top. Allow to cook for a minute or so, flip the whole thing over and cook the other side for another minute. Dump onto a plate, slice with a pizza cutter. If you have it: Add shredded cooked chicken to the cheese. Serve with salsa.

Scrambled eggs. Get a dozen for less than one dollar. Crack eggs into a bowl and whisk. Add milk, salt, and pepper. Cook eggs in a skillet. If you have it: Add your choice of mushrooms, cheese, green pepper, or onion.

Spaghetti and sauce. Here again, not too creative, but you can pick up a package of spaghetti and a can of sauce for less than two dollars. Add parmesan cheese on top.

Tuna sandwiches. Frequently on sale, tuna provides a meaty dinner this week. For four filling sandwiches, use four of the smaller cans. Dump all of the cans into a bowl, add mayonnaise or salad dressing, along with some relish if you've got it. Stir, spread onto bread. I like to use ranch dressing.

Grilled cheese sandwiches. Butter bread on both sides and place on a medium-heat grill. Add a slice of cheese. Splurge on an extra slice of cheese per sandwich! Have some store brand tomato soup to go with it!

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

Go for a lot of vegetables, pasta and rice. You may need to go vegetarian for a couple of weeks as meat is generally expensive - especially on your budget... You can make vegetable soup and eat that for several days with a piece of bread. Pasta with tomato and onion sauce is really cheap. Noodles... Buy some oats and make porrige for breakfast - that will fill you up for quite a while and it's supercheap. Drink lots of water!

Also, you can try to get yourself invited to friends and family for dinner - that would be the best solution... maybe they can even loan you a few dollars?

As for the petfood - just buy a big box of the cheapest they have - you can spoil the dog/cat/rabbit at the end of the month when you have money again!

Answer 4

Ramen Noodles

Answer 5

Hot Dogs
Macaroni and Cheese
Canned Fruit
Canned Vegetables
Hamburger Helper
Pasta
Spaghetti Sauce
Tuna Fish
Cereal

Answer 6

Ramen noodles, you can dress them up with scallions, frozen veggies, poached egg, etc.
Hot dogs
Eggs in all their varieties. Omelets are great for dinner.
Canned vegetables are much cheaper than fresh or frozen.
Rice can round out a meal and is cheap. Cook with a bouillon cube for more satisfying flavor.

Answer 7

I know you might not like this..But you might want to try the 99 cent store only..There has to be one in Florida.. They have a lot of name brand things just at 99 cents.. Look at specials at the grocery stores.. That way you can stock up on things you eat a lot of.. Or if there is a whole sale store like Sam's.. Soups, tuna, crackers, RICE it goes along way and it's cheap!

Answer 8

One thing that is cheap and very tasty is ...
cook three eggs for around 3 minutes. While they are cooking tear up three slices of bread in a bowl. Add a couple of teaspoons of butter, salt and pepper. Scoup out the eggs and mix. Excellant. Poached eggs, cheap.

Answer 9

hot dogs at walmart are $.89 - canned sauce is $.98, macaroni is $.68. You can get rice for $3.00 for a bag that will last all month. Canned veggies are like $.50 a can.

Answer 10

spaghetti and a jar of sauce, split pea soup homemade bag of split peas, and an onion, and hamhocks, ramen noodles, canned soup. rice a roni, tv dinners from walmart are $2. and some are very good.