Recession Proof GLP...$35 dollars a week for groceries ideas? to feed 4 to 6 people

buy chicken/beef bones and joints from the butcher, make stock and broth from them.

lots of brown and unenriched white rice

start a garden and grow seasonal herbs, fruits and vegetables

Why in tarnation is this pinned????

I take it by your post....you are saying it can not be done

this is a test....as to see if GLP is thinking as the same as other sites......it is a great idea....can you do it


$35 a week

because he is a moderator ..

Of course it can. If you buy a whole chicken (which is like $4), you can make it into more than one meal for 4 people. Chop it up and make three different casseroles, using different add-ins to change it up. When it's all gone, you can boil the bones for a chicken broth and add egg noodles a couple of celery stalks, couple of carrots, left-over onion...chicken soup. That's four meals - and five, if you use enough water for the broth and egg noodles, and you can have it twice.

Cheese sandwhiches, peanut butter sandwiches, rice....

Slice up a couple potatoes into very thin pieces, toss them in a large skillet with 3 or 4 eggs, a little cheese, a little onion, and you have a filling breakfast.

It really doesn't cost a lot to do those things.

Cheap mince/meat about to go off, take it home and freeze it. Everyone is thinking along these lines.

eggs
peanut butter
fruit preserves
bread
fresh veggies-on sale-onions-pepper-celery-potatoes-broccoli, carrots-chinese cabbage-bok choy
pasta
two chickens-whole
smoked sausage
rice
1 can chicken broth
2 can chopped tomatoes
quaker oats oatmeal
orange juice
milk
raisins
honey
cinnamon
Flour
baking soda
chocolate chips
Banannas

Saute the smoked sausage and chicken thighs. Add chopped celery,peppers,onions. Add chicken broth and rice with chopped tomatoes. This will be dinner for two nights.
Eggs and potatoes will be a dinner.
Pasta with tomato sauce with chopped veggies will be two dinners.
Veggie stir-fry with chicken will be two dinners
Oatmeal with cinnamon, raisins and honey will be breakfast
Homemade chocolate chip cookies for sweets.
Peanut butter and jelly for lunch with banannas for dessert.

thanks....Only Me..

thanks for the post.......I think I could do it......can you all....if so post it

I can't speak to how to do three meals a day, but for hearty nutritious dinners...buy about five-eight dollars worth of dried split peas, boil them with a bag of carrots (1.50) and some onions and any other available greens or veggies, and serve with rice or grits (for complete protein). It's not glamorous but it will get the job done.

it could be done. won't be no frills tho. for treats, old fashioned popcorn..can be flavored, sugar, cinnamon, whatever. beans...always soak overnight, and cook with some vinegar or tomatoes to make not gassy. beans are versatile, burritos, bean soup, bean cakes(smash beans, add a little flour and optional egg, and fry. can eat plain or top with salsa)tostados..walmart has a whole stack of tos. shells for like 2.50, spread on the hot beans and top with lettuce. the dollar tree and big lots has some good deals on food. the main thing is to be creative. for drinks, cheap lemonade can be made with generic lemon concentrate and sugar. at least ya get vit. c. can't possibly tell you all i know on this subject, as i am an expert, love to cook and delight in making ends meet and making it taste good and be healthy. good luck.

going to take a little thought and time to write it out, but yes, it can be done, even with prices at the moment... and keep everyone healthy too

yes, it can be done, if you dont mind sucking on chicken bones for meals the last two weeks of the month.

It can be done, and very easily. Use meats as a spice, not as a mainstay. Traditional one-pot meals are good. Vegetarian cooking can be very cheap, but requires considerable knowledge of spices to be palatable. $2 of cheap steak or chicken backs can make a hell of a stew, or soup, ladle over rice, of float dumplings.

Something I tried just the other day...Gnocchi....Mashed potatoes and flour....Very filling, season with anything.

Something for the less skilled in the kitchen...several packages of M&C, a bit of ground beef, can of cheap spag sauce. Very good $3.

Look at old traditional peasant receipes. They are usually the cheapest but often labour intensive. Every culture has them.

depends where you live..near the sea you can catch some fish and never get hungry.. with the money you buy rice,raisins,beans,olive oil of course...you can plant and grow tomatoes and plenty of what you can find in the grocerie store.

do you really think you can get all of these things for $35?

a rifle, hunting grounds and a big garage-type freezer?

Eating Well...While Spending Less
[link to www.ag.ndsu.edu]

Pinto beans $2.00
corn meal $2.00
two large onions $1.50
1 whole chicken $3.00
Small amount of ham for beans $3.00
Rice $2.00
half gallon buttermilk $2.00
ten pounds of potatoes $5.00
pond of sharp cheddar cheese $4.00
4 cans green beens 5.00
2 pounds ground beef $4.00
1 can mushroom soup $1.50

Total $35.00

day one: fried chicken, rice and gravy, green beans and cornbread. (save a thigh)

day two:chicken and rice soup and corn bread.

day three: Beans and corn bread potatoes au graten.

day four: Shepherds pie.

day five: green bean casarole (sp)

day six and seven:beans and corn bread.

$35.00 is VERY tight. $45.00 would be a lot easier.

A family of four?
What KIND of four?

Four elders? No problem.

A mom and three male TEENAGERS? No way.

another crappy pinned thread

RAMEN NOODLES is what we survived on in college

yes RAMEN NOODLES are great.....do not open the flavor pack .....it is salt

I've been losing weight

Not hungry either, just the right schedual, and eliminating sugars.

It's important to have a breakfast, small or large, whether hungry or not. This produces needed insulin, and keeps one from having the large meals once or twice daily. Supper should be a light meal and done several hours before bed.

No soda or any other sugar drinks, including milk which has a lactose/glucose. Water in between meals.

Avoiding the all-you-can-stuff meals. Having more veggies helps with many blood.

The goal should be to have more of the smaller meals and less of the large ones to shink the stomach. Eventually meals get smaller until they are normal size.

$35 could buy a lot of broccoli cauliflower and beans. The avocado dip can be pricy.

Invest in a grinder and get whole grain corn, oats, etc. at a farmer's elevator. Make sure it's meant to be used as 'feed', not 'seed'. Cook up your own dry beans. Split peas and lentils cook pretty fast. Buy store brand hot dogs and lunch meat -- around here that stuff is usually a dollar a pound. Watch sales. Stock up on stuff when it's cheap.

small turkey 15.00
10 lb. potatoes 4.00
5 lb. flour 2.00
corn meal .40
oatmeal 1.50
can corned beef 2.00
head cabbage 1.00
4 froz. veggies 4.00
1 head lettuce 1.00
1 lb. ground beef 2.00
small box sugar 1.00
jar applesauce 1.00


Breakfasts
Oatmeal
homemade bread

hash browns with homemade bread/toast

turkey hash turkey/w hash brown potatoes

Lunches
turkey sandwiches on homemade bread w/turkey soup

Dinners
turkey
dressing
mashed potatoes
vegetable

using half ground beef for spaghetti with homemade pasta
homemade bread
salad
vegetable

other half gr. beef for taco's
homemade taco shells

half of corned beef with cabbage
cornbread

other half of corned beef mixed with potatoes for corned beef hash
with eggs (cheating here, I have chickens) or vegetable

turkey gravy over mashed potatoes
homemade noodles
vegetable
applesauce

if you buy a ham....boil it.

the broth you can make split pea soup, bean soup, lentil soup w/carrots/onions. and use the ham you cut around the bone for pieces in the soup.

the ham: use it in
macaroni/cheese,
omelets,
ham/green beans,
ham/potatoes/cheese casserole,
ham/pork & beans
potato soup w/ham

possibilities are endless

thanks ....do you have a link to a good grain grinder

I wish to make my own corn meal

I think you could do it, but just barely and the low budget meals would soon become monotonous due to the lack of variety. I did find some great deals at my local grocer this weekend....

Spaghetti sauce - bottled Ragu $.88, canned Primo $.99

Primo pasta - $.99

Gold Seal canned chunk light tuna - $.69

Gold Seal canned pink salmon - $.99

Can't Believe it's Not Butter margarine - $.99

Pork loin roast - $1.49 lb.

English muffins - 12 for $1.25

Fruitopia juices - $.99

Etc., unfortunately you can't find everything you need on sale, without travelling to various locations.