Could you feed yourself quality meals over a 7 day week on $12?

That basket is $12. I’m in disbelief as well, but she did it, and made it tasty too.

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That basket is $12. I’m in disbelief as well, but she did it, and made it tasty too.

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How much was the baking powder she used to make the bread? It wasnt in the basket.

Didnt see yeast either

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How much was the baking powder she used to make the bread? It wasnt in the basket.

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Good point, and she used spices, salt and pepper and the like, the stuff most everyone has in their pantry already, but still.

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Didnt see yeast either

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Didn’t use yeast

To her credit, spices will last you weeks if you're cooking bulk meals like that. I guess it brings the price up slightly but it's only by a few dollars per month.

I didn't watch her bake the bread but if you really wanted to do it for cheap, you could bake sourdough. Nothing required except flour, water and a little salt.

Yep.

Any beef purchase is as high as a kite.

Ground beef is like 5-7 dollars a pound.

Unless you are buying a whole cut most beef cuts start at 6 to 8 dollars a pound and if you want the fancy cut for a steak hold on to your wallet.

Short answer… No.

Long answer… frick No

the dried rice and beans are the mvp of that basket.

Don't know why she got the pre-packed oatmeal when a large container of plain jane oatmeal would be much much less per once.

Wow that’s extreme. Back in the day I could really fill a grocery cart up for dirt cheap. Frozen pot pies, rice, beans, produce like apples, carrots, bannanas, potatoes, chicken leg quarters, pork meat on sale, milk, tortillas or bread, Walmart brand frozen pizzas.

NOTHING premade except the pot pies that were like $0.50 each and frozen pizzas (they used to be cheap).

I actually ate some pretty good meals most of the time.

I don’t remember the totals but the cashiers were amazed at how low it was for that much food.

I just shrugged my shoulders at food stamp people buying BS.

You can easily eat well for under 100 bucks a week using this strategy and adding cheaper meat like chicken quarters, pork chops, etc.

Just buy staples and raw ingredients and have plenty of seasonings and learn to prepare meals.


Grocery bills are expensive largely due to people buying junk foods, pre processed stuff, expensive cuts of meat like steaks, etc.

Example: you can buy raw broccoli cheap and cook it in a pot with salt and pepper, melt some cheddar cheese on it. But most will spend double or more buying cheesy broccoli in a steam bag that you can toss in microwave