Help with shopping list!

newmodels

I've got $50.00 and less than 3/4 tank of gas left for the month. I need healthy food ideas that are cheap. So far I have, tuna fish broccoli florets cauliflower florets turkey hot dogs, Not as healthy i know. black tea and green tea bags sweetener for the tea whole wheat or whole grain bread. eggs. cheese blocks for eggs.

I cannot use lunch meat, it don't last very long. Chicken is a bit too much I think, at least when buying chicken breasts and legs.

fire7side

If you get a big pack of those cheese slices, not sure what they cost, you can use them for cheese sandwiches with soup or macaroni and cheese. Couple cans of soup of different varieties added with macaroni noodles stretches out the soup into a decent meal also. I like brown rice and cook it in my quick pot along with pinto beans. The pinto beans last about 4 days in the fridge and can just be reheated. Oatmeal for breakfast is cheap. Carrots are really cheap for some reason and potatoes. Get any kind of chicken and cook it up and add it to foods a little bit here and there. Usually they have a sale on some kind of chicken. Otherwise canned beans are pretty cheap also to add protein.

duane

When I run short, I focus on noodles and just a bit of protein (not even every day). Noodles are dead cheap and they last forever. Obviously, you don't want to do that for long, even if you're taking vitamins.

I once lasted several months on almost nothing but noodles, but it wasn't fun.

cybereality

Nuts are good. They keep you full for long. I eat cashews as snacks and they are way better than chips or anything else. Also oatmeal is pretty cheap and that can fill you up for like 6 to 8 hours with a big bowl.

newmodels

from the suggestions, I remembered I can make chili. I do have some noodles, I will probably eat those. And I have some oat meal, I plan on using it like @cybereality suggested.

newmodels

and I had forgotten about grilled cheese toast. I can make those.

mYusufSuleman

I will use the Unsee button now.

Megalomaniak

@newmodels said: and I had forgotten about grilled cheese toast. I can make those.

remember, butter(or margerine if you want something salted) goes outside, not inside the bread and then cheese in the middle can melt nicely into the bread itself. Oh god, so good.

DaveTheCoder

Dried beans are inexpensive, nutritious and filling. All you have to do is boil them in water.