Dude, I feed five people (including a teenager!) for around $100 a week.
$50 for 2 people? That should be at least three days of groceries, even if you're not buying super-cheap.
Here'd be my $50:
Whole roasting bird: $8 (less if you catch a sale) Yellow rice: $1.50 Egg noodles: $0.79 (less on sale) Bag of whole carrots: $0.89 Three whole onions: $0.70 (whole bag is $2-3) One clove of garlic: $0.30 Can of black beans: $0.60 Dozen eggs: $0.79 Half-gallon of milk: $3 Bag of frozen peas: $1 Bag of self-rising flour: $1.20 2 lb bag of sugar: $0.80 Bag of bread flour: $1.20 2 packs of yeast: $2 Salt: $1 Pepper: $1 Cinnamon: $2 Bag of frozen mixed veggies: $1 Sliced cheese: $2.79 Butter: $3 5 lb bag of taters: $2.50
The above ingredients are only a little more than half of $50, and I can whip you days and days of food from them.
1st night: Roast chicken with garlic, salt, pepper. Include carrots and potatoes.
Strip carcass, strain juice and reserve. Boil bones down for stock, reserve. Divide leftover meat.
2nd Day: Scrambled egg, milk. lunch: Leftover roast chicken & veggies. supper: Cook saffron rice, peas, & mix in shredded leftover chicken. Serve with black beans.
3rd day: breakfast: Cinnamon toast lunch: Leftover chicken & yellow rice/black beans supper: Last of the roast chicken leftovers
4th day: French toast with cinnamon lunch: Leftover chicken & yellow rice supper: Heat reserved stock, add leftover chicken, frozen veggies, onions, salt, pepper, garlic. Make loaf of crusty yeast bread.
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$50 for 2 people? That should be at least three days of groceries, even if you're not buying super-cheap.
Here'd be my $50:
Whole roasting bird: $8 (less if you catch a sale)
Yellow rice: $1.50
Egg noodles: $0.79 (less on sale)
Bag of whole carrots: $0.89
Three whole onions: $0.70 (whole bag is $2-3)
One clove of garlic: $0.30
Can of black beans: $0.60
Dozen eggs: $0.79
Half-gallon of milk: $3
Bag of frozen peas: $1
Bag of self-rising flour: $1.20
2 lb bag of sugar: $0.80
Bag of bread flour: $1.20
2 packs of yeast: $2
Salt: $1
Pepper: $1
Cinnamon: $2
Bag of frozen mixed veggies: $1
Sliced cheese: $2.79
Butter: $3
5 lb bag of taters: $2.50
The above ingredients are only a little more than half of $50, and I can whip you days and days of food from them.
1st night: Roast chicken with garlic, salt, pepper. Include carrots and potatoes.
Strip carcass, strain juice and reserve. Boil bones down for stock, reserve. Divide leftover meat.
2nd Day: Scrambled egg, milk.
lunch: Leftover roast chicken & veggies.
supper: Cook saffron rice, peas, & mix in shredded leftover chicken. Serve with black beans.
3rd day: breakfast: Cinnamon toast
lunch: Leftover chicken & yellow rice/black beans
supper: Last of the roast chicken leftovers
4th day: French toast with cinnamon
lunch: Leftover chicken & yellow rice
supper: Heat reserved stock, add leftover chicken, frozen veggies, onions, salt, pepper, garlic. Make loaf of crusty yeast bread.
5th day: Homemade bread & butter
lunch: leftover soup
supper: Grilled cheese & baked fries
So that's 5 days, and you haven't even used all the groceries you bought! :)