Looking For Cheap And Healthy Food!

[countrygirl12]

I have volunteered for various organizations throughout my life and always wondered if claims that a person could not live on food stamp alotments. Three years ago I set my goal to spend less than two dollars and fifty cents a day which is much less than what government programs award to the needy.I do a Tuna Casserole once every two weeks that cover eight meals inexpensively. I buy five dozen eggs at a time-bulk keeps them cheap and cover my breakfast as well as egg salad sandwiches or great on a bed of lettuce. I get Friday freebies from Kroger grocery stores as well as coupons for freebies. A pound of pasta at seventy nine cents plus a can of crushed tomatoes at fifty cents covers three meals Four if you add a bag of frozen vegetables at less than a dollar. Samples at COSTCO can cover a meal a week.

Depends on how much you get.  When I worked in retail there was a woman who came thru and she got $800 a week.  She was a fat slob that refused to work.  She had a gang of kids and no husband.

I know a girl who lost her job due to lay off and she applied and got food stamps just while she was laid off and she received $31 a month.  So no you can't get much food for $31 a month even if it is one person.  Milk is around $5 a gallon even for Walmart's cheapest brand.

People who do not have to live on it or that way are always quick to offer solutions.  Personally I do not want to eat tuna casserole every night for 2 weeks.  Or egg salad for lunch or eggs for breakfast.  I don't believe in just giving people hand outs and def do not believe in increasing the amounts of food stamps. I am just saying there are people who may be having a hard time and it's not as easy as some people want to make it for things to work out.  It's like the government officials who make half a million a year and they said they lived on food stamps for a month to prove you can do it.  Well I am curious did everything get emptied out of the kitchen before you started this project? Because if your kitchen is already stocked and you downsize what you buy for a month it is not the same thing.

I remember seeing a healthy younger man who was complaining because they were going to require him to either work a certain number of hours of volunteer to continue receiving food stamps.  He had no kids and received over $200 a month (according to him which was more than the max for one person lol) and I assume was drawing welfare as well. But he stood there are said he would NOT work nor volunteer for the stamps.  Took a lot not to say something to him. But that is another rant altogether.

[jwkelly]

Ok, I am looking for food that is cheap and healthy (if that's even possible lol or somewhat healthy lol) I can eat once a day if needed keep in mind I'm trying to keep total cost under 70 dollars. I just want to keep maybe 10 of that 70 for water. Thank you for any help!

Cheap food is not healthy. Healthy food is not cheap. And you need to eat more than once a day. Your body thinks you are starving (and it is) if you eat once a day. Then anything you do it is going to be stored because your body thinks it may never get any food again.

So you want to spend $60 on food?  How long do you want that to last?  A week?  A month?     You are so wrong  !!! I buy low priced( cheap) healthy food all the time.    Your attitude is why  ppl supposedly bully you,you try to be a know it all and your not.   I eat healthy 99 % of the time and it costs very lil if you do your research and stick to to it

[countrygirl12]

Best way to cut cost is to cook it yourself and freeze it.  You can make bulk food, freeze what you can't eat, and enjoy the rest.  My sister has a recipe for soup that fills like 5 quart containers, so she just does that, freeze the 4 containers, and then has soup for whenever she wants it.  To make it easier, you can use ice cube trays to portion stuff out so that if you want a bowl of soup you just take 5 ice cubes from the bag and heat for a meal.

Stores like Costco and Sam's Club are great for things like this.  You can buy a 64 oz thing of sour cream for $5 while a normal 24oz one costs about the same.  Not saying you will need 64oz of sour cream, but you can keep cost down by doing that.  If you can use the bulk items across various meals, it will save you money.  Just plan a bit and you can do a lot.

BUT places like Sam's you have to pay over $100 a year for a membership. AND you have to have one in your area. The closest one to me is about an hour away.  And from what I have seen their prices are not lower than Walmart. If you compare ounce to ounce a lot of times you pay more. You just have to pay attention.

[countrygirl12]

Ok, I am looking for food that is cheap and healthy (if that's even possible lol or somewhat healthy lol) I can eat once a day if needed keep in mind I'm trying to keep total cost under 70 dollars. I just want to keep maybe 10 of that 70 for water. Thank you for any help!

Cheap food is not healthy. Healthy food is not cheap. And you need to eat more than once a day. Your body thinks you are starving (and it is) if you eat once a day. Then anything you do it is going to be stored because your body thinks it may never get any food again.

So you want to spend $60 on food?  How long do you want that to last?  A week?  A month?     You are so wrong  !!! I buy low priced( cheap) healthy food all the time.    Your attitude is why  ppl supposedly bully you,you try to be a know it all and your not.   I eat healthy 99 % of the time and it costs very lil if you do your research and stick to to it

I like the way you add to my post and make it look like I said it. LOL  I wondered why you quoted MY comments all the time and then didn't make a comment.

This was added to my comment to make it look like I said it.  Go back to MY orig comment to see what I actually said

" You are so wrong  !!! I buy low priced( cheap) healthy food all the time.    Your attitude is why  ppl supposedly bully you,you try to be a know it all and your not.   I eat healthy 99 % of the time and it costs very lil if you do your research and stick to to it"

You are an idiot.  You bully everyone on here and have some smart butt comment to make to everything.  And FYI people don't bully me.  Yes, 2 witches did a few months ago at work and like I said NEITHER of them are a part of my life any more.

You seem to have some serious mental issues.

[paints]

Ok, I am looking for food that is cheap and healthy (if that's even possible lol or somewhat healthy lol) I can eat once a day if needed keep in mind I'm trying to keep total cost under 70 dollars. I just want to keep maybe 10 of that 70 for water. Thank you for any help!

For myself, I've found that buying organic fruits and vegetables is cheaper in the long run, and healthier, too, because organic doesn't use pesticides. 
I rarely eat meat anymore, so that cuts costs some. 
I buy things on sale, and I buy spices to experiment with for different dishes/meals.

My average weekly grocery bill is less than $50.

[countrygirl12]

Ok, I am looking for food that is cheap and healthy (if that's even possible lol or somewhat healthy lol) I can eat once a day if needed keep in mind I'm trying to keep total cost under 70 dollars. I just want to keep maybe 10 of that 70 for water. Thank you for any help!

For myself, I've found that buying organic fruits and vegetables is cheaper in the long run, and healthier, too, because organic doesn't use pesticides. 
I rarely eat meat anymore, so that cuts costs some. 
I buy things on sale, and I buy spices to experiment with for different dishes/meals.

My average weekly grocery bill is less than $50.

Must be the area you live in. Most of the organic stuff no matter what it is is about 3 times the price here.

[ErinMagoonZamacona99]

Veggies and Rice can be good.

[paints]

Ok, I am looking for food that is cheap and healthy (if that's even possible lol or somewhat healthy lol) I can eat once a day if needed keep in mind I'm trying to keep total cost under 70 dollars. I just want to keep maybe 10 of that 70 for water. Thank you for any help!

For myself, I've found that buying organic fruits and vegetables is cheaper in the long run, and healthier, too, because organic doesn't use pesticides. 
I rarely eat meat anymore, so that cuts costs some. 
I buy things on sale, and I buy spices to experiment with for different dishes/meals.

My average weekly grocery bill is less than $50.

Must be the area you live in. Most of the organic stuff no matter what it is is about 3 times the price here.

Maybe.  The organic items are usually just a few cents more.  Like regular bananas are 57 cents a pound, but the organic is 88 cents a pound.
Plus the store I shop at has local sources for most of the produce.

[countrygirl12]

Ok, I am looking for food that is cheap and healthy (if that's even possible lol or somewhat healthy lol) I can eat once a day if needed keep in mind I'm trying to keep total cost under 70 dollars. I just want to keep maybe 10 of that 70 for water. Thank you for any help!

For myself, I've found that buying organic fruits and vegetables is cheaper in the long run, and healthier, too, because organic doesn't use pesticides. 
I rarely eat meat anymore, so that cuts costs some. 
I buy things on sale, and I buy spices to experiment with for different dishes/meals.

My average weekly grocery bill is less than $50.

Must be the area you live in. Most of the organic stuff no matter what it is is about 3 times the price here.

Maybe.  The organic items are usually just a few cents more.  Like regular bananas are 57 cents a pound, but the organic is 88 cents a pound.
Plus the store I shop at has local sources for most of the produce.

That's almost 20 cents which can add up.  I know we got vinegar the other day and the bottle was $8 something and we wondered why it was so expensive and noticed we had organic so we put it back and got the regular and it was less than $3.

[michele2042]

Eat veggies. You can get a head of lettuce for like $1.00. Or you can buy collards/kale that you can cook You can go to the dollar store and buy dressing. This is under $70.00 and you'll lose weight.

Lettuce has no nutritional value.  Neither do collard greens or kale.  And if you buy salad dressing that def is not healthy.  And unless I missed something she didn't say she wanted to loose weight.  But if all you eat is lettuce and water you def will. Eventually you will starve to death.

Kale is one of the healthiest foods there are.   It is an excellent source of vitamins A, C, K, B6 and fiber, calcium.  It's a great food source that is reasonable to buy and there are a variety of ways to prepare it.  Also leaf lettuce, depending on which type is another great source of vitamins.  No one is saying all she should eat is lettuce and water but it's a way to save money.  I think that's what she's wanting to do.

[michele2042]

If you have an Aldi or Lidl where you live check them out.  Great, healthy buys can be found in both stores.  I love both of them.  I also agree with the others, check into local farmer's markets or even just someone selling veggies and fruit in roadside stand.   Don't forget to use coupons.  Not sure of your age but I know our local publix offers seniors discounts on certain days.   Lots of ways to save on groceries, might take a bit of work but it's worth it.

[aflyingmonkey]

If you live by the 99 cent only store, find out when they get deliveries & show up right when the door opens.   You can get name brand products for 99cents.  They also have store brand items & fresh bread multiple times a week, same bread as krogers.
Fresh vegetables & fruits too.   Also spaghetti, noodles, beans, etc...

Also, shop the grocery sales of the week, you can get great deals if you go to stores to purchase off their sales.

Good Luck.

[1imaginarygirl]

Eat veggies. You can get a head of lettuce for like $1.00. Or you can buy collards/kale that you can cook You can go to the dollar store and buy dressing. This is under $70.00 and you'll lose weight.

Lettuce has no nutritional value.  Neither do collard greens or kale.  And if you buy salad dressing that def is not healthy.  And unless I missed something she didn't say she wanted to loose weight.  But if all you eat is lettuce and water you def will. Eventually you will starve to death.

Kale is considered a superfood, so not sure where you figure it has no nutritional value. It is high in vitamins A, C and K, plus a good source of iron, calcium, fiber and protein. Collard greens are also a good source of A and C, protein, calcium, iron and fiber. Basically all the dark greens are great for you. It's just the iceberg lettuce that's mostly water.

[countrygirl12]

If you live by the 99 cent only store, find out when they get deliveries & show up right when the door opens.   You can get name brand products for 99cents.  They also have store brand items & fresh bread multiple times a week, same bread as krogers.
Fresh vegetables & fruits too.   Also spaghetti, noodles, beans, etc...

Also, shop the grocery sales of the week, you can get great deals if you go to stores to purchase off their sales.

Good Luck.

We have a dollar tree but it has never had fresh veggies or fruits.  Does have canned stuff.  Not too much canned stuff.  I have not been in there in several months.  They was having a problem with a couple people who knew when the delivers happened and they would go in and buy everything that was the good stuff and take it and sell it in their country store for 3 or 4 times the price.  And before somebody gets smart, yes this is perfectly legal and they are allowed to do it - but in my opinion it isn't right because there are some people who shop there that can't afford the higher prices.  There were a couple things that they had that were really good.  They had a chip dip that was awesome. But usually you couldn't get it.

There was an issue once because a woman wanted ONE carton of eggs and some idiot trying to stock her store was fighting everyone trying to get them all and keep anyone else from getting any.  And THAT is why the store implemented a limit on how many you could get in one trip. smh

[potluck6]

don't understand 10.00 for water you mean bottled water. we buy that and in refill with tap water.  I suppose veggies and fruits some can be expensive. id say forget  meat except for hamburger or maybe chicken. pancakes not healthy but filling.