You have $20 to buy a weeks worth of food. What do you buy?

>As Aldi still has the 35cent per 0.5l beer can offer

Details on this? I assume this isn't American Aldi.

3 cups brown rice
1 cup lentils
1 cup broccoli
4 oz chicken
2 tbsp canola oil
1 egg

Eat this everyday and invest the remaining $5 in extra toilet paper

That's in Switzerland. They usually buy up the overproduction from breweries and fill it up in their own cans called something like Karlskrone or St. Gotthard...
It's beer but it can be anything from nice to tasting like utter shit. Who cares if you throw 2 cans from 24 away at that price.

Lentils

10kilos of rice, bag of frozen veg, cheese

£15 for a week?

Been on some shopping sites trying to see if it's doable.

I mean it is but Jesus does it make me realise how much I spend just because I don't want to spend a week eating rice/pasta with tuna/chicken and some veg for a week.

I started a diet recently and still spend at least $50.

You sound like you are suffering from addiction. Please seek help. I will pray for you.

That's around £40.

It really does depend where you shop around here.
I stopped by a Waitrose (upmarket sort of shop) because it was on the way home and they wanteed 80p (Around $1) for a potato. ONE fucking potato.

These are right around 17€

So I assume I have nothing, right?
And I assume the stuff I normally buy.
Breakfast
- 2 * goat's milk 2,50€
- oats 50€
- bananas for one week 1€
6,50€

Tight already.
Lunch
- 3 packs of spaghetti 3 * 0,70€
- 3 cans of tomatos 3 * 0,70€
- garlic 1€
- dried parsley 1 €
- hard cheese 3€
9,20€

so... popcorn for dinner every day.

Similar to the op pic but throw in some sausages. I'm assuming I already have spices?

Why would you want so many limes?

Why not?

5lb bag of rice = $5
bag of potatoes = $2
dozen eggs = $1.5
pasta = $2
2 cans of sauce = $2
1lb of ground beef = $5
3 italian sausages = $3
loaf of bread = $1

eat 1 big meal a day, the rice and potatoes will last longer than 1 week too so you could probably buy more meat/fresh vegg/snack

You're going to use a lime a day?

The usual stuff: whole wheat flour, beans, onions, celery, carrots, cabbage, kale, canned tomatoes.

I spend $2 on flour for flour paste and $18 on 9 /sips/

$1.38 - 2 dozen eggs
$1.00 - cabbage
$1.53 - 2lb onion
$2.00 - 1gallon whole milk
$3.40 - 5lb potatos
$2.79 - butter
$1.49 - 2lb carrots
$1.99 - celery
$1.00 - bread 4 bolillo
$3.00 - discount meat

something like that.

milk
flower
vitamins
boil em up together and make little energy balls

10 McChicken + Medium fries Combo
10 McChicken + Medium Cola Combo

Sure?

Are third worlders allowed to play? I can live with 20 bucks for 2 weeks, nearly a month if I push it. (Food only, not expenses or bills)

Go be a moralfag on rebbit.
But no, I would rather kill myself by overdosing on beer then imagine what eating on 20CHF/week feels like as it's not happening.
>pic related.
It's pretty much bare spaghetti + 2 apples per day.

>£15.38

>1kg frozen broc (£1)
>1 small whole chicken (£3.25)
>500g rice (£0.70)
>1 onion (£0.15)
>500g green lentils (£0.95)
>4 pork loin steaks (£3.25)
>Loaf of seeded bread (£1.5)
>500g oats (£0.70)
>3 pints milk (£0.90)
>Unsalted almonds (£1.20)
>6 Braeburn Apples (£1.45)

£0.33 spare

Could easily live on 20 USD a week, tend to spend about 30 though.

60 limes

Pound of rice, pound of beans, pound of potatoes and the cheapest chicken cuts I can find, maybe buy 2 roasts so I can make a broth. I use the rest for frozen vegetables like broccoli. If I have at least 50 cents left I can buy 2 dozen cheap tortillas.

With the spices I have I can make a simple stirfry with a side of rice, chicken and potato tacos with spanish rice and beans, chicken rice, a simple chicken soup. The only thing I would want is some onions.

>20$
>for a week

I think my diet would consist of rice and pasta in several incarnations.
Fusili Bolognese
Lasagna
Curry
Rice Mexicana
Noodles with butter and tomato paste
Fried Rice with scrambled eggs
Leftovers

And something to drink

spinach, cheap fish, lasagne plates. some cheese if money is left.
rest goes into cola and alcohol.

could probably buy a ton of shit

Where do you live ? Everything here in Vegas is twice that

save it for a month and buy $80 worth in in bulk

>$20 dollars a week
are u guys fat or something

Pocket $20 and water fast for a week.

>lives in the middle of the desert
>complains about prices of fresh produce/meat

Well yeah because you live in a fucking desert

beans
rice
veggies
eggs
potatoes
soy sauce for seasoning
some type of oil

These questions are always stupid. You can easily eat well on $20 p/w on average. By spending more than $20 on pantry staples, oil, spices etc every now and then. It's very hard to eat well on $20 when you assume you have to purchase every ingredient needed for what you'll be eating.

I live in Houston. Prices were mostly Kroger with some Randall's.

If I wanted to be really cheap I'd do all my shopping at the Mexican grocery.
Replace potatoes with beans, butter with lard, bread with tortilla, carrot with tomato, things like that. Spend the bit I save on some cheese and just go full Mexican for a week.

5 lbs bag of brown rice, 8 lbs of shitty chicken quarters, 2 dozen eggs, a gallon of milk, roll of cheap breakfast sausage, and the remainder on bananas.

my wife is Mexican and literally uses that many limes in a week.

>tfw actually know how to cook

Cheap flour, cheap bulk eggs, cheapest $1/lb meat, beans, cheap bulk oil/butter, lentils, and frozen veggies plus the 50% off fresh veggies.

That's actually how I normally shop. I make my own breads and pastas. Except I thrift as much on shit I figure there's no difference between cheap store brand and save to buy online fancier olive oils that do make a difference or a fancier cheese or higher quality cut of meat. But if I'm broke fuck it I'll just skip that and slow roast a whole chicken, shred that meat and use it. Plus slow cook a pork roast but and shred that equally. Then with those two I have meats for the week, I have my bread, and it's just whatever seasoning/sauce with veggies.

Limes are 8 for $2 where I live. Why do people pretend as if it were some sort of extravagance like buying an imported cheese on a restricted budget.

Bag of chicken breast tenderloins that I can stretch across the week
Bag of frozen broccoli
Top ramen for empty carbs
Butter and/or teriyaki sauce to make my fried ramen recipe. I'm not sure if I'd be able to afford both with the rest of everything.

one whole chicken or beef for soup
vegetables for soup like carrots, leek, parsley, cabbage or celery
potatoes
onions
oats
noodles

shit the world has become too expensive. when I was younger I could buy more stuff for 20 moneytokens

Lentils, eggs, hopefully I have some flavor stocked

Spend my $20 on one big meal at McDonald's for one day, subsist on water for the remaining six.

only real answer in this thread, this dude knows about the struggle

Waitrose is sickening. Recently went on holiday with my girlfriends family. Her middle class brother (and his partner) spent £200 on wine and pizza from Waitrose. The pizza was all eaten in the first night and the wine only lasted a couple more days.

I can't imagine what kind of wage I would have to be on to spend money like that.

dozen of organic cage free eggs 5.00
Organic bread 5.00
one Organic chicken,10.00

20 Banquet pot pies.

Fucking this, not gonna die to scurvy

$18 worth of eggs, $2 worth of butter

>$18 worth of eggs
You can buy a box of 60 eggs for maybe $7. Why would you need more than that for a week? You could add some more substance to your diet.

Potatoes 1kg
Eggs 20 pack
Tomatoes
onions
Bell peppers
Bread
Apples
Milk
Frozen veggies
Chicken breasts pack
rice
Garlic

Man... I can't do it. This is tops for 4 days.

Fine, $14 worth of eggs and $6 worth of butter. Now I can have hollandaise sauce with my omelettes.

You want food for a week? Here ya go

1 lb black beans
3 lbs white rice
4 lbs tomatoes
6-8 onions
1 large squash
5 large carrots
1/2 bag of frozen corn
1/2 lbs mushroom
2 large green bell peppers
1 large bag spinach

>cook rice, set aside
>cook beans, set aside (or just buy canned beans)
>chop/dice up all veggies
>saute onions, bell peppers and mushrooms in oil
>add chopped/diced squash and carrots
>add whatever spices you want, I usually do just salt/pepper/garlic powder/ and taco seasoning
>add diced tomatoes
>keep on low heat until tomatoes are cooked down
>add beans, corn and spinach
>cook on low heat for 5 more minutes
>add cooked rice to pan (not all of it)
>toss rice until coated with sauce and veggies

BOOM.

Now you have enough food for a week. Lots of veggies, rice and beans. It will leave you with leftover rice as well.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner? Doesn't sound like it's enough, at least not enough for an adult male.

Around my end this is what I'd get
>Carton of eggs- ~1.99
>Loaf of bread ~1.99
>Packet of chicken drumsticks ~6.00
>Bag of rice ~3.00
>Canned beans ~.70 each can
>Bananas ~1.50
>Milk ~1.99

Here in Canada
7 bananas - 2.38
bag of rice - 3.80
bag of beans - 3.49
butter stick - 1.79
12 eggs - 3.30
2 red onion - 1.76
2 green pepper - 3.34
Total of 19.86 without considering potential sales

package of flour + yeast $3
60 eggs $6
10lb potato $5
$6 of zucchini and squash

This assumes I have access to the necessary oils, spices, pans and appliances. Bake your own bread.

1lb of tri color rotini pasta - $1.
Jar of basic bitch sauce - $1.
2.5lbs of Chicken drumsticks - $3.
4 dozen eggs - $3.56 total
Loaf of bread - 0.89
3lbs of jasmine rice - $3.50
2lbs of black beans - $1.78
2 12oz jars of salsa - $2.78
Box of tea - $1.50

I think I have enough left for a candy bar.

assuming i start from scratch.
soymilk - 4
Almond flour - 7
corn oil (8oz) - 3
eggs 6 - 4
mixed nuts, bulk 3/4 cup - 2

3 cans of tomato = 3$
2 dozen eggs = 4$
5 pounds carrots = 5$
Green onion = 1$
Loaf bread = 2$
2 cans beans = 2$
Collard greens/mustard greens/whatever soup greens = 3$

What do you use for scrambled eggs? white onion or red onion?

Green onion you overgrown rat

I bought a huge packet of chicken legs with thighs the other day for $6, there must have been maybe 14 legs in there.

With the remaining $14 I would get a 2 pound bag of onions for $1.49, cheap cabbage for like $2, a few cans of tuna on sale like $4 for 4 cans at most, currently I'm at $13.50...

Whatever fruit is on sale probably like 4 oranges for $2... I'm at $15.50...

Some lemons, let's say 4 for $2 so I'm at $17.50...

And a big ass piece of bread like a baguette to last the week... $2.50...

Sounds okay.

Bag of brown rice
Couple heads of broccoli
Chicken breast
2 dozen eggs

Not exactly sure how much of each I could buy(besides the eggs), but it'd be enough to last me a week for sure

egg and noodle omelets every meal

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One solid meal a day, trying to be somewhat healthy; shopping at the local WalMart:

Produce:
3 Russet Potatoes
1 Sweet Potato
4 bananas
2 seeded cucumbers.
Probably around round 8 bucks before tax.

General:
One 16 oz bag of lentils (under 2 bucks)
2 Hunts no-salt added tomato sauce can (44 cents each),
2 Lebanon Valley chick pea dip (just over a dollar per 13oz can)
1 46 oz unsweetened applesauce (less than 3 bucks)
2 16 oz. bags of Great Value frozen sweet peas (98 cents each)

I live in Cleveland fucking Ohio, so...estimating higher, that the total would be around say, $18.60 before tax, with a rate of 7.25 percent added...the total would be $19.95.

WHEW...
Wouldn't be some gourmet shit, but I could make it work.

Rice beans tuna celery root veg maybe some eggs

A bottle of Jim Beam Black

onions, rice, eggs, potatoes, bread, butter and frozen chicken thighs and vegetables

try to save $3 and start accruing spices in week 2

I buy two loaf bread, 2 pak bologna, and spend the rest on cheap vodka.

Pork butt
Beans
Rice
Bread
Eggs

I'm living off $30 a week and this is very close to what I buy. No meat & saving money for some cheap alcohol.

>I'm living off $30
What? Where are you from

78 limes

Chicken legs
Rice
Frozen mix vegetables
Eggs
Milk
Rolled oats (1 box usually last longer than a week thought)

How many limes will that give you in your country?

$7.38 - 25lbs AP flour
$3.49 - 5lbs frozen chicken leg quarters
$1.12 - 3 pack dry yeast
$5.18 - 5 pound pack mixed frozen vegetables
$1.00 - 1 green cabbage
Total cost: $18.17 x .0625 (tax) = $19.30

What can you make?
1. 1.5 gallons of chicken stock using chicken legs, bones and rib meat.
2. Chicken gravy from roasting the thighs and the skins.
3. More than 2 pounds of either fresh bread or pasta per day.

Meals:
1) chicken soup with noodles and veggies 2) chicken broth with veggies and bread 3) chicken with stewed cabbage, veggies and bread 4) roast chicken, gravy, veggies and bread 5) chicken, pasta with gravy and veggies 6) pasta with gravy and veggies 7) stewed cabbage soup with veggies 8) stir fry chicken with vegetables and noodles

The protein source may get repetitive, but the nutrition is pretty solid. 25lbs of flour can be stretched for 2 weeks easy, which means that you'd get an additional $7.38 to spend on week 2 for whatever, or you could just suck it up longer to save your cash and buy a different bulk protein source.

The bottom line is that it can be done, and $20.00 actually gives you not only enough nutrition, but WAY fucking more nutrition than most get in the world every day.

Shit, what you gonna do 100 limes? They 20 cents a piece here.

a bag of coffee and a sleeve of Thomas's plain bagels

>handle of cheap vodka
gotta drink the pain of poverty away

I'd buy 100 limes

40 cans of pork and beans

>overdosing on beer
Literally how? I have to empty my bladder like three times before I get a little drunk.

Literally just make sugar wine. $40-50 of sugar and yeast--don't buy it all at once now--will make you at least 40 gallons of nice wine. Add a little spoonful of frozen juice concentrate if you can't handle the flavor, and wa la.

HAH!

Rice and peas, twice a day, with maybe enough left over for a spoonful of seasoning.

I'd get 7x4 mozarellas for my fat and protein and some of those jumbo sized packed salads for the fiber. Easy.

Dry sausage, cheese and bread.
There are and have been legion of hard working french farmers who lived on that their whole life, can't be bad.