It's January 2010

First - No buying any prepared food. We also must limit all processed food stuff. Hostess Cakes no matter how cheap still costs more than making it yourself. Vegetable soup you make yourself is healthier and so much cheaper than Campbells. With a little foresight, you can eat well on a budget. I'm using $50/week as my benchmark. We may go a little over one week, but will make up for it the next.
If you need more food than what's listed - you're probably overweight. We shop at Shoprite in West Nyack. The key is buying on sale and organizing the week ahead of time.

Menu:

Family of 4 - 28 Dinners, 28 lunches, 28 breakfasts

Vegy chile
Dry pinto beans $.79 (last week)
Can tomato sauce 1.00 (this week on sale)
Onion .25
Carrot .25
Zuccini .50
Green Pepper (Old World Market in Nyack ) .59 lb -
Celery (2 weeks ago Shoprite) 1.69
Garlic clove - .10
corn frozen - 1/4 box
Salt, pepper, chili power (buy the .99 spices)

Olive Oil -

Serve over brown rice or pasta (.99 lb for rice or .59 pasta we do organic) - .50
Cantelope .99
Iced tea from scratch - .10
homemade oatmeal cookies (24 for $1.50)
Approximately $7 (you can still throw in $1 worth of meat)
8 meals (dinner of lunch)



Vegy soup homemade - 1/2 gallon
Celery - .50
Carrots - .25
Cabbage - .25
Onion - .25
bollion cubes (2) .25

Corn .25 (1/4 box)

barley - .25
beans - .25

oil

approximately $3.00
8 meals for lunch or dinner


Home made Rick's Bread Recipe .50 - Make loaf everyday $4.00 total for week



Eggs - Buy 2-1/2 dozen $2.99

Omlettes