Who can make me a grocery list for a week with $20.00? (to feed one single female)?

[Krysten]

Who can make me a grocery list for a week with $20.00? (to feed one single female)?

[2isaboy832]

impossible for $20.00

I'll try to give you some ideas though.

cereal for breakfast we always buy the cheap kinds in the bag.
bread, you could have toast for breakfast or a sandwich
lunch meat
cheese
peanut butter
milk
ramen noodles
you could make alfredo one night, jar of alfredo is like 2.00 and noodles less than 1.00
hamburger helper
frozen dinners.

it's really hard to plan for just one.

good luck.

[usmank]

Get lots of cheap bread that will last you a week. I would say around $8. Get 3 different things to eat with the bread. Each for $2 so that is $6.
Then get a bottle of milk and some cereal, for $6.
Thats even 20$. You can definately find creative things to do with the bread! lol

[mitzih]

Fro one thing go to all the food pantries and receive all the free food there and what you need after that where the $20 comes in for 1 person you can do it. i had to do it for 3 people to feed a for 2 weeks.
try it.

[precious007206]

Here are things that are inexpensive but not sure you can get breakfast lunch and dinner out of it for 7 days.

tuna fish
lipton sides (at walmart they are 1.00 a piece) and they will fill you up.
macoroni and cheese
oodles and noodles
soup
eggs
hot dogs
ravioli/beeforoni/spaghettio's
unfortunately you will not be able to have a healthy balanced meal this way but these things you can buy for under 20.00 and probably stretch for 7 days.

[Bobo064]

$20 isn't much, so you can't buy much food.
I'm assuming that you are not trying to lose weight. Unlike most people, you should avoid low-fat foods, because otherwise you won't get very many calories at all.

bread (whole grain)
noodle pasta (linguini, spaghetti, angle hair, etc.) is great and easy to cook
rice
potatoes (these take more effort to cook than the rest)
milk (avoid skim)

best >>> Peanut butter is great: cheap, high protein. You don't have to get organic PB, but get ones without weird ingredients

frozen orange juice (cheaper and higher in calories than fruit)
raisins

chicken by the pound is cheaper than beef. Also, steak is often cheaper than sliced deli meat, so avoid deli meat.

Canned tuna is also a cheap source of protein. You can add salad dressing to make it taste better, if you want.

You can't eat ideally (like lots of freesh fruit), but you don't have to eat total cr*p like hot dogs and canned ravioli...that's dog food.

mac and cheese is really not that cheap compared to pasta + sauce

[Supermommy111]

What types of food do you like? I used to basically live off mac-n-cheese, lunch meat sandwiches, hot dogs, and bagels with cream cheese plus snacks. Are you a snacker or do you just eat three meals a day? Are drinks included? Do you have the staples already like milk, butter, flour, sugar? If you give me soem more information I can come up with something. Is $20 the max or can it be a little over? Where about do you live and where do you shop?
If it was me I would get 2 pounds of hamburger and a few cans of tuna. Then a couple boxes of hamburger helper and tuna helper. Probably a few boxes of mac-n-cheese, bread, lunch meat, some sort of fruit and snacks, eggs, and a few cans of veggies.
Hamburger/tuna helper you can usually find for $1 a box so 3-4 boxes (it serves like 4 at least so you would have plenty of leftovers for the next night or for lunch the next day. So that is $16 left
a pound and a half of hamburger (i never use a full pound it's too much meat) That's about $12 left
Mac-n-cheese 2 boxes about $.50 a box Leaving $15
Bread $1 Left $14
Lunch meat $4 Leaving $10
Fruit $3 (I'd probably get banana's or strawberries depending what was on sale) Leaving $7
Canned veggies 4 cans $.50 (depends on the store but you can sometimes get them as low as .25 or as high as $1) $5
Eggs $1.50
Leaves you $3.50 for tax and a box of some sort of treat. Of course I gave the middle of the range price for most items so if you bought cheaper then you would have more leftover. Like you can get cheaper lunch meat and canned veggies or frozen if they are having a sale. Plus if you look for coupons you could get way more. I would actually suggest shopping every two weeks instead. It's the same amount of money but you would have $40 instead of $20 and could just plan meals for the next two weeks. Then I would get a whole chicken (you can cook and then make different meals out of it this would also possibly eliminate lunch meat if you like chicken sandwiches), a bag of tater tots, and a few frozen dinners and you would have leftover to get other stuff too. This is what I did back when I lived alone. I would spend about $40-60 but I only went shopping every 2-3 weeks.

[nikki76166]

lunch meat
bread
box of cereal
gallon of milk

$20 nowadays doesn't buy much

[AntoniaR429]

1. I say clip coupons all the time and buy sale items.

I once helped my family turn a $200 grocery bill into a $80 bill for scan and clipping coupons. trust me it is worth it.

2. Put all coins in a jar then cash them in.

3. Buy out off season clothes for cheap at places like plato's closet

4. research sales online

5.research the lowest gas prices in your area (www.gasbuddy.com)

6. have a set amount you put away if you have a job like 15%

7. set financial goals

8. rent movies from the library

9. look at local dollar stores. some sell eggs, milk, pasta, and other food items
______________________________________
SHOPPING RULES

1. never carry credit cards

2. make a list

3. don't carry all your money with you

4. look at different store prices

[14726181738]

I would suggest you shop at the cheapest store possible and check the discounts section - half the stuff they put in there has absolutly nothing wrong with it. I always get the cheap organic stuff so I'm eating good and saving money :)