I'm moving out on my own next week. I currently eat a lot of fast food because I don't have access to a kitchen. I'm not familiar with cooking, so I want to start small. I will be giving up fast food except for the occasional treat. I've had enough of it in the past year that I have started to crave the healthy, fresh foods more than anything.
I'm looking to spend $50 or less a week on groceries. Preferably less if some items could carry from one week to the next. I've got some basics like salt/pepper and oil already purchased.
Please feel free to suggest changes to this grocery list. I'm just going by what I know I will eat/can cook without burning. I will have my boyfriend over most nights so a lot of the meals will be for two.
Note: I'm not big on meat. I only eat it on sandwiches because I'm not sure what else to put on there to make it filling. I also bought a rice cooker. I heard that they're really versatile. Also, I've got a few things like macaroni and cheese, ramen noodles, and pasta noodles already.
- whole wheat bread - $1.48
- Bananas - $1.25
- Kiwis-2 - $0.98
- Kroger brand eggs-12 ct - $0.99
- Goya chickpeas-2 cans - $1.60
- Kroger brand colby jack cheese slices - $1.80
- Avocados-2 - $1.98
- Zucchini-2 - $0.78
- Baby bella sliced mushrooms-8 oz - $2.49
- Chex cereal - $3.49
- unsweetened almond milk - $2.59
- Prego meat spaghetti sauce - $1.99
- Kroger roasted garlic alfredo sauce - $1.49
- Kroger thin spaghetti - $1.00
- Private selection traditional hummus - $3.49
- Red bell peppers-2 - $3.38
- Kroger brand garlic/3 cheese texas toast - $1.79
- Kroger long grain brown rice-1 lb - $0.89
- Blue bonnet butter sticks - $0.99
- Hillshire farms lunch meat - $2.99
- Kroger spinach - $1.49
- Kroger seasoned croutons - $0.99
- Tomato - $1.01
- Cucumber - $0.50
- Salad dressing - $3.99
Total: $45.42
I'm not sure that's even enough food for one week. How can I stretch this? Or what can I add/replace to make it a bit more versatile?
Thanks so much!!
April 24, 2018 at 11:15AM
