Warning: I just hit 30 days of cooking with only $40 a week for groceries

Everyone says you need fancy ingredients to eat well, but I've made solid meals like a huge lentil soup and a bean skillet. It forced me to get creative with spices I already had. Has anyone else tried a strict weekly budget and found it wasn't as hard as people say?

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dakotal1925d agoMost Upvoted

Honestly that budget sounds tight but doable. My cousin did something similar after a layoff. He got weirdly good at making different kinds of potato dishes. Spices are key for sure, makes cheap stuff taste totally different.

oliver_ross825d ago

My last job had a pay delay once and I had to do $35 a week for a month. Like dakotal19 said, potatoes are a lifesaver. I'd roast a whole bag with just oil, salt, and paprika. A big bag of rice and a sack of dried beans is the base for everything. I lived on bean and rice bowls with different hot sauces.