I am on a limited budget?!
I can live without fruit, but I love vegetables!. I can deal with creative ideas for ramen soup!. If you were a single woman with only 25 dollars to buy groceries with for the next week, what would you buy!? Keep in mind I have condiments, butter, mayo!. I also like meat but do not have to have it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
I would buy:
Frozen mixed vegetables
2 boxes of pasta
1 can diced tomatoes with garlic and onions
1 can tomato sauce
1 loaf of bread
Package of american singles
2 packages of ramen
1 package of ground beef or ground turkey
1-2 potatoes
1 onion
You can make with these ingredients:
-Grilled cheese,
-Hamburgers on bread
-Ground beef, onions, and potatoes
*Brown some ground beef in a pan with seasonings of choice and remove
*Saute diced onions in the pan until soft and then add diced potatoes - cook until all is tender and re-add ground beef - season all liberally
-Ramen
*pour out all liquid after boiling the ramen and add 1-2tbsp of butter and then the seasoning pouch!. Add a little water or milk if too dry!.
-Spaghetti with garlic bread
*Drain the can of diced tomatoes with garlic and onions and add to a sauce pan, add the can of tomato sauce and simmer
*Boil enough spaghetti for you to eat and then take 1 or 2 slices of bread and put some butter and garlic powder on them and pop in a 400 degree oven until toasted
*Save left over tomato sauce
-Spaghetti/pasta with mixed vegetables
* cook and drain spaghetti/pasta!. Add cooked, mixed vegetables, butter, and a little parmesan cheese if you have it
-Baked potato
* bake potato until tender, make sure to poke holes in the potato before baking!. Split open when cooked and add some cooked mixed veggies, butter, and a slice of american cheese!.
Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Frozen mixed vegetables
2 boxes of pasta
1 can diced tomatoes with garlic and onions
1 can tomato sauce
1 loaf of bread
Package of american singles
2 packages of ramen
1 package of ground beef or ground turkey
1-2 potatoes
1 onion
You can make with these ingredients:
-Grilled cheese,
-Hamburgers on bread
-Ground beef, onions, and potatoes
*Brown some ground beef in a pan with seasonings of choice and remove
*Saute diced onions in the pan until soft and then add diced potatoes - cook until all is tender and re-add ground beef - season all liberally
-Ramen
*pour out all liquid after boiling the ramen and add 1-2tbsp of butter and then the seasoning pouch!. Add a little water or milk if too dry!.
-Spaghetti with garlic bread
*Drain the can of diced tomatoes with garlic and onions and add to a sauce pan, add the can of tomato sauce and simmer
*Boil enough spaghetti for you to eat and then take 1 or 2 slices of bread and put some butter and garlic powder on them and pop in a 400 degree oven until toasted
*Save left over tomato sauce
-Spaghetti/pasta with mixed vegetables
* cook and drain spaghetti/pasta!. Add cooked, mixed vegetables, butter, and a little parmesan cheese if you have it
-Baked potato
* bake potato until tender, make sure to poke holes in the potato before baking!. Split open when cooked and add some cooked mixed veggies, butter, and a slice of american cheese!.
Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Soup & Stews help extend your food budget, since you can add starch for filler (like rice, potatoes and pasta), or add beans for protein (tofu is a bean product)!.
Chili and stews can be eaten as a soup, or used as a thick sauce over rice or pasta!.
You can also boil ramen and drain then add seasoning/toppings for a new way of eating noodles!.
Get frozen mixed veggies and stir fry with soy sauce, oil and a bit of sugar!. Add sesame oil (regular or hot) to give it more body!. This basic stir fry can for the basis for more dishes - add protein (ground beef, diced chicken, spam, hard tofu) and more spices (curry, garlic powder, onion powder, basil cilantro) for variety!. Serve dry or wet (add corn starch thickening technique) on top of rice!.
With tofu, I'd recommend cranking up the seasoning and using medium tofu to improve the experience, although tougher to master!. Medium to needs to stay wet and fried in medium heat (not high) oil, or else it sticks!.
Good luck!
You can always cook enough for two meals, which provide some economy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Chili and stews can be eaten as a soup, or used as a thick sauce over rice or pasta!.
You can also boil ramen and drain then add seasoning/toppings for a new way of eating noodles!.
Get frozen mixed veggies and stir fry with soy sauce, oil and a bit of sugar!. Add sesame oil (regular or hot) to give it more body!. This basic stir fry can for the basis for more dishes - add protein (ground beef, diced chicken, spam, hard tofu) and more spices (curry, garlic powder, onion powder, basil cilantro) for variety!. Serve dry or wet (add corn starch thickening technique) on top of rice!.
With tofu, I'd recommend cranking up the seasoning and using medium tofu to improve the experience, although tougher to master!. Medium to needs to stay wet and fried in medium heat (not high) oil, or else it sticks!.
Good luck!
You can always cook enough for two meals, which provide some economy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I live on a fixed income too!.
I would spend the 25 dollars on fruits and vegetables and if I lived where I could garden I would have used part of that money to buy seeds so I could plant more vegetables!.
I think you can probably afford beans and rice which is affordable - you really don't need meat very often - people in our country eat it way too much - in most countries they only eat it occasionally - usually at special events!.!.
if you meet income requirements try to see if there's a food pantry or a church or income assistance that can help you!. $25 doesn't buy much food - not enough to get by on really!. At least not for me!.
honestly you need to eat enough quality food to keep you healthy - which I think is more important than balancing your budget - because if you get sick and die then what good is the money!.
I wouldn't live without fruit - it should make up a pretty good percentage of your diet!.
I'd eat mostly fruit, some vegetables, some nuts, some beans some rice some meat if you like it!.
thats what I do and I'm pretty limited for money myself!.
I eat a lot of bananas!.!. they're fairly cheap!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would spend the 25 dollars on fruits and vegetables and if I lived where I could garden I would have used part of that money to buy seeds so I could plant more vegetables!.
I think you can probably afford beans and rice which is affordable - you really don't need meat very often - people in our country eat it way too much - in most countries they only eat it occasionally - usually at special events!.!.
if you meet income requirements try to see if there's a food pantry or a church or income assistance that can help you!. $25 doesn't buy much food - not enough to get by on really!. At least not for me!.
honestly you need to eat enough quality food to keep you healthy - which I think is more important than balancing your budget - because if you get sick and die then what good is the money!.
I wouldn't live without fruit - it should make up a pretty good percentage of your diet!.
I'd eat mostly fruit, some vegetables, some nuts, some beans some rice some meat if you like it!.
thats what I do and I'm pretty limited for money myself!.
I eat a lot of bananas!.!. they're fairly cheap!.Www@FoodAQ@Com