$20 for food for a week?

Question

Can you guys give me some ideas on what meal stuff I can buy that will last for a week for 2 adults and a 4 year old. We ate spaghetti and peanut butter sandwiches all last week and I think we are gonna throw up if we make spaghetti again lol. I was thinking chili but my son wont eat that. I have a little bit of pancake mix and 2 boxes of mac and cheese and spaghetti noodles already.

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I don’t know how you feel about rice, but you can make a lot dishes to go with that from a simple vegetable stir fry, red beans and rice, with a reduced priced meat you can make a stew to eat over it, or a chicken broccoli rice casserole. And some meals you can eat again as leftovers. Maybe that can give you some ideas to start with?

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Is there a reason you only want to spend $20? You should reach out to WIC, they will give you a card to get food monthly and it’s really nice to have. In the mean time, pasta, rice, and beans.

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Canned chicken breast, chicken flavored rice(I like the one with broccoli), and cream of chicken. Easy dinner and cost like $2 using store brand stuff.

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If you have facebook, there is a group called cheap meal ideas and it is super helpful!! Questions like this all the time on there. 
Maybe check out nearest food panty as well?

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Dollar tree. Bread, rice, lunch meat, ramen noodles, maybe a few TV dinners. They also sell egg noddles you can buy and a pack of cheap chicken from grocery store to make chicken and noodles(it’s really good). If you have enough left over you can buy snacks from dollar tree, too.

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I would buy:
18 oz plain oats
10 lbs dry rice
3 lbs Dry pinto beans
bananas
Eggs
32 oz frozen broccoli
3 lbs frozen chicken breast 
Might vary a little where you are but at my Walmart, buying store brand, that comes to $20

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egg noodles/pasta; you can use with canned tuna, sausages, canned chicken or meat.
Rice; with beans, yellow rice with tomato sauce
Potatoes; with veggies or mixed with beans or a stew
bread; sandwiches, breakfast, toast, snack with pb and jelly or fruit
Tuna; salad, with mayo, with pasta
pancakes; for breakfast or midday snack with pb or jelly or even fruit. 
eggs; scrambled, in burritos, fried, boiled and can go with salads.
tortillas; burritos, tacos, can even spread pb and jelly and use for breakfast or midday snack
carrots or veggies; mixed into anything or as a side. carrots can be a snack with ranch or pb

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If you do not have enough money to buy more food then why don’t you apply for wic or a government program??? Also there are food pantries that you can go to as well.. but if you want dinner ideas then go to Walmart and get their brand of food.. there hot dog buns are I think a dollar or less and you can get cheap hotdogs as well from their. You can make a soup with veggies that aren’t expensive

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I can’t remember exactly what the meals were, but my mom did this week long leftover reuse meal one time and it was so good. I believe it started off as a pot roast in our crockpot, and throughout the week the leftovers were turned into new meals like sandwiches, pasta, and that sort of thing. I believe it was pretty cheap too since we were struggling at the time. So my suggestion would be to invest in meat for a roast, maybe get some pasta noodles (Raman!! Very cheap and versatile!), ingredients for sandwiches reusing the meat, and that sort of thing. Get creative, you can get through this!💞

$20 for food for a week?

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