$20 Plus Change For 8 Days: What to Do Best with a $20 Eating for One on $20.76

SHOPPING LIST

DOLLAR TREE

$0.50 1200 calories penne pasta
$0.61 1050 calories oatmeal
$0.67 2167 calories 32 oz white rice from Dollar Tree using 2/3rds of it
$0.50 1182 calories 24 oz dry pinto beans from Dollar Tree using 1/2 of it


MEIJER
$0.33 280 calories 4 large eggs
$0.67 22 calories stir fry sauce
$0.17 0 calories soy sauce
$1.00 240 calories frozen mixed vegetables
$1.85 574 calories 8 oz 80 20 ground beef
$1.25 1020 calories 6 weiner hot dogs Meijer
$0.66 1050 calories Bisquick
$1.70 770 calories 7 oz shredded cheddar Meijer
$0.07 406 calories 3.5 tsp granulated sugar in oatmeal, a day

ALDI
$0.58 840 calories 14 slices honey wheat bread
$0.64 1260 calories crunchy peanut butter 180 calories a day for 8 days
$3.33 967 calories sweet and sour chicken with sauce included
$0.85 300 calories pasta sauce, bottled
$1.81 1848 calories 7 large chocolate chunk cookies
$1.75 310 calories 3.5 navel oranges 0.5 orange a day
$0.77 787 calories 0.75 cup whole milk a day

DIET COLA MIXTURE
$1.05 0 calories 500 ml a day Diet Coca-Cola 250 ml Mixture Dollar Tree diet cola 250 ml Water 500 ml / 2 = Makes 2 servings

$20.76 16273 calories 2034 calories a day 8 Days $2.60 a Day

Cooking Instructions:

1. Make cheddar biscuits - 7 for 7 days worth.

2. Breakfasts: Make oatmeal with additional sugar 3.5 tsp worth a day. Serve with 0.75 cup milk and 0.25 of an orange. On the 8th day, eat two hard boiled eggs for breakfast.

3. Lunches: Make peanut butter sandwich. Serve with one large chocolate chunk cookie and 0.25 of an orange. On the 8th lunch day eat leftover chicken stir fry for lunch.

4. Afternoon snack: Eat a cheddar biscuit a day with 500 ml "diet cola drink" 250 ml Diet Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree diet cola 500 ml water = Serves 2 days worth

5. Dinners:

Beefy Pasta: Brown 8 oz ground beef. Cook pasta completely. Heat pasta sauce. Mix ground beef into pasta sauce. Serve over pasta. Store leftovers in fridge. Makes 3 days worth.
Serves 3.

Beans and Weiners: Make pinto beans up in slow cooker. Cut up weiners over bowls of pinto beans. Store 2 other bowls in fridge. Heat one bowl in microwave.
Serves 3.

Chicken and Fried Rice: Make rice from instructions on package. Make chicken according to instructions on package. Prepare fried rice with eggs scrambled into two stir fry pans. Add stir fry sauce and soy sauce.
Serves 3. Only use 2 eggs, use 2 eggs for breakfast the 8th day.

Eat one serving leftover chicken fried rice for lunch/breakfast the 8th day.

Julie Nield October 21, 2018

Indexed Under: $20 Ground Beef Pasta Pinto Beans Weiners Chicken Fried Rice Under $23