5 Days For One Under $10: Eating for $2 A Day

EATING ON $2.00 A DAY FOR 5 DAYS: SHOPPING LIST

$0.67 1600 calories 16 oz penne pasta at Dollar Tree
$0.49 1600 calories calories 15.75 oz white rice $1.00 for 32 oz Dollar Tree
$0.41 750 calories Great Value quick oats at Walmart 42 oz package for $2.48
$1.18 1200 calories 1.6 cups whole milk a day Aldi
$0.05 290 calories sugar 3.5 tsp in oatmeal a day
$1.19 260 calories Meijer crushed tomatoes 28 oz
$0.42 215 calories Meijer dried lentils 3.5 oz of 16 oz package for $1.89
$0.61 367 calories Meijer black beans 7 oz of 16 oz package for $1.39
$0.39 5 calories Meijer chicken bouillion stock cubes 5 out of 25 cube container for $1.97
$0.14 41 calories one yellow onion purchased 3 lb for $1.99
$0.66 291 calories one sweet potato 0.75 lb 0.88 per pound Meijer
$0.16 30 calories 2 carrots 0.79 per pound Meijer
$0.40 600 calories 10 slices honey wheat bread Aldi
$0.46 900 calories 40 oz crunchy peanut butter Aldi
$0.37 433 calories almond windmill cookies Dollar Tree
$0.75 283 calories frozen orange juice concentrate 1 oz a day plus 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice a day
$0.37 323 calories 3 bananas
$0.75 492 calories regular cola drink mix recipe 250 ml regular Coca-Cola 250 ml Dollar Tree regular soda 500 ml water = 1000 ml = 2 500 ml a day servings
$0.50 119 calories 3.5 oz frozen chicken breast 1/2 a frozen chicken breast

$9.97 9819 calories for 5 days = 1964 calories a day $2.00 a Day

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Breakfast: Make oatmeal one serving a day 150 calories a serving. Add 3.5 tsp granulated sugar. Serve with 1.6 cups whole milk a day and 1 oz frozen orange juice concentrate plus 4 oz water = 5 oz orange juice.

2. AM Snack: Eat 0.6 of a banana.

3. Lunch: Make a peanut butter sandwich and eat with one almond windmill cookie.

4. PM Snack. Eat one almond windmill cookie and 500 ml regular cola drink recipe mixture.

5. Dinners:

2 days: Penne pasta with crushed tomatoes as sauce. Cut up the yellow onion into 5ths and saute it and add it to crushed tomatoes. Serve with 1/5 of the sweet potato cut into wedges and sauteed in oil and butter.

2 days: Black beans over rice mixture, beans prepared in slow cooker and rice prepared in a rice cooker. Add two stock cubes to the bean mixture to make it soupy. Saute 1/5th of the yellow onion and add to mixture. Serve with 1/5 of the sweet potato cut into wedges and sauteed in oil and butter. Cook up 1/3 of a chicken breast, cubed or 2.16 oz of frozen chicken breast. Add to black bean and rice mixture and heat up in microwave.

1 day: Lentils over rice mixture, lentils prepared in a pot on the stove and rice prepared in a rice cooker. Add two stock cubes to the lentil mixture to make it chicken soupy. Saute 1/5th of the yellow onion and add to mixture. Serve with 1/5 of the sweet potato cut into wedges and sauteed in oil and butter. Cook up 2 carrots in pot on the stove and serve cooked on the side. Cook up 1/6 of a chicken breast, cubed or 1.14 oz chicken breast. Add to lentil and rice mixture and heat up in microwave.

Julie Nield October 21, 2018

Indexed Under: Under $2 a Day Under $20 A Week Under $75 a Month Pasta with Crushed Tomatoes and Onions. Black Beans and Rice with Chicken. Lentils and Rice with Chicken. Sweet Potato Side.