Beating the Thrifty Food Plan: $48.65 For 8 Days For Two

THRIFTY FOOD PLAN FOR 2 FOR 8 Days $87.54 ALLOWANCE 34,320 Calories $48.65 ACTUAL TOTAL

SHOPPING LIST

$1.33 2400 calories quick oats 1 serving a day 150 calories a day
$0.31 160 calories bit over 0.25 cup dried cran-raisins bought at Dollar Tree 10 calories a day
$0.80 229 calories 0.25 cup chopped pecans, bought at Aldi 14 calories a day
$0.16 928 calories 3.5 tsp granulated sugar a day 58 calories a day
$1.77 1800 calories 0.75 cup whole milk purchased 0.5 gallon at a time at Aldi
$2.00 355 calories 4 oranges purchased from Aldi
$1.60 474 calories 4 apples purchased from Meijer
$0.49 431 calories 4 bananas purchased from Meijer

Whole Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe $8.00 6340 calories 48 cookies at 132 calories each

$1.62 1632 calories chocolate chips 12 oz purchased at Walmart Great Value kind
$0.26 1024 calories 2 1/4 cups flour
$0.01 1 tsp baking soda
$0.01 0.5 tsp salt
$1.50 1624 calories 1 cup butter 2 sticks
$0.11 580 calories 3/4 cup granulated sugar
$0.29 580 calories 3/4 cup brown sugar
$0.04 1 tsp vanilla extract, imitation
$0.18 140 calories 2 eggs
$1.40 760 calories 1 cup chopped pecans, purchased at Aldi
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$5.42 6340 calories 48 cookies at 132 calories each

$1.32 1920 calories 8 * 2 * 2 = 32 slices honey wheat bread purchased at Aldi
$1.46 2880 calories 180 * 2 * 8 crunchy peanut butter purchased at Meijer
$1.00 1425 calories 89 calories each per day almost 2 tbsp each grape jelly purchased at Dollar Tree
(one cookie each per lunch day)
(1/4 of each kind of fruit each per day = 0.75 of a fruit in total each per day)
$0.64 96 calories 1 carrot each per day = 16 carrots

Dinners:

Beefy Pasta for 4
$0.50 1200 calories penne at Dollar Tree $27.95 from bottom
$0.85 300 calories pasta sauce at Aldi
$3.69 1148 calories 16 oz 80 20 ground beef
$0.16 240 calories 4 slices bread
$0.10 101 calories butter
$0.94 440 calories shredded cheddar
$0.02 garlic salt

Chicken Stir Fry for 8

$4.31 1020 calories 30 oz Meijer frozen chicken breasts
$0.67 2167 calories 32 oz white rice from Dollar Tree use 2/3rds of it
$0.72 560 calories 8 large eggs from Meijer
$1.33 44 calories 4 oz stir fry sauce
$0.34 0 calories soy sauce
$2.00 480 calories frozen mixed vegetables $23.46 so far
$3.99 600 calories egg rolls 0.5 egg roll each serving

Pork and Beans and Weiners for 4

$1.66 1360 calories Meijer Hot Dogs
$2.07 1440 calories 3 15 oz cans pork and beans
$0.16 240 calories 4 slices bread
$0.10 101 calories butter
$0.94 440 calories shredded cheddar
$0.02 garlic salt

$1.50 2100 calories Bisquick biscuits mix
$1.88 880 calories shredded cheddar
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$3.38 2980 calories Cheddar Bay Biscuits 14 servings almost 1 a day each

$2.40 788 calories diet and regular cola 500 ml "drink" made 0.25 Coca-Cola 0.25 Dollar Tree cola and 0.50 water diet for her, regular for him

35,087 calories 4287 Calories Per Day 1949 Calories a Day Woman 2338 calories a Day Man

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

0. First night: Make chocolate chip cookies and cheddar bay biscuits for week. Store in air tight containers for the week.

1. Breakfasts: Make oatmeal, add granulated sugar and nuts and cran-raisins toppings. Serve with milk.

2. AM Snack: 7 out of 8 days: Eat one cheddar bay biscuit each a day.

2. Lunches: Cut up fruit. Serve 1/4 of each fruit a day each on side. Make peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich. Serve with one chocolate chip cookie.

3. PM Snack: Eat 2 chocolate chip cookies a day each.

4. Dinners: 3 Different dinners:

1. Beefy Pasta: Brown ground beef. Cook pasta. Heat up sauce. Mix in ground beef into sauce pan for sauce. Serve pasta with beefy sauce over top. Make 1 slice garlic cheese toast each per day of two days you served the beefy pasta. Butter the bread. Sprinkle with garlic sauce. Dust with shredded cheddar and melt cheddar in oven.

2. Chicken Rice Stir Fry: Cook rice according to package. Cook chicken in sauce pan, in chunks. Fry cooked rice in stir fry sauce and soy sauce with mixed vegetables added. Scramble eggs into skillet. Try using two pans for all this stir fry rice. Serve on plate.

3. Pork and Beans and Weiners: Cut up weiners and place on top of portion of pork and beans. Microwave all in a bowl in the microwave. Make cheesy garlic toast like first dinner instructions above.

Julie Nield October 20, 2018

Indexed Under: Cooking for 2 Thrifty Food Plan USDA Ground Beef Pasta Cheesy Garlic Bread Chicken Stir Fry Beans and Weiners