Badge@lemmy.world to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 2 days agoWhat are budget groceries you buy in America?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhat are budget groceries you buy in America?Badge@lemmy.world to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
I was wondering if you only had very little money to survive with, what cheap groceries would you buy in America?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agodry popcorn, potatoes, bulk rice, dried beans, onions, garlic, vegetable oil, salt, black pepper, chili powder rice and beans will get you the full range of necessary proteins and the rest will fill you up I was surviving like this on 50¢ a day back in 2009. Lunch was always popcorn. Of course, now I know how to use food banks, and with food banks you can get greater variety (and some fruit for vitamin C) for even cheaper.
dry popcorn, potatoes, bulk rice, dried beans, onions, garlic, vegetable oil, salt, black pepper, chili powder
rice and beans will get you the full range of necessary proteins and the rest will fill you up
I was surviving like this on 50¢ a day back in 2009. Lunch was always popcorn.
Of course, now I know how to use food banks, and with food banks you can get greater variety (and some fruit for vitamin C) for even cheaper.