/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14848033
Depends faggot

>>14848033
not well, but yes. it'd probably look something like all rice and beans bought bulk.

Probably. But it wouldn't be pleasant.

What are you usually buying and how much are paying?
You'd have to be extremely retarded or on a very specific diet to even entertain the notion that a hundred bucks is somehow not enough money to spend on food.

>>14848033
Possible and even comfortable. You’ll have to give up preprocessed junk and going out though

>>14848033
Hard mode: $100/month for food in Canada

Sure. Rice, potatoes, noodles, frozen vegetables, eggs and even meat.

Yes, but you won't have much variety.

>how i cheap fud?
Do we need a sticky? Not that you'd read it.

>>14848068
Coffee, instant ramen and multivitamins.

>>14848033
cereal whole milk ramen beans potatos done and less than 100$, you've saved money

Easy, if you don’t mind having a protein shake every morning

>>14848033
Peanuts, organs, eggs, minced meat, multivitamins. Other nuts, avocado, canned meat, pork rinds, cod liver and fatty sausages if you feel fancy

>>14848033
i did this when i worked in a restaurant and could eat for free there and then just spent most of my money on booze like a fucking degenerate. buy beans and rice and chicken breast and onions and carrots and celery and you literally throw it all in a bowl with free hot sauce from taco bell or whatever and make "jambalaya" for a week for like $15 then you just eat that.

>>14848033
>Is it possible

I've been living on €25 ($29) a week for ages just because I don't need to spend anymore
>inb4 poor slav
I live in Germany and our food prices are similar to the US

rice, grains, and soup exist so yes

>>14848099
you can instantly tell a shit thread from an honest thread because op wont ever post anything further - or may something bait-y like "but muhdolands is costing me $500 a month :("

>>14848033
Assuming you can afford to splurge on buying some spices at some point, I think it's well within the realm of possibility for 1 person. Won't have a lot of variety unless you go hardcore couponing and making trips to a store just for 1 item that's on sale.

>>14848033
yeah that's about what I spend. it's very easy

i eat cheap shit and steal multivitamins for the stuff im missing in my diet

>>14848033
i dont know if this is a thing in america but over here you can go in 1 hour before closing every day and make a complete killing buying stuff thats 50-90% reduced, i mean it aint the healthiest thing in the world but for the short/medium term it will help you get by

>>14848033
Absolutely. Calorie wise without going insane from lack of flavor on about 90 USD.

I went between Mexican breakfasts and discount cereals. Milk, eggs, refried beans, tinned salsa, rice, tubed chorizo (90c and insane calorie), lettuce (for sanity), bulk cereal, breads of choice, garlic, hot peppers.

Buy generic, eat high calorie meals, and you'll survive.

>>14848033
its possible, i live off 20 dollars a week and still have beer money

>>14848033
Last few months i have done all cooking and when i summed it up we burn around 400$ per month on average so 200$ per person.

When my gf did the cooking food expenses per month were 600-800$ and sometimes higher (we include fastfood and candy into the balance) :D

I think if i really squeeze the last out of it we can maybe push it down to 300$ a month or 150$ per person.

But if anyone has any good info please share, i want to buy more "toys" and less food :D

>>14849449
>lettuce (for sanity)
lol what

>>14848840
It doesn't even matter if it's honest if they're adding to the number we have every day. If someone has dietary constraints, that would be one thing, but none of them do. The honest ones are profoundly lazy, fuck them.

>>14848033
sure is but choose wisely.

>>14848033
Bulk dry beans/rice, flour, sugar, chicken leg quarters, frozen mixed vegetables, lard, and some seasonings. You could make all sorts of shit with that and it probably wouldn't even reach $100/month.

>>14849607
Every healthy body needs crisp greens, this has been known since ancient times. The most brilliant people grew their own produce and herbs and even pushed as medicine.

>>14848033
Yes but you are going to have to cook all your meals. Focus on bulk ingredients such as dry pastas, legumes, grains, etc.

>catfag is poor and retarded
imagine my shock

That's about how much I spend, but I also usually only have one meal a day

>>14848033
? Of course. If this is immediate it will be difficult at first. If you're self imposing its easy. Save money and spend 400ish on spices, vinegar, dry herbs, oils, flour, sugar, beans, rice etc etc etc. You'll need to replace all of this bit by bit as used but that's a long time. Establish what meals you like and make them in bulk. My soup month costed me $70 in product for 16 qt split between two soups. I'm not poor or anything, I just do it because I'm a simple guy that likes to save money and is ok with eating the same thing 2 weeks at a time.
My go to meals are burritos, veggie sandwiches, soups of course, shepards pie, pasta sauces then I make my own pasta, lasagna, fried rice and stir fries. Shits really easy if you don't go out to eat and learn where stuff is cheapest

I'm doing it right now

It kind of sucks but thats why I spend part of it on vodka

>>14849467
Impossible

>>14848033
You cam survive a month without food with enough water

>>14849467
Based rural alchie

Chili is cheap, easy to make, you can freeze it, eat it solo or with rice or cornbread, and you can easily adapt the chili to suit your tastes.

Buy a big bag of rice.

Eggs, bananas, bread are cheap. I like peanut butter banana sandwiches.

Tea and coffee are cheap.

Look for meat that are close to the sell by date as they are discounted, even if they are on sale. Freeze it.

Rice, beans, discount meats and instant coffee to suppress your appetite.

Have fun turning into a skeleton though.

>>14848033
It's only possibly, but hey, a lot of good souls appatantly want to give you free food. Just take it

>>14848078
where I live, fresh vegetables are cheaper than frozen. Although you can always freeze them yourself

Definitely doable, just have some spices on the side. Eggs, beans, potatoes/rice, some greens, stock up on cheap/discounted meat and freeze what you arent going to use immediately. Soups and chilis are great and give several meals. Chicken thighs are relatively cheap around where I live so I use those for a few different meals

>>14848033
RICE AND BEANS RICE AND BEANS RCE AND BEANS

BUY IS QUANTITY BUY IN QUANTITY< BIG BAGS BIG BAGS.

>>14848635
pretty good advice. what about vegetables and fruit though? carrots, apples, lettuce, and the like are cheap.

>>14848033
I work at domino's and just eat/take home all the cancelled orders. You can literally work there 8 hours a week if you're willing to have your car smell like buffalo wing sauce. If I'm super poor I eat two tablespoons of out of a huge tub of great value peanut butter. Anything with the WIC logo with the exception of cheerios is usually pretty cheap and healthy too. My personal favorites being frozen brussel sprouts and frozen kale at 99 cents each.

>>14848033
Yes, I do it right now by shopping at Aldi and buying bagged spices and ugly vegetables at the Chinese market. I rarely ever go out to eat and don't drink anymore.

>>14848033
Extremely easy so long as you aren't retarded

Burger King's 8 piece nuggets are 380 calories for a dollar, that's 1140 calories for 3 dollars a day, there you go

>>14848068
one luxury soup, then starvation

>>14848915
In the part of the States I'm from, grocery clearances are more dependent on day of the week than on hour of the day. It's a big country, of course, so it probably varies depending on location and which store one is buying from.

>>14848033
Yes absolutely, buy a fishing rod and catch your own food.

>>14852837
Nonsense. I can get four luxury soups for eight CAD at my local Wal*Mart in the Yukon.
Nice forced meme, though.

>>14848033
Not in LA and similar overpriced shitholes

yes but itd be boring
i lived off more or less 100 a month and change it up each month
>rice and beans in bulk
>heaps of frozen/fresh/canned veggies (whatever is cheapest where you are)
>potato's
>cheap meat (id normally go with minced beef)
>Oats
this was normally enough to last me a month. every meal was the same and boring. oats for breakfast. beans and salad for lunch, rice veggies and meat for dinner. it gets very boring. but do-able.
Ausfag btw, so Americans should easily be able to pull 100$ a Month off