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[quote=Anonymous]I'm more of a $450/week spender now, but used to be much less. Hard to compare because it was before we had teens, but for two adults and 1-2 young kids I had a budget of $50/week.  Inflation and kids ... eating that menu today would probably cost somewhere around $200/week for my family of 4.

Some ideas of what we ate:

Stir fry was frequent.  Small amount of ground turkey or chicken thigh, or buy drumsticks and de-bone them myself. Lots of cheap veggies: cabbage is a great filler, plus celery and carrots. Soy sauce and garlic.  Huge bags of rice from Costco. Add a couple of scrambled eggs.

Speaking of eggs... they are one of the cheapest proteins out there. We had eggs for lunch or dinner often.  Omelets or fritatta, fried eggs and toast with spinach.

Rice and beans, with collard greens. Or a bean soup with lots of kale and spinach, plus carrots and celery.

Make our own yogurt. I actually still do that because I like it better than purchased yogurt, but it's also far cheaper. Make our own granola from whole oats.

We had a decent variety, but it was all within the cheap protein + cheap veggies + carb filler kind of family. Variety came from how they were combined, or occasionally what spices were used (couldn't afford to buy new spices every month, so this was limited). We were not eating ribeye steaks, asparagus or dishes that required a ton of new ingredients. Something like fresh ginger was considered an extravagance. Very little red meat or seafood.

I love PP's idea of keeping cooked pasta & meatballs as snacks for the teens. My teen boys will go straight for the cupboard and eat half a box of cereal in an afternoon, or a whole box of granola bars. I'm going to start doing this![/quote]

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