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Then why don't you give us your grocery list to feed your family 21 meals for $50?  Can't you see that we are all really curious how you do it?  And disbelieving?  So prove us wrong.  We are eagerly awaiting the details on how you do it.

So far, it seems that you've got two gallons of almond milk ($4), a box of cereal ($3), and some steel cut oats ($3) that will feed you guys all of your breakfasts at about 250 calories per breakfast if you eat the serving size on the box.  I assume you guys eat more calories for lunch and dinner?  So what else for the remaining 14 meals for $40?[/quote]

I'm not the PP you were responding to -- I'm a poster who spends $800 a month for a family of 4 with two teens! -- but just for reference, a full serving of scotch cut oatmeal costs about 10 cents. Add in 1/2 C milk  for 5 cents, and half a sliced banana = 10 cents makes a breakfast of oatmeal about 25 cents.  Add in a little brown sugar (2 cents) or maple syrup and a pat of butter or some oil (2 cents) -- another 4 cents. Less if bough on sale of course.

So about 29 cents per serving for a breakfast of 420 calories.

1 C oatmeal: 150 calories
1/2 C milk: 50 calories
1/2 banana 50 calories
1 T sweetener -- about 50 calories
1 T oil or butter - 120 calories[/quote]

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