Anonymous
11/21/2025 00:28
Subject: Re:help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Anonymous wrote:I did it! Servings lots of leftovers tonight.
šš½ Yay! Good for you OP! And your menu sounds great!
Anonymous
11/20/2025 20:13
Subject: help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Way to go, OP!! You inspired me to Mae breakfast for dinner and a couple miscellaneous pastas over the past week!
Anonymous
11/20/2025 20:11
Subject: help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Anonymous wrote:Great job OP!! I was hoping you'd check back in. Your menu sounds great!
And I hope that your budget constraints have some relief now.
Yes - I freed up some cash, and hopefully with some new menu ideas, I can stop spending so much money on food. I typically spend a lot more at the grocery store weekly, and I certainly shouldn't! I do have a lot of pantry items on hand, but just don't tend to cook them because "I'm too busy".
Anonymous
11/20/2025 20:09
Subject: Re:help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Thank you!
This was such a great $5.00 dinner (because I had all the ingredients already except the ham hock, and I found 2 for $5 so I froze the other one.) Will definitely make it again!
https://www.budgetbytes.com/chunky-split-pea-soup
This was such a great $5.00 dinner (because I had all the ingredients already except the ham hock, and I found 2 for $5 so I froze the other one.) Will definitely make it again!
https://www.budgetbytes.com/chunky-split-pea-soup
Anonymous
11/20/2025 20:05
Subject: help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Great job OP!! I was hoping you'd check back in. Your menu sounds great!
And I hope that your budget constraints have some relief now.
And I hope that your budget constraints have some relief now.
Anonymous
11/20/2025 20:02
Subject: Re:help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Anonymous wrote:I did it! Servings lots of leftovers tonight.
Congrats!!!
Anonymous
11/20/2025 19:55
Subject: Re:help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
I did it! Servings lots of leftovers tonight.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 11:02
Subject: Re:help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
(And yeah, that only gets me to Wednesday but I'm hoping for a day of leftovers, and then probably a day of breakfast for dinner. We ate the shrimp last night.)
Anonymous
11/15/2025 10:54
Subject: Re:help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Here's my meal plan for the week. The things after the asterisk are what I need to buy.
1) Chicken cacciatore over polenta; bagged salad
*chicken thighs
* bagged salad
* mushrooms
* red bell pepper
* parsley
* bagged salad
1a) Stock from leftover chicken thighs
* more celery
* garlic
2) Pork Chops, potatoes; roasted frozen cauliflower
*frozen cauliflower
3) Salmon (or whatever on sale fish), quinoa pilaf, asparagus
* Fish
* Asparagus (or whatever loss leader)
* big bag o carrots
* lemons
3) Fajitas, peppers and onions; rice and beans
* loss leader steak
* red, yellow peppers (or green only)
* rice
* tortillas
4) Crock Pot Macaroni and Cheese with a hearty bagged salad
* cheddar cheese
* milk
5) Split Pea and Lentil Vegetable Soup, drop biscuits
* ham hock
* butter
Lunches: leftovers; or sandwich + fruit
PB and J - have everything
Tuna salad- have everything
Fruit: apples, oranges
Canned Salmon over rice bowls?
https://www.skinnytaste.com/spicy-canned-salmon-rice-bowl
* 1 cucumber
* scallions
Breakfast: eggs, oatmeal, cereal/granola, yogurt
*milk
*english muffins
*blueberries
*OJ
*1 box cereal
1) Chicken cacciatore over polenta; bagged salad
*chicken thighs
* bagged salad
* mushrooms
* red bell pepper
* parsley
* bagged salad
1a) Stock from leftover chicken thighs
* more celery
* garlic
2) Pork Chops, potatoes; roasted frozen cauliflower
*frozen cauliflower
3) Salmon (or whatever on sale fish), quinoa pilaf, asparagus
* Fish
* Asparagus (or whatever loss leader)
* big bag o carrots
* lemons
3) Fajitas, peppers and onions; rice and beans
* loss leader steak
* red, yellow peppers (or green only)
* rice
* tortillas
4) Crock Pot Macaroni and Cheese with a hearty bagged salad
* cheddar cheese
* milk
5) Split Pea and Lentil Vegetable Soup, drop biscuits
* ham hock
* butter
Lunches: leftovers; or sandwich + fruit
PB and J - have everything
Tuna salad- have everything
Fruit: apples, oranges
Canned Salmon over rice bowls?
https://www.skinnytaste.com/spicy-canned-salmon-rice-bowl
* 1 cucumber
* scallions
Breakfast: eggs, oatmeal, cereal/granola, yogurt
*milk
*english muffins
*blueberries
*OJ
*1 box cereal
Anonymous
11/15/2025 10:05
Subject: help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Thank you so much for all the ideas! (OP here). Yes, teen is a very active boy, eats like a young man.
Anonymous
11/15/2025 08:34
Subject: help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Anonymous wrote:I need to make this $100 last until next Friday. Feeding three people (one a teen)
I have on hand in the house basic pantry supplies but don't have a fully stocked freezer or anything like that to pull from.
I know from that $100 I need to buy 1 more gallon milk, and likely another dozen eggs and some sandwich bread, for sure. I'm pretty set for breakfast and coffee, fortunately.
Just inventoried and this is what I have to work with. Help me figure out what to buy for the week to get me to Friday. Needs to include lunch, dinner and snacks. Definitely need more vegetables. Don't have any bread, bagels, english muffins, etc.
1 LB jumbo shrimp (unpeeled)
1 LB pork chops (thin, bone in)
1 dozen eggs
onions (lots)
carrots (a few)
celery (1 clump)
garlic (plenty)
ginger (small knob)
limes (8)
potatoes - about 2 lbs
1 bag spinach
some parsley
apples
naval oranges
bag fresh cranberries
bread crumbs
olive oil
canola oil
mayo
old-fashioned oats
old-fashioned grits
bag of granola
rice noodles
macaroni 2 boxes
spaghetti 2 pounds
soy sauce
oyster sauce
coffee- enough for the week
bag of popcorn (kernels)
peanut butter
Jams and jellies
walnuts
Box pancake/waffle mix
Canned tomatoes 2
Canned black beans 2
Canned chickpeas 2
1 jar prepared pasta sauce
Canned tuna, salmon several
Cream of chicken soup 1
Cream of mushroom soup 1
Better than Boulion - chicken flavor
basic spices, sugar, white flour, corn flour
Sounds like News4 Susan Hogan posts here. Her segment on groceries for under $150
Anonymous
11/14/2025 18:14
Subject: Re:help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Do you know anyone with a Costco membership? You could get two gallons of milk for around $5, a 6 lb bag of frozen chicken tenderloins or thighs for under $20, double loaves of bread for 6, 18 eggs for 6.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 12:12
Subject: help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
Do an iron chef like challenge with each day a different family member making a meal with the ingredients. Pbjs or similar for lunch. Cereal for breakfast. Iām not a planner, so I feel like I/we do this in our house without the fun tv show idea/natration.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 12:07
Subject: help me stretch my $$$. $100 for 8 days
I've seen Wegmans and Harris Teeter have have turkey for 0.29 a pound with a membership card and minimum purchase of $40 at HT and $25 at Wegmans