HOW TO EAT FOR $3 A DAY | EMERGENCY EXTREME GROCERY BUDGET | CHEAP MEAL IDEAS
If you’re on a budget and want to eat healthy, then you need to check out these meal ideas! Can you eat for $3 a day in 2024? Let’s check out the grocery store and find out!
In this video, I’m sharing some of my favorite budget meal ideas that you can try out on your next $1 a day. From quick and easy meals to healthy snacks, you’re guaranteed to find something that’s perfect for you! After watching this video, you’ll have a collection of delicious and healthy meal ideas that you can use on a regular basis!
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Hey how’s it going I wanted to see what kind of meals I could come up with and keeping my budget around $3 a day for a week can I have delicious meals can I have variety now I’ve done a few of these challenges before you can check
Them out here on YouTube and usually I head to the grocery store and I do all my shopping strictly for this video to show you everything this time it’s a little different because here at the beginning of 2024 I’m doing a pantry cleanout and the last thing I want to do
Was go out and buy more proteins buy more Pantry Staples when I already have them in my house so what I did is I created this haul based on food I have here but I will give you the prices of what they would have cost if I had gone
And bought them so breakfast and lunches are really really simple the variety is going to come with dinner and honestly that’s how I eat anyway keep it real before we move to the next section if you haven’t liked this video yet that would be amazing if you would give me a
Thumbs up and let’s get cooking this will be my breakfast for the entire week I have a pancake and waffle mix which is basically an add water and make pancakes and I’m not one for really really sweet breakfasts which is why I have peanut butter now I purchased both of these at
A discount store this entire container is 0 and I also picked up the peanut butter for 9 cents as well I realized not everybody can pick up these products so if you were just to go to Walmart their pancake mix is $1.98 and their peanut but is
$148 for similar containers so I have spent about $2 right here and the best thing about it breakfast will come together very very quickly and it’s shelf stable I can mix up as much as I need for that day or I can double it triple it and have a couple of days
Ready to go you know EG waffle style pop it in the toaster pop it in the microwave bam other topping ideas include peanut butter and sliced bananas you can do Jam of course you can do syrup y yogurt is also quite delicious welcome to lunch for the week and to
This day one of my favorites is a peanut butter and jam sandwich with some fruit I have some bananas for the week oh dang my son must have eaten one I meant to have five bananas for the week and two apples for the last 2 days now I
Purchased this Jam at my discount store for 99 I realize not everyone can get this brand for 9 cents however I do know that you can get a bunch of other different types of brands for about $150 to $2 at any store I already talked about the cost of the peanut butter
There are sales all the time on Peanut Butter and then the bread was the cheapest bread at my local store at $1.99 I looked for Bakery bread I looked for clearance bread nothing could beat this price even the clearance bread was only 16 oz for $2 this was 20 oz for $16
That’s a pretty good deal now this loaf of bread will give you 10 and a half sandwiches you’ll even have a little bit extra I love a PB&J I love it better than deli sandwich honestly it’s quick you can take it with you it’s transportable and it is delicious for
This meal I think this is a great lunch honestly I’m going to doctor up some ramen noodles by making a simple stir fry I’d love some chicken or something if you had canned chicken you can add it I don’t have it this time so I’m going
To toss in two scrambled eggs for my sauce I’m not going to use the packets in the Ramen instead I’ll use this brown sugar and some soy sauce to make a little stir fry sauce so I’m going to turn on my pot get my noodles boiling
And mix up my sauce right now I like to start with equal parts brown sugar and soy sauce this is a/4 cup and my brown sugar is really a little old so it’s a little chunky so I’m going to let it sit in there so it can melt just a little
Bit to this I am adding about a/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes cuz I like it spicy about a half a teaspoon each of This Ginger paste this garlic paste and a little splash of rice vinegar my vegetables are not frozen anymore so I thought I’d throw in my two
Eggs do a quick scramble right here and then over here I have my Ramen well it was bubbling a second ago but the ramen will cook over there once my Ramen is soft and my eggs are cooked the sauce will go in I think this would serve me
For I don’t know two meals two lunches rice of course would also work my noodles are in here comes the sauce I’ll stir this all together and we will be done this meal could easily feed a family of six for a dinner but we’re
Going to do it for one person so I think you could have majorly huge portions for at least three dinners with this or you could save some for lunches this is my family’s pasta jumbalaya it is a longtime family favorite I know it looks like a weird cast of characters but
Trust me it is delicioso we’re going to get started by chopping some veggies and making our sauce which is everything you see here except for the pasta I’ll also get some water boiling for the pasta I throw the sausage into the cooked and softened onions and peppers add a can of
Tomatoes Rotella’s best but I didn’t have that some black beans and some Tony you have about one teaspoon of the Tony I also love to add jalapenos if I have that little bit of garlic powder and about a cup of chicken broth I just did water and the powdered stuff simmer for 10
Minutes it is that easy after the sauce has simmered for 10 minutes I drained my cooked pasta put it in here so I’m going to awkwardly stir with my left hand until this is all stirred in here and then I’m just going to let it sit in the
Hot sauce for 5 minutes let the noodles kind of soak some of this up cuz it is a hair on the runny side and then we will taste for seasoning if you have cheese you’re welcome to add that and if you have an extra bag of like Rosen broccoli
Or something that always goes great on the side when I have made this for my family any pasta shape is fine my preferred is penet but I did not have that kind bow tie is also fine I just I had this rotini one so I wanted to use
That up about 2 and 1/2 cups here here and here and five cups here also it tastes awesome it is for the spicy lovers one of the dinners you could also use it for lunch if you choose will make several servings it is super super easy it’s basically a dump
All the cans in a pot soup it’s bean and salsa soup dried beans would be more cost efficient as would a less expensive salsa I just happen to have this one on hand and the carrots you can add them or leave them out my husband doesn’t love carrots and
Soup so I may leave them out for this application but the recipe does call for one cup of diced carrots and then whatever your chicken broth desires are I find this bulk jar to be the cheapest way to do it open all the cans dump everything into a pot and let it simmer
For 10 minutes boom done done of course taste for salt friends I am of the opinion that nobody should go hungry so if you do find yourself in a situation where you can’t afford to go to the grocery store and you need some help there are tons of programs out there for
People like you so please take advantage of them these include things like food stamps Wick mobile food pantries crisis centers local churches school districts all of these places will have food assistance for you and many of the ones here in my town have no income requirements at all if you’re in need
You can show up and they will give you food if you call the city the sheriff’s department or the school district or your library I guarantee you one of those places will know about all the options available in your area something else that’s interesting I found smaller towns typically have more programs than
Larger towns so if you have the ability to drive maybe driving just a little bit further out if you live in a big city might be beneficial to you when it comes to feeding your family now of course eating on an extreme ex L tight budget
Like this does not allow for all of the fruits and vegetables that I wish I could buy it doesn’t allow for all the protein that I typically like to eat in my normal diet it’s just a way to show you that it can be done on a very very
Low budget you can have delicious meals with not a ton of cash so you don’t have to go hungry in your house if you want to check out my eating for $2 a day and eating for $1 a day video I’ll leave those down below in the dooblydoo thanks
So much for hanging out with me today I’ll see you in the next one bye I also wanted to make sure you knew that I had a website it’s fleit mom.com it has free recipes for you to check out remember delicious food does not have to be
Expensive it just has to be well seasoned and if you’re a beginner don’t worry I messed up a ton when I was a newbie but this is definitely a skill you can learn and get better at if you’re feeling unconfident in the kitchen just just give it a try and see
What you come up with use all the free resources that are out there all of the recipe blogs all of the YouTube videos and I can’t wait see you in the next video