how i feed a family of 4 with $20 a week

Here’s the trick nobody tells you: Stop shopping for “meals,” start shopping for ingredients that work everywhere. Last week I hit the grocery store and grabbed: 10lb bag of rice ($6) 5lb pack of chicken thighs ($7) 2lb frozen veggies ($5) That’s it. $18. With those three, I made: chicken fried rice 🍳 chicken & veggie soup 🍲 baked chicken + rice 🥘 rice bowls with eggs 🍳 The secret? Cook in bulk. One pot, huge batch, split into containers. Feeds the family, no drive-thru needed, and way cheaper than “$12 value meals.” Your turn—what’s the cheapest meal you can cook that still tastes like real food? #Food #BudgetMeals #CheapEats #CostOfLiving #GrillTherapy

14 days ago

Ganamos

Great but you cost is wrong. All the things needed cost money too. Unless you're raising chickens ( there is a cost to that too) eggs cost money, oil or butter, the spices or whatever else is needed to complete meal. That's just dinner. You forget people eat more than 1 meal per day.

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Laurie Marr Umlauf

Chicken and rice 7 days/week? My family would move out…. lol

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Brighton, MI

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morgin rogers

I make 3 meals from one chicken, and that's a stretch. your math isn't mathing, but it's still a good concept and cheaper than how most people cook. I feed a family of 5 on $150/WK and provide 3 meals/day with snacks. cooking in bulk, using leftovers, low cost ingredients is the way to go

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Pueblo, CO

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