Can you give us a sense of what/how you eat now so that we can make helpful suggestions.

For example, telling you not to eat out makes sense only if you often eat out (or telling you to make coffee at home vs. visiting Starbucks only makes sense if you, like me, can spend a huge amount per week at tea/coffee shops).

Everyone will say buy rice, beans, and oats in bulk and eat lots of those ... good ideas but only if you like rice and beans.

Bags of rice and beans.  Corn tortilla's.  Canned staples like beans, soups, milk.  Sweet potatoes. Frozen chicken breasts.  Big jars of 100% peanut peanut butter (not Jiffy or Peter Pan)  Spend your money on fresh local veggies, fruits, and milk.

If your wife is starting her own company you can get a lot of frozen/ canned/ bulk items at CostCo.

Stick to the staples. Don't buy alcohol, meals out, daily coffee out, snack items, etc.

I'm finding the healthiest meals are very quick to make and very simple.  Example: beans (any kind), corn, salad (or some other veggie).  You could add some chicken or cheese to this too.

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Originally posted by Born to Run:

There are people who don't like beans????????????????????

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Potatoes are cheap, too.  Look for reduced for quicksale apples to make apple sauce.  In general, the other veggies from that rack are OK, too, as long as you eat them immediately or prepare them and freeze them.  Make your own energy bars or decide whether you really need them. find the cheapest grocery store and do not get anything ebyond bulk food at the health food store.  Don't buy organic.

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Originally posted by RichardC:

Cold Cereal For Breakfast... sandwich for Lunch plus fruit and V8 and normal home cooked meal for dinner...


However Snacks include High priced (to me) power bars and trail mix... looking for alternatives to those.

Thanks

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Consider changing to cooked cereal, such as oatmeal, for breakfast. So much cheaper than cold cereal, especially when bought in bulk. Skip th V8 and drink water.

You can make your own energy bars and trail mix from ingredients you can buy from the bulk bins and save a lot of money that way.

Cook all of your meals.

Couple nights a week, you can go cheap by making salmon cakes (14.5 oz of Great Value pink wild salmon is $1.50) Cheap, fast, and nutritional with omega-3. I have a recipe if you would like it.

Eggs are cheap, so make egg salad once in awhile or boiled eggs, devilled eggs, etc.

Buy rice, beans, pasta, yogurt, nuts, etc in bulk as already mentioned.

When preparing meals, skip the pre-packaged sauces and make your own with fresh spices that cost less than a dollar. Some, like fresh ginger, just cost pennies:

1. garlic
2. onions
3. fresh ginger
4. lemon
5. lime

You can use these for any meats, pastas, rice, etc. I will use all these spices in a meal or just use one or a combination.

Snack on bananas or any fruit that is currently on sale.  I bought one banana at the grocery store the other day right after a run and it cost me a whole 11 cents!  HAthat beats eating a candy bar any day!<br /><br />Don't buy soda, candy, or chips.  They are not nutritional anyway.<br /><br /><br /><br />--

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do you have an Aldi near your home?  If you do, check it out.

RichardC,

Have you two thought this thing through ? It's not a good sign if you have to cut back on such basic neccessities. Food is very cheap in the US; you can get by spending 5-10 dollars a day per person and eat very healthy unless you eat out.