*Feed Your Family $10 A Day Challenge*(AT HOME)

[mommiepoppins]

Breakfast for 4
Left over pancakes from yesterday=0
Milk (3kids) =65

Lunch
Peanut butter and jelly for 4 kids
Bread=15 cents
Jelly=20
Peanut butter=25
Apple slices dipped in yogurt... I am eating this along with the kids
44 cents for apples
65 cents yogurt
Tomatoes slices in dressing for me
Tomatoes=0
Dressing 20 cents
Oat meal=15 cents for me
=164

Snacks thought the day
Apple slices for me=24 cents
For the kids
Celery=50 cents
Peanut butter=25
Motza crackers=3 cents
Jelly=20 cents
=122

Dinner for all 6 of us DH will be home
Pizza bagels, baked zucchini with parmesan cheese...

Bagels 6 in a pack=12 for the servings…79 Cents
Mozzarella=0 I counted that yesterday
Tomatoes=0
Zucchini=0
Butter=50 cents
Parmesan cheese=1$
Milk for 3 kids=65
Juice for 1 child and DH=75
=369
Snacks...
High school Musical 2 is tonight. So we are going to party
2 boxes of L Debbie cakes=2$ (for the kids and DH)
=920

 

[mom2dea0813]

B~
DH -Pb and syrup (YUCK ) .25
All kids and me cereal and milk free
juice free

Snacks at Dr's office -
1 package of PB crackers .12
1 zip block bag of graham crackers .50
sippy cups full of water

Lunch -
DH left overs from dinner
Kids hot dogs (YES the CHEAP ones ! ) .14
plums 4 .19 (8 for 1.50)
Me BLT - bread .10 tomato was .24 will count the whole thing and will use it on a salad later this week lettuce .5 (whole head was .99) mayo, pepper and salt .10 and 2 pickles .18

Dinner-
Chile and Cornbread
Kidney beans .50
black beans .50
Chile beans .88
Chile tomato's 1.00
Red sauce .50
Tomato paste .25
Chile seasonings .50
onion and green pepper .50
1 lb of meat 1.00 (brought on sale )
Corn bread .35
butter .10
(BTW this will feed us tonight and Saturday night )
tea, juice , milk , and water free or already accounted for .

Snack
Have no clue as I am working so Dh will do evening snack with the kids .

Total = 7.95 without evening snacks

 

[mom2dea0813]

He he We are having a party with that movie on Saturday night sence I am working this evening .

 

[bookgirl]

I will bring the fluff for the white bread we will need a dessert

Twinkies from the Hostess Bakery Outlet. Not a fluff fan. Besides Twinkies have all those preservatives. We want a well rounded meal afterall.

 

[dawn1967]

Breakfast
1 kid French toast (they could live on french toast if i let them) .25
1 kid PBJ Toast .25
me coffee free

Lunch
We have to do some back to school shopping today so out to lunch at costco's 1.50 for 3 4.50(gotta love those polish dogs and soda)
Then again we will be at walmart and office depot which is in same shopping center as costco which has a mikey d's and some other place. So this might change.

Dinner
We didn't eat the pork chops we ate pancakes instead we went out it got late so i whipped up some pancakes instead so tonight is porkchops.
So free i did the spending yesturday.
Could always feed them to the dog and start fresh hmmm nah.

Snacks
We have fruit and veggies and spinach dips and a yogurt dip
Popcorn .50
Might pick up potato chips for the kids 3.00

 

[dawn1967]

Twinkies from the Hostess Bakery Outlet. Not a fluff fan. Besides Twinkies have all those preservatives. We want a well rounded meal afterall.

I love the hostess bakery outlet they closed here Use to get the ding dongs and freeze them o they are so good.

 

[dawn1967]

taco Soup

3 lbs. of ground turkey meat
3 packages of taco seasoning
2 cans of tomatoes and green chilis
2 cans of corn
2 cans of beans (pinto or ranch style, whatever your preference we like one can black bean one red kidney)

Other optional ingredients to make more soup:

2 cans of cut green beans or 2 cups instant brown rice and try if you have it top off with some cheese or jalapeno's or even crushed tortilla chips, this meal can be changed so easy can even change it with Italian idea to.
use crushed tomato's italian seasonings instead of taco and used orza instead of beans and add green beans and zucchinni.

Mix all the canned items, including juices in a large pot and add taco seasoning and 3 cans of water. Let simmer while you brown meat. Drain grease from meat and add it to the pot and let simmer covered for 30 minutes to an hour.

Instead of eating it with a spoon, try scoop it up with tortilla chips. It is really good.

this will make a batch that you can eat for lunch and dinner for 3 or 4 days so if you want to try it first just half it.

 

[Accentuate+]

Twinkies from the Hostess Bakery Outlet. Not a fluff fan. Besides Twinkies have all those preservatives. We want a well rounded meal afterall.

Not a dessert but I've been tempted to post this before but didn't want to deal with the food police so I'll put it here while we're kidding a little.

My Dad grew up dirt poor. My grandmother had a recipe he loved that my mother made/makes because it's comfort food to him. It's cheap, real cheap, and filling. I usually bring it up to get a laugh out of my friends who are completely appalled at it. I'll admit to eating and liking it but if I hadn't been eating it since i was a kid I probably wouldn't touch it. I give you....Spam Casserole.

can of SPAM (or Treet brand if you want to go even cheaper)
Potatoes
Onions
Can of pork and beans
eggs
milk (optional)

She slices the onions and potatoes and Spam - probably quarter inch thick slices. Layer pork and beans, potatoes, onions and spam in a casserole. She gets at least two layers out of it, sometimes three depending on the dish she's using. Beat several eggs with milk (more milk than if you were just scrambling them). Pour this over the whole mess and bake until the spam on top is well browned and a knife goes easily through all layers so you know the potatoes and onions are done.

Really, other than the sodium in the Spam it probably isn't that bad nutritionally.

There you have it. My family's dirty little culinary secret. Bon Appetit.

 

[Plantlady]

Not a dessert but I've been tempted to post this before but didn't want to deal with the food police so I'll put it here while we're kidding a little.

My Dad grew up dirt poor. My grandmother had a recipe he loved that my mother made/makes because it's comfort food to him. It's cheap, real cheap, and filling. I usually bring it up to get a laugh out of my friends who are completely appalled at it. I'll admit to eating and liking it but if I hadn't been eating it since i was a kid I probably wouldn't touch it. I give you....Spam Casserole.

can of SPAM (or Treet brand if you want to go even cheaper)
Potatoes
Onions
Can of pork and beans
eggs
milk (optional)

She slices the onions and potatoes and Spam - probably quarter inch thick slices. Layer pork and beans, potatoes, onions and spam in a casserole. She gets at least two layers out of it, sometimes three depending on the dish she's using. Beat several eggs with milk (more milk than if you were just scrambling them). Pour this over the whole mess and bake until the spam on top is well browned and a knife goes easily through all layers so you know the potatoes and onions are done.

Really, other than the sodium in the Spam it probably isn't that bad nutritionally.

There you have it. My family's dirty little culinary secret. Bon Appetit.

I grew up on treet. My dad would fry it up for breakfast.

 

[Accentuate+]

I grew up on treet. My dad would fry it up for breakfast.

Mine would, too. But I wanted no part of it. I normally won't eat Spam/Treet, but this casserole is a guilty pleasure.

If you ever go to Hawaii, keep an eye out for Spam. It's very popular there. I even saw Spam sushi in a little mom and pop store/lunch counter.

 

[Plantlady]

today's budget was shot out the window.. *sigh*

breakfast

french toast:

eggs: .50
butter. 10
syrup: .10
bread: .50

*1.20

Lunch

two kids.. hot lunchs. different budget around here. they get one a week.

1 kid: lunchable: 2.00
me: popcorn chicken and potato wedges from walmart deli.. on the go: 2.00
diet pepsi: 1.00

*5.00

snack:

we had a long errand to run, one kid and myself, much, much longer than expected due to road constructions, we needed a pick me up, and stopped at a gas station

two bottles of soda: $3.00
cheesy potato bites: $2.00
cracker snack thing: .30
cup of fresh baked mini cookies: $1.00

*5.30

(well worth it, our moods picked up tremendously)

Dinner:

Pizza (celebrating first day of school)
Little ceasars: $10
(this is two pizzas, crazy bread and 2 litter of soda)
Tator tots w/ cheese sauce
tots: 1.00
sauce: 1.00

*12.00

Total $23.00

Tomorrow will be better, much much better.

 

[dawn1967]

I grew up on treet. My dad would fry it up for breakfast.

We ate that as kids minus the pork and beans it was served as a mid week dinner

 

[dawn1967]

Today i took my dad shopping after we were done with our shopping and went down the tuna aisle and for some reason i decided just to look and seen deviled ham who remembers eatting that with lettuce tomato on white bread lol I bought a can i'm gonna feed it to the kids

 

[drag n' fly]

We are a family of five who lives up in Canada. I cannot imagine ever being able to feed my family on ten dollars a day due to the cost of living being much higher. I figure it costs us approx 25 CAD a day.

 

[dawn1967]

We are a family of five who lives up in Canada. I cannot imagine ever being able to feed my family on ten dollars a day due to the cost of living being much higher. I figure it costs us approx 25 CAD a day.

I have a friend in vancouver that says the same thing. It's just her and it's about 15.00 on a basic bean and veggie fruit and grain diet. With meat 3 days a week.

 

[mommiepoppins]

I have a friend in vancouver that says the same thing. It's just her and it's about 15.00 on a basic bean and veggie fruit and grain diet. With meat 3 days a week.

wow I guess I am never leaveing hicksvill NY


dawn did ya here that The Rolloff farm guy was arrested with a dui?

I need to come out your way in oCt to go to that farm

 

[Mickey Fliers]

Wow, just wow! I spend about $900 a month to feed my family of five. Of course, buying organic in the city can get pretty pricey. Although, my children's health is worth it.

 

[dawn1967]

wow I guess I am never leaveing hicksvill NY


dawn did ya here that The Rolloff farm guy was arrested with a dui?

I need to come out your way in oCt to go to that farm

Yes it wasn't his first one either

 

[dawn1967]

Wow, just wow! I spend about $900 a month to feed my family of five. Of course, buying organic in the city can get pretty pricey. Although, my children's health is worth it.

So your suggesting we don't?

 

[hsmamato2]

Wow, just wow! I spend about $900 a month to feed my family of five. Of course, buying organic in the city can get pretty pricey. Although, my children's health is worth it.

sigh sigh sigh sigh sigh.....
I've read from both 'feed your family' threads.....sigh..... and guess what folks? you can do $10 a day on extremely healthy foods, organics, fresh, wheat free allergen specialized,and stay on a budget! Yes, some folks choose to eat differently ,but the TRUTH is you can eat VERY well very cheaply also! I don't care if others like other kinds of food,we eat what we eat.
Now I don't buy much organic cheese, due to the expense, but we eat a lot of high quality foods here,and I've ranged costs in months from $250 a month for 4 people to around 500-600.00 tops. in CT. not a cheap state to live in.
So it can be hotdogs and mac and cheese,or rice and beans with veggies- but it can be done. Joyfully,I might add,as I hate wasting money,but my family's good health is paramount to me.
rice and beans made with tomatos and peppers is basic,filling,and oh so good! it's absolutely my familys favorite food- and that includes steaks,seafoods,anything else, they love my rice and beans!