Groceries for $100 for one month

[free4pr]

I see a lot of recipes, but all you really need is common sense. (No offense ladies and gents). No need to make yucky "survival" recipes.

Carbs, protein and veggies. That's all you need.

For example.... some fish, green beans, and pasta. Or some chicken, baked potato, and salad. You said your cupboards are stocked, so coming up with ideas should be easy.

Don't worry about cooking up huge amounts of food. Your body doesn't need a restaurant-sized dinner to sustain itself. You'll be ok..

Good luck and HAVE FUN!

[QuadSquadMom]

When I have specific ingredients I'm trying to use & need recipe ideas, I use allrecipes dot com. Next to the Search button is a More Searches tab, select Ingredient Search. It allows you to list what you have and exclude what you don't want.

I use it for inspiration alot! I hope this helps someone.

[watcher6342]

how about hamburger helper? that is always cheap and you just have to add a veggy or two to complete the meal. shepards pie is a real good one, i like to use a layer of seasoned hamburger, then a layer of sweet peas, then a layer of mashed potatoes, then a layer of cheese.(your choice of cheese) you can even put cheese between each layer if you are big on cheese.

[hawkster]

2 WORDS......

Ramen Noodles!!!!

[leggzz66]

how about hamburger helper? that is always cheap and you just have to add a veggy or two to complete the meal. .

you can buy the cheap mac/ch, add 3/4 lb burger, veggies, extra cheese, a can of cr of mush and a can of tom soups and its just like hamb helper.
mac/ch 25 cents
beef 1.50
mixed vegs 35 cents
slice of velvetta 40 cents
2 cans soup generic 78 cents
3.28 cents in full,
box of hamb help 3 dollars and pound of beef 2 dollars, thats five, saving 1.72 cents and making it yourself to your tastes. you can omit the tom and go for a more stroganoff taste.
sounds silly mixing tom and cr of mush, but thats about the mix, 2 cans tom and one can mush, is more like a spagettios taste.

you can also add what you want to ramen noodles which is only a dime to 15 cents a pack. you can add meat, vegs or even scrambled eggs. its just like the noodles at the resteraunts, they have eggs in it, and the rice does too.
i like to make white rice, with added velvetta, one can mush and 2 cans tom soups, and it tastes like spagettios.

[mom-from-missouri]

Stir fry is a good way to use up leftovers of vegitables and a dab of meat.