Extremely low budget foods

We all have times that money is extra tight and the food budget is crunched. Here is a list of extremely low budget foods. If you need a list of over 100 ways to save on food, read Happily Frugal.

This is from chapter 12 in my book, Happily Frugal.

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 Breakfast

• Eggs and toast
  
• Oatmeal from steel cut oats
  
• Pancakes
• Muffins

 
Lunch or dinner

• Peanut butter sandwich
• Grilled cheese sandwich
• Tuna sandwich  
• Egg salad sandwich
• Mayo, lettuce, and tomato sandwich
• Pantry dump casserole
• Veggie stew (potatoes, carrots, green beans, top with sour cream)
• Vegetarian chili
• Tuna noodles
• Any pasta that is noodles with sauce and veggies or beans, but no meat or expensive cheese
• Boxed mac and cheese
• Spanish rice casserole
• Bean burritos
• Spaghettios

 
Side dishes

• Biscuits
• Hashbrowns
• Homemade bread
• Bread and butter
• Potatoes any way you like them
• Green beans
• Corn 
• Cornbread
• Stuffing
• Beans
• Rice (white, brown, Spanish, packets of flavored rice)

 
Snacks

• Hard boiled eggs
• Crackers and peanut butter
• Cheese and crackers
• Toast with butter or jelly

 
Dessert

• Popcorn
• Gelatin dessert
  
• Pudding
• Cake that is homemade – even from a box it’s cheap per serving
• Muffin bread (take 2 muffin mix bags and make a loaf with it)
  

 
Others

• Anything from the garden

 
What else can you think of? Comment below.
 

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