I need help surviving!!! lol true story

**smokermore** · 09-13-2010, 07:11 PM

Sup every1. This may seem a bit stupid i realize, but i cant seem to grocery shop for shit. My gf and i been living together for bout 2 years now. before that we both lived with our parent and we our basically used to having someone else to the cooking and shopping.
Grocery shopping was easy at first, i just bought all the microwave shit, frozen dinners, canned food, junk food, that type of stuff. Well that junk gets pretty old and i cant stand it anymore. The past few times my gf and i go to the store, we litterally go up and down every isle. We get everything we could possibly want, and we never seem to spend more than 150$. But when we get home and unload everything, it seems like we still dont have shit lol. ill be so hungery some nights, but we dont have food, so ill just keep smoking weed to hide the hunger. Due to my situation, between my gf and i, we get about 300$ a month for food stamps, and we got allll this money, and we are still starving. Are we just pathetic and hopeless?
Can you guys just tell me some basic stuff yall get at the store? Stuff you love? Easy stuff to make, or anything really.

**blazin256** · 09-13-2010, 07:17 PM

wtf??! get some damn steaks, burgers, chicken and cook that shit. get sacks of potatoes and make french fries/mashed potatoes/baked. sloppy joes you just need 1 lb ground beef and manwich sauce. fuckin hamburger helper just 1 lb of ground beef. get plenty of tuperware and save what you dont eat, then when you heat it back up, shits even better.

**Sr. Verde** · 09-13-2010, 07:22 PM

Cooking for yourself is way cheaper dude.

Chicken is usually inexpensive and easy to make. Google some easy chicken recipes.

You could get ground beef and make some burgers if you have access to a grill of some kind (electric?)

**rene112388** · 09-13-2010, 07:29 PM

Ok so there is many things you can do... So I eat well used to be for 2 on 125 a month

most often you can get big packs of meat for 8-10 bucks (where I am that is) what I do is I get some freezer bags and when you get home devide the meat just enough meat for a meal with maybe some for left overs in each bag... I get box pastas and rice usually 75cents to a dollar a bag of potatoes and powdered milk... Powdered milk is great for cooking you only make what you need and it is way cheaper to go this route also buy in bulk you can mix it up so you don't have to eat the same stuff the potatoes are great to have if you want some cheap simple recipes pm me and ill help ya out always been a bit less fortunate so I tend to be thrifty

**t@intshredder** · 09-13-2010, 07:50 PM

Look into some coupons, my friend ...or get a Costco or a BJs membership.

**Benassi** · 09-13-2010, 08:09 PM

I break into homes at dinner time and eat other family's food. Great way to save money, try new things. Careful of the second amendment supporters....

**purplehazin** · 09-13-2010, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Benassi

I break into homes at dinner time and eat other family's food. Great way to save money, try new things. Careful of the second amendment supporters....

Hahahaha

Costco is your friend. I got to costco weekly and make it out to a regular grocery store maybe every other week or so. You just need to buy a recipe book or go online and look at free recipes. There are forums just like RIU all about recipes and cooking and shit.

**rene112388** · 09-14-2010, 08:51 AM

Do you have a winco where you live? My favorite store you can buy in bulk or smaller ammounts also what do you like to eat maybe some can share their recipes with you have a great one for coconut chicken strips and home made mozzarella sticks not the healthiest but yum and its cheap you only need like one chicken breast for 2 ppl some flour double acting baking powder panko breading coconut and your on your way to delisousness lol

**miteubhi?** · 09-14-2010, 09:11 AM

Rice, beans, veggies, bulk products that require thought and preparation. I feel sorry for you. You are on a site for growing Mary and you can't feed yourself properly.

You have bigger problems. Stop growing pot and start an edible garden.

**edsthreads** · 09-14-2010, 09:21 AM

I always get plenty of veg i.e: carrots, potatoes, toms (canned too) celery, peppers, chillies, mushrooms, swede, leeks, onions, garlic

Then I get my carbs: pasta, linguini, spagetti, lasagna sheets, cous-cous etc etc

Then all my meat: minced beef, steawing steak, chicken thighs/drumsticks, lamb chops, bacon etc.

With all the above you can make loads of stuff like Lasagne, Spag Bol, Hot Pots & Casseroles, Curries..whatever you like really
It's so much cheaper than buying ready meals & better for you (so much salt in those TV dinners!) + most of it you can freeze especially the meat.. With the veg I don't use within a week I make up soups & freeze that..