🛒$30 a week grocery list that isn't just rice and beans

priced per serving where it matters. one splurge item stays in the cart every single week and I'm not sorry

eggs, the dozen not the 18-pack

cheapest protein per dollar there is, ~$0.25 a serving

chicken thighs, bone-in

buy whatever's on sale that week. freezes fine, portion it the same night you get home

brown rice, the 5lb bag

black beans, canned, buy 4

cheaper than dry when you're cooking for one and don't want to plan a soak

frozen mixed vegetables

peanut butter

the one splurge item that stays in the cart every single week, don't cut this one

bananas

canned diced tomatoes

onions, the bag not loose

the bag is almost always cheaper per onion, loose ones just look like the better deal

garlic

oats, the plain canister

not the flavored packets, those are basically sugar with a markup

corn tortillas

spinach, frozen not fresh

fresh bagged spinach wilts in like 3 days and half of it goes in the trash. frozen doesn't

sweet potatoes

pasta, whatever's cheapest that week

cheddar, the block not shredded

shredded has anti-caking starch on it and melts worse. block is cheaper per oz too

canned tuna

$ per serving on this one is unbeatable, just don't eat it every day

hot sauce

not really food but it's the difference between rice and beans feeling like punishment or not

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