Our next case scenario involves a food dilemma. You don’t get a paycheck for another 7 days and because of some unexpected expenses you only have $10.00 cash until you get paid. Fortunately all of your bills are paid and you have 3/4's of a tank of gas in your car. However, you (and your family) must live on what food you have in your home right at this moment. Can you do it?
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Yes if I am careful. I am taking the prices from shopping reciepts from the last month. Note: our super walmart always has boneless breasts for 1.88 and 5lb of ground meat for 6.99
5lbs chicken: 9.40
2 doz eggs: 3.98
5lb bag of rice: 6.99
5lbs of potatoes: 2.99
3lbs of bananananans: 2.37
4lbs of frozen assorted vegies: 4.99
3 loaves of bread: 4.25
5lbs of ground meat:5.98
2 gallons milk: 6.50
1 container of oatmeal: 2.99
10 yogurts: 6.90
head of lettuce: 1.29
bag of carrots: 1.99
3 boxes of pasta: 2.35
spag sauce: 5.00
tea bags/sugar(homemade sweet tea):2.00
2 containers concentrated juice:3.50
2lb of amer cheese: 7.95
There probably wouldnt be allot of left over but I have had to make it stretch like this before so I have an idea of what we would need.
Great Challenge by the way
Judy
Ok I read that so wrong so feel free to delete my first post.
I would be able to do it with only having to buy milk and eggs. We have a stockpile of meat and pasta right now, and also plenty of fruits and vegies. Because I keep at least one backup of things we use frequently it wouldnt be a problem. We also have 10 cases of water in the basement at all times just in case...
Judy
I'm liking this series...it keeps me thinking...
Yes, I could live on $10.00 for a week with the food I have in the house. I would have very creative dinners to say the least, and lunches would have to be leftovers. Breakfasts would be cereal (until it was gone), eggs, pancakes, waffles. I don't have breakfast meats, however. We will run out of drinks, but tap water would be just fine.
I think I may take on this challenge! Saving money this week is eactly what I need.
I think we could. I have powdered milk to use if needed. We would need a loaf of bread. I've never made a homemade loaf before. I had a bread machine years ago but the loaves came out hard as a rock so we gave it away. I can buy a cheap loaf, although not a good quality, for a tad over a dollar at Kroger. I know I would need something else but I have to go through our stuff to see what we need.
That scenario is also good for disaster preparation. I think being prepared to last 7 days without shopping for food, water, etc. is a must in emergency preparedness.
Wow, what great comments and ideas. I'm learning from each of you.
@Judy - I'm not sure how you read the post, but I went ahead and published your first comment as your list of food and prices were very interesting to me. Also I wish our Super Walmart had 5 lbs. of ground meat for the price you are paying, but then again living in the Philly area I know you are paying more for some items that I am paying less.
At this moment we have more food in the house than we ever have... That $10.00 would be used for milk & bananas, which we only have 2 of...
I live right outside of Raleigh NC and I have not seen ground meat prices like that in our Super Walmart!! Lucky you.
We could live for a week on that. Perhaps I would use the $10 for some sale/pantry items to add to my present stash.
Having a pantry/freezer stash is a real help for instances such as this, no matter what the size. We don't have space for an entire pantry room, nor a basement (we live in a modular home). Our pantry consists of a kitchen cupboard, a standing utility cupboard (which shares space of other items), and a large plastic tote. It can be done. :)
Lyn
We often do this when an unexpected expense comes up and we don't want to dip into our savings...we just do "pantry cooking" that week. The $10 would cover milk and maybe a fresh fruit or two that was on sale. Our meals would be interesting, that's for sure, but it's a good way to use up those items in the back of the cupboard or the bottom of the freezer before they go bad!
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