Could You Eat only $20.84 for 1 week and eat healthy....Oh Yes you can!

So I was looking for recipes that are unique and different to try and I stumbled upon this challenge. Could you eat $3 a day worth of food? I said WHAT? That is crazy, how was this even possible. So then I started to look at the break down of the grocery list (read below) and some of the meals that can be made and well I'll be damned, YOU CAN. Follow me to see how it is possible.

Ok to start you have to go to the Grocery store. Here is what was purchased.

Eggs, approx 2 eggs per day-Protein
1 bag of dried Black Beans -Protein
1 bag of Split Peas
1 bag of Chick Peas
1 pkg of Chicken thighs on sale for $2.20
1 5lb bag of Potatoes $2 on sale
1 head of Cabbage $2
1 bag of Carrots $1 on sale
1 entire sweet potato
2 X peaches
2 X Limes
1 bag of Brown Rice $1.19
6 Bananas $. 50 a pound
1 pkg of Tortillas $.99 on sale
1 small bottle of vinegar $.79 on sale
1 small chunk of Ginger -$.30
a couple of Jalapeno's $.60
1 bundle of Scallions $1
1 bag of white onions $1.29
Grand Total = $20.84

So now on with the menu for the week.

Meal #1 Potato, scallion, Egg, carrot, and cut up Tortilla Omelette -Lunch
Meal #2 Rice and Chicken with carrots and cabbage, de-boned the chicken and save for a later recipe in the week.
Meal #3 Breakfast -Banana, Fried Rice, Eggs, Potato with a scallion all cooked up together in a frying pan.
Meal #4 Cabbage, Carrots, Vinegar with a little lime juice for a slaw, Cooked up chicken bones like a Buffalo wings and Potatoes
Meal #5 Banana egg pancakes
Meal #6 Potato Pancakes with scallions, added chick peas and rice and some chicken broth I made from the bones earlier.
Meal #7 Like an Oatmeal, Banana Rice, little carrot, egg all boiled up and mashed down into like a rice pudding.
Meal #8 Black Bean chick pea Tortillas with a little carrots.
Meal #8 Black bean soup with fried Tortillas and a little cabbage and carrots in the soup, blended in blender
Meal #9 Tortilla fried with a hole in the middle, with a egg and scallions on top
Meal #10 Salad, with cooked chick pea croutons in oven, with carrots, onions, black beans

So that is the snap shot of what that grocery list made. You can get creative, go crazy, and just have fun with a challenge like this, and save yourself some money.

I CHALLENGE YOU! Please share if you take my challenge, would love to see your results.

Happy Trails

Sources:
https://www.thebalance.com/best-websites-with-printable-grocery-coupons-938739