Mothering › Forums › Natural Family Living › The Mindful Home › Frugality & Finances › Buying groceries for a friend
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Buying groceries for a friend  

post #1 of 11
8/23/07 at 5:03pm
Thread Starter 
A guy friend of mine is really hurting for $$, if i give him the cash he wotnt ake it so im going to buy him so groceries. I would like to get the most amount of healthy food possible for around 40.00. What would be some good ideas? THanks so much ladies!
post #2 of 11
8/23/07 at 6:34pm
Does he know how to cook? The cheapest thing is really to buy mostly rice and dry beans but he'd have to know how to cook them.
post #3 of 11
8/23/07 at 7:38pm
Milk, eggs, cheese, bread, peanut butter, pasta, pasta sauce, rice, bean, fresh fruit and veggies, granola/cereal, salad/mixed greens...not sure if he has any dietary restrictions, but this list would probably be safe.
post #4 of 11
8/23/07 at 11:21pm
We often buy food to help my mother out and out list is pretty much what Nicole! listed.
post #5 of 11
8/24/07 at 10:24am
Do you belong to a box club like BJs? You can get giant bags of frozen veggies, big tubs of hummus, boxes of cereal with three bags in them, six packs of soup, 50 pounds of rice, etc, etc, mine even carries veggie burritos and boca burgers. $40/$50 can go pretty far in there...
post #6 of 11
8/24/07 at 8:06pm
How about making a list from the http://hillbillyhousewife.com/:

Quote:
Beginner's $hort ¢uts:
  • Feed your whole family with our Emergency $45 Menu.
  • If you have more to spend try our Everyday $70 Menu.
  • Both include full menus including snacks, plus grocery lists and a checklist of daily prep-work to keep you ahead of the game.
post #7 of 11
8/25/07 at 12:47am
What a wonderful thing to do for a friend! I've had a great friend do this for me a few times and I was so greatful to her for this gift!

I'd say eggs,milk,cheese,bread (brown or whle wheat NOT iccky white bread) pasta,sauce and some veggies and fruit for sure.

He can have an omlette with the eggs,cheese and milk or make French toast or some fried egg on toast or some fried eggs and potatoes for breakfast.Those are just a few things he could make with what you got for him.

: What was I thinking? Do I really need to tell anyone here not to get iccky white bread?! Must be my fever!!
post #8 of 11
8/25/07 at 2:09am
If he's like most guys I know:
Mac & Cheese
Ramen
Bread
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Eggs
Cheese
Bologna (yes, bologna)
a small jar of mayo
bag of potatoes
an onion
milk

Unless he's actually into the healthy organic stuff (I know they exist, but I've never met a guy who is...meaning I personally would buy from this list and not hummus and rice and stuff), he'll be happy with that very cheap list and be fed for at least a week.
post #9 of 11
8/27/07 at 11:39am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Synthea™ View Post
If he's like most guys I know:
Mac & Cheese
Ramen
Bread
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Eggs
Cheese
Bologna (yes, bologna)
a small jar of mayo
bag of potatoes
an onion
milk

Unless he's actually into the healthy organic stuff (I know they exist, but I've never met a guy who is...meaning I personally would buy from this list and not hummus and rice and stuff), he'll be happy with that very cheap list and be fed for at least a week.



I was going to say 100 packs of ramen for $10, but she did say healthy! My husband went away for 2 months early in our dating, and he lived on pb&j and ramen. Nothing else, unless you count beer as a food, and many men I know do!
post #10 of 11
8/27/07 at 10:41pm
get your foods from aldi's~you can get alot of food for cheap! or savealot.
post #11 of 11
8/27/07 at 11:40pm
Love the hillbillyhousewife site. :
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Frugality & Finances
This thread is locked  
Mothering › Forums › Natural Family Living › The Mindful Home › Frugality & Finances › Buying groceries for a friend