How To Turn a $60 Grocery Haul into 20 Healthy Meals

If you’re new here, my budget grocery series is where I show you how a little bit of planning can really help reduce grocery costs, even when you’re eating nutritious, delicious meals. I started doing this series in early 2023 and every time I do, I have more and more fun with putting the menu together. This week, I shared my most recent edition where I took a $60 grocery haul and turned it into five recipes. With groceries getting more and more expensive and it’s challenging to figure out how to budget while also eating delicious and healthy meals. My hope as always is that this grocery list and meals to go along with it help you and your family eat well on a budget.

This is the full post with links to each recipe from my latest grocery series where I took a single $60 grocery trip and turned it into five different recipes, or 20 servings of delicious, healthy food! While you’re at it, make sure you’re subscribed to my newsletter where I send all of this information and weekly recipe recaps right to your inbox! PLUS, my Youtube channel has long-form videos to go with the grocery shopping AND every recipe from this week, so please subscribe and check out the videos so you can cook along with me!

Head to my Grocery Series page to see all of the ones I’ve done in one spot!

Grocery List:

• 1 garlic bulb
• 1 large yellow onion
• 6 ounces green onions
• one 3-inch ginger root piece
• 1 pound carrots
• 16 ounces celery (2 hearts)
• 2 medium sweet potatoes
• 1 medium butternut squash or 20 ounces precut butternut squash
• 10 ounces baby bella mushrooms
• 16 ounces brussels sprouts
• 10 ounces tuscan or curly shredded kale
• two 32-ounce cartons low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
• 13.5 ounces full-fat canned coconut milk
• jasmine or basmati rice (2 1/2 cups needed)
• 12 to 16 ounces brown rice penne (or pasta of choice)
• 16 ounces raw cashews (1 1/2 cups needed)
• 3 pounds bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
• 1 pound ground turkey
• 12 ounces precooked chicken sausage
• 14-ounce firm tofu block
• 15-ounce can chickpeas

Pantry staples & Spices

• olive oil
• toasted sesame oil
• coconut aminos (or reduced-sodium tamari or reduced-sodium soy sauce)
• rice vinegar
• sriracha (optional)
• tapioca flour (or arrowroot starch or cornstarch)
• kosher salt
• ground black pepper
• smoked paprika
• chili powder
• cumin
• dried oregano
• dried rosemary

All 5 of the recipes are below – just click the link to view the full recipe. Each one serves 4 people!

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