How To Turn a $50 Grocery Haul into 20 Healthy Meals
I started my series where I share a grocery list and meals for the week with you all in early 2023 and I have absolutely loved iterating and adapting the series over the past year to make it as valuable for you as possible. This week, I shared my most recent iteration where I took a $50 grocery haul and turned it into five recipes. It’s no secret that groceries are getting more and more expensive and it can be so tough to figure out how to budget for groceries 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 from my latest grocery series where I took a single $50 grocery trip and turned it into five different recipes, or 20 servings of delicious, healthy food! This series was inspired by my frustration with the rising prices and my desire to continue to eat healthy meals while still operating within a tight budget, I hope it helps! 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!
If you love to eat veggie and protein packed meals but want to cut back that grocery bill, try getting the groceries from the list below, and following along with my recipes!
You can find all of the videos for the series on my Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube. Be sure to follow me there for more videos like this! You can also check out my feature on Good Morning America from this week if you missed it!
Head to my Grocery Series page to see all of the ones I’ve done in one spot!
Grocery List:
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1 broccoli head
- 5 green bell peppers
- 6oz baby spinach
- 1 lb raw carrots
- 28oz can crushed tomatoes (I used fire roasted)
- 15oz can black beans
- 15oz can kidney beans
- 15oz can chickpeas
- 32oz basmati or jasmine rice
- 16oz gluten-free pasta of choice
- 32oz veggie or chicken broth
- 15oz can artichoke hearts
- 1 lb raw cashews or cashew pieces
- 4oz nutritional yeast
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 + 1/2 lbs boneless chicken thighs
- 14oz firm tofu block
Pantry staples to have on hand:
- olive oil
- coconut aminos, soy sauce, or tamari
- maple syrup
- sriracha
- lemon juice
- tapioca, arrowroot, or corn starch
- salt & black pepper
- garlic powder
- chili powder
- smoked paprika
- ground cumin
- dried oregano
- ground ginger
- sesame seeds (optional)
- red pepper flakes (optional)
All 5 of the recipes are below – just click the link of either the website post or Instagram post to view the full recipe. Each one serves 4 people!
As always, I really enjoyed putting this series together! If you have any feedback, my DMs are open!
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Loving this series!
This is the most helpful series in the world!
So helpful – Thank you!!
I too really love this series. But had an idea! Would it be possible to post a meal prep version or a guide to meal prep the series?
Sorry I’m confused… is it $50 for 20 meals or 5 meals?
Hi! It’s 5 recipes that make 4 servings each, so 20 meals total
Can anyone recommend a substitution for the cashews in the chicken and green pasta recipes? (It looks like I can just leave them out of the tofu dish.) My son has a cashew allergy but we’ve loved all the grocery series recipes and would love to figure out a way to adapt these : )
You can use a cheese based sauce, if you’re able to, or if you need an alternative, I would look into oat based “cheese” sauces. I’ve had good luck with those!
I love this series and have had the Substack as well. Keep it coming. I eat better and healthier when I follow your meals. My one wish is that there was a printable version. Or a way to download the recipes into an easy-to-access document.
Hi Seana! Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️ Printable versions for every grocery series is on Substack via this link! https://jenneatsgoood.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-every-grocery-series-ive
So delicious! I doubled the amount of tofu for a heartier serving size and doubled the sauce recipe for some extra flavor. Instead of ground ginger I used minced ginger (the jar of The Ginger People) for the sauce and it really brightened the flavor! I didn’t add any of the recommended salt because the soy sauce / tamari adds plenty. Air fried the tofu to reheat the meals and it was fantastic.
Really really love this series so much! It saves me SO much time, I don’t end up with random leftover ingredients, its straightforward to make, and the recipes are reliably tasty. Can’t wait for the next set of recipes!