How To Turn a $50 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 $50 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 $50 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!
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!
Head to my Grocery Series page to see all of the ones I’ve done in one spot!
Grocery List:
- 1 yellow onion
- 6 shallots
- 2 garlic bulbs
- 1 lb carrots (6 carrots)
- 8 roma tomatoes
- 1 cauliflower head
- 2 lbs sweet potatoes (6 medium potatoes)
- 10oz bag shredded kale
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 lb chicken thighs
- 14oz block firm tofu
- 12oz gluten-free fusilli or rigatoni
- 16oz quinoa (white or tricolor)
- 32oz low-sodium chicken broth
- 32oz low-sodium vegetable broth
- 28oz can crushed tomatoes
- 13.5oz can full-fat coconut milk
- two 15oz cans great northern, navy, or cannellini beans
- 15oz can chickpeas
- kosher salt
- ground black pepper
- garlic powder
- dried oregano
- dried thyme
- dried rosemary
- ground sage
- chili powder (optional)
Pantry staples to have on hand:
- olive oil
- apple cider vinegar
- coconut aminos, tamari, or low-sodium soy sauce
- maple syrup
- tapioca flour, arrowroot starch, or cornstarch
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!
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