Reply #36: You use what you need of the pasta sauce

[China_cat]

and freeze the rest in portions (I could eat at least 3 good meals out of one jar of sauce). The same for anything else, buy in bulk and split it out into dry storage or freezer packs.

Costco...a pack of large chicken breasts for $18.00. There are 12 in the pack and I can only eat 1/2 one at a time. That's 24 meals. And since I don't eat meat at every meal...

Or a pack of hamburger for $15. Extra lean so you don't lose so much in the cooking. Make it up into 6 to 8 freezer packs.

If you have a Sav-a-Lot grocery near you, you can get canned veggies really cheap. 10 cans of different stuff for less than $5 (Actually, less than $4) Cheap instant mashed potatoes that come in pouches so they don't go bad after opening, rice-a-roni knock offs for .30. I don't think I've ever spent more than $15 in there and had enough stuff to last a month.

And if you're really broke and desperate, you find somebody with a Costco card and give them $3 for a box of 24 Ramen noodle packets ($2.97, they can keep the other 3 cents for a tip)