I just finished such a $25 month. I have to say- not once was I hungry. Actually, sometimes I was too full.

Now, I don't count drinks as food, obviously- eating is eating and drinking is drinking- and I spent about $50 just on Coke (2 liters a day, sometimes another liter at night).

So, let's get to the $25 meal plan.
To survive a month for $25 you need:

1: 1 kg rice- about $0.75
2: 1 kg pasta- about $0.60
3: 1 kg barley - about $0.50
4: 6 kg potatoes- about $2
5: 2 kg margarine- about $1.25
6: 150 bread rolls- about $12.50
7: 10 boxes of Cocoa Crunchies- about $5
8: 15 packets of sauce mix, $0.12 each- about $1.75, or a few ready-made sauces for around $0.75 each

Total: about $25.
I even had $1.75 left from that twenty-five. Not bad.

How do we eat?
In the morning, cook up a pot of sauce- that'll last you two days.

Week 1 – pasta. 5 rolls a day, half a box of Cocoa Crunchies.
Week 2 – rice. 5 rolls a day, half a box of Cocoa Crunchies.
Week 3 – barley. 5 rolls a day, half a box of Cocoa Crunchies.
Week 4 – potatoes, 5 rolls, half a box of Cocoa Crunchies.

Instead of Cocoa Crunchies you can buy chocolate spread- 400 g for $0.65- or off-brand chocolate puffs, about $0.30–$0.50 for 300 g.

So the meal plan is tested and very filling- I even had some rice and barley left, because a kilo per week is honestly more than enough.

The only things I missed were yogurt, cheese, and fish.
But I could easily repeat such a month- and I'm saying this as someone who loves to eat, stuff themselves, even overeat.

One George Washington, and you're fed for the whole month.
The veggies are in the sauce, and the vitamins are in the Crunchies- all the vitamins and minerals that you need.

I know people who treat government assistance as if it's just something that rains down from the sky. They treat the charity of others a bit like I treated my parents' support and assistance when I was a child -- as if my bed being made and my lunch getting prepared for me every day were things that "just happened." If my parents had suddenly stopped making lunch for me, I wouldn't have thought, "Well, it was good of them to make lunch for me as long as they did." I would have said, "What?! But I need my lunch!" I think people in this latter category respond to the threat of having their payments revoked in the same way. They're so used to receiving help from other people that they no longer perceive it as a favor voluntarily performed for them by someone else; there's no sense of gratitude or indebtedness. They're not conscious that another person is sacrificing on their behalf. You can see this in a lot of small ways.

I say this as someone who knows a lot of people in the latter category and regards many of them with affection. A person with a strong individual character who grows up in a miserable, vicious community is liable to absorb some of those bad qualities in spite of themselves.

I'm putting my cheap chili recipe here...it makes a lot for not a lot of money. No fresh ingredients; fit for the zombie apocalypse. Or a camping trip. But good, nutritious food for the broke folks among us.

1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 can chick peas, drained and rinsed
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can kernel corn, with the liquid
1 (6 oz) can tomato paste, with 1 can water
1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies
2 Tablespoons chili powder
1 Tablespoon cumin
1 Tablespoon onion powder
1 Tablespoon garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Put tomato paste and water in pot over low heat and stir to mix.
Add tomatoes with chilies and stir to mix.
Add all beans and corn and stir to mix.
Add spices, and stir to mix.
Bring heat up to high, and bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally.
Then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

If desired, sprinkle shredded Cheddar or Mexican cheese on top.
Serve over rice (white or brown), or spinach or mashed potatoes, or anything you like.
These canned items can definitely be found for under $1, especially if you get the store brand. Spices obviously a bigger outlay at first but they're good for many more batches.
PS...obviously this is a vegan/vegetarian recipe, but browning a half pound or pound of ground beef (if one has the funds) and tossing that in the chili is a tasty option.

You may need to realize that inflation may cause prices to go up, and even then that if you do have 25 dollars to your own budget, you'd slowly lose the value that you were once able to buy
(Not going to nostalgia trip you here but it's more certain to be aware that you will lose your favorite things faster if money value decreases.)

most of that sounds like unhealthy walmart goyslop but if you need to not go hungry then i guess it will work but longterm you should expect that shit to fucking kill you early

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK
HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU DRINKING TWO LITERS A DAY
TWO LITERS OF FUCKING COKE A DAY
DO YOU HAVE DIABETES SIR
<span class="greentext">>2 liters a day, sometimes another liter at night
</span>
NIGGER YOU ARE DRINKING A LITER OF COKE AT NIGHT TIME WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Very sus. OP is using kg/g and Americans use oz/lbs. Any American ever find a 6kg (12.3lbs) bag of potatoes? Sounds like a Euro trying to RP.

Prices fluctuate not only in one store, but the same store at different times, even in different regions. All you're doing is shitposting about how you spent $25 on food in your particular area at the time you posted this.

The nutrition of everything you posted is just fucked. Very carb heavy without any source of protein or vitamins that can only be gotten in unprocessed fruits/veggies. What are you drinking to supplement all those lacking nutrients? The lack of nutrients, all those high carbs, and your 2 liter a day habit just makes this read as an Amerifat's guide to giving themselves type 2 diabetes

Samefagging from above post. Just wanted to add that the Euro RPing an Amerilard says "One Washington". OP said $25. First, there's no such thing as a $25 bill and second Washington is on the $1 bill.

This may not be a shithole chan, but the rule still applies: OP Is a faggot.

There is more to life than 5 dinner rolls a day.

OP, you are killing yourself! All those carbs, you'll be fat and without muscle in no time. You speak of inexpensive food but not a single vegetable of value in that list. Tomatoes and Onions are filled with flavor and very cheap. Remove the dinner rolls and add some herbs into there (which you can grow yourself for cheap, but they're not expensive to begin with) and you've practically opened the door to healthy cooking. Chicken is also very cheap. In fact, ditch the Cocoa Crunchies and buy Yogurt and fresh fruit! There's your breakfast.

Take my advice OP, if you truly are not a European larping as an American.

Jellybean did you read the 2 replies above you?