If someone gave you $20 dollars to spend on food for one month, what would you buy to get thru?

90 ramen noodles, box of store cereal and 1 box of oatmeal, powdered milk. Should come to just under 20 bucks. No need for a fridge to waste electricity on, just need a microwave and water. Or just an electric kettle would work too.

breakfast cereal and powdered milk; can last for ages, i did it in my starving uni student days, and hyou dont need the fridge!

instant noodles, bread, etc

Lets see: potatoes, carrots, onions, celery - about $8.00
10 packages of raman noodles- 3.00
6 packages of macaroni and cheese 4.00
as many cans of tomatoes you can get for 2.50
Large bag of rice 2.50
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20.00

Many meals can be made from these ingredients (in some cases with coupons and sales yu might be able to go a whole month for one person if very organized and careful.

Filet Mignon.

No, but seriously, I'd buy noodles, and bottled water. And also, I'd buy vitamins, to supplement my health, until that month was up.

$20/mo = $0.64c/day.

Sites of people who have tried lived off a dollar a day successfully for a month:

This guy used 93c/day, was under his limit
http://hungryforamonth.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html

He provides receipts for what he bought in order to stay under that limit.

Here's another one. I'm sure there are more on the web too.
http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22357/34117-living-dollar-day

Personally, I think the way the above went about it could be improved upon. I would go into a warehouse-like store or cheaper fruit/vegie markets (these may be more of a region-specific phenomenon) with large quantities of food (you'll find them in poorer areas) and buy large quantities of storable foods such as noodles, etc, in bulk, to start off the month. I would also collect as many coupons as possible. If this were to be a long term thing, I would also try to get excess seeds from somewhere or someone and plant them in my yard. I'd go to my local baker at the end of each day and ask them for whatever they could spare (usually they throw older breads out, but they're still OK for a few days, especially toasted) Cheap foods include EGGS, bread, some powdered instant soups and similar products, noodles & pastas, rice.
I wouldn't buy drinks, there's nothing wrong with water or tea (no milk). If I really wanted milk, I'd seek out cheaper alternatives like powdered or condensed milk. Concentrated foods are generally cheaper. Fruit/Veg is damn cheap in Australia, and I can head off to my local market at closing time and buy a full box of fruit (enough for a couple of weeks) for $3-5, depending on what is selling.

Also, I could probably get free/cheap expired or nearly expired goods from my local small store - after all, they don't like throwing out food either! Also, I would locate and be aware of a shelter that could provide me with food just in case.

Hope that helps.

200 packs of ramen noodles.

eating 3 meals a day, i would still have 110 packs left over at the end of the month =-)

idk a month is a long time so i cant think of much to but with on $20.00

Tins of soup. A tin a day.

Top Ramen. That is about it for $20. In fact you could make white trash spaghetti by taking ketchup packets, which are free, and mixing with top ramen.

this post seems dead but, rice 5lb = >$6.00 red beans 4lb = >$6.00 hot dogs x4 packs = 4.00+tax spaghetti x2 pack = 2.00+tax sauce x 2 cans = 2.00+tax eat as little as possible so you can buy "some" ramen next month, working your way up to frozen veggies and soups.

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