How to Eat for $15 a Week | Dollar Tree Budget Meal Plan | Extreme Grocery Haul

I have read some of the comments about the good food value of the items she has chosen and the foods she's prepared. I think that some are missing the point of this video. If you are hungry and you need to feed yourself and your family, this may be what some people would need to eat. This is what will keep you from going hungry. She's just showing what's out there if that's your only choice. Thank you Christine.

Churches are also a great resource for finding food. My husband is a pastor and we live in Michigan. We collect returnable bottles and cans and use the money raised to help people with gas and groceries.

With the cooked rice. Pour warm milk over it, then add a touch of cinnamon and sugar to taste. Its done

I am a retired librarian we use to do a craft every week . My coworker said to me one time you can't use googly eyes on everything just for special. So her next birthday found a card with a huge googly eye on it that same googly eye got passed back and forth for yrs. So yeah googly eyes are the best.

You can soak brown rice to cut cooking time, and reduce amount of power/gas needed to cook it.

Yay! So glad your finger has recovered enough for a cooking video! 🎉

My grandmother always had apricot jam and it will always be my favorite. As I grow older, I notice my senses sending me back to good times more often. I appreciate things like overcast weather and the smell of burnt toast. Close your eyes, take a breath, and time travel today. ❤

💜🙏 Sadly, I have to agree with your comments at the end of the video, Christine. With the prices going up at DT (and everywhere else), making an additional trip to DT is becoming less and less worthwhile. If that's all one has where they live, I get it--of course. However, I have found I can get BETTER deals at Walmart (the best place for me in my area) by going with a similar item and the Great Value brand as compared to the DT brand(s). Sometimes, they're the same item for less or similarly priced; it just doesn't make sense to spend the gas money to drive to another store. It's so sad! I feel like every month I'm looking for more ways to cut back on my budget when I was already living on a limited income for many years. 💜 SO MANY people are hurting these days! And yes, if you need to go to a Food Bank or Needline...please do! I did years ago when I was leaving an abusive marriage (sometimes, we have to save our own lives, y'all!), so there is NO SHAME in doing that. In addition to the places Christine mentioned, many communities also have what are known as "Blessing Boxes" these days, where people anonymously refill them with shelf-stable items that you can take as you need them. Also, many churches either will be able to help with food or maybe a utility bill or they can direct you with information to those in your community who do such work. If you are really in need, there are people who can help. Sometimes, they (needlines, Blessing Boxes, churches, etc.) set up local Facebook Pages these days, too. 💜 One day at a time...Hang in there...Stay strong...It gets better... 💜⚔🙏✝

I was casually observing a homeless man in my home town. He goes to a local supermarket and buys some shop bread on special and a jar of peanut butter. That fills him up nicely and gets him a bit of protein. Those supermarkets also sell packets of hot chicken super cheap later in the day before closing

My mom gave us what she called “rice cereal” often growing up. It was literally just leftover rice, either cold or heated in the microwave, with milk poured over top and a spoonful of sugar. I still eat it as a dessert whenever we have leftover rice. You could add a spoonful of jam or sliced banana, too.

Thank you so for the super low budget videos! I love alll grocery hauls (like you say, “I’m just here for the food” lol). But I’m in a season where I’m getting by with a mixture of food stamps, a once per month food bank, and then regular grocery shopping for the rest.

Peanut Butter and jam on english muffins is amazing. One of my favorites. 1/2 an english muffin a a cup of coffee is all I need. So filling.

I love the pasta salad idea. You can put so many different things in it, even canned foods. My favorite version has pasta, salad dressing, canned chickpeas, canned mushrooms and roasted bell peppers, all of which can usually be found at Dollar Tree in my area.

Pretty darn creative! Those dressing cups were my gateway drug to a BOTTLE of Olive Garden Dressing .. lol.

I like to get the suddenly salad mix and I add chopped up tomatoes and cucumbers to bulk it up a bit, sometimes I add chicken to it also. I love peach preserves and apple butter the most.

I live in a rural town of 11K. My closest WM, Aldi or Food4Less is at least 20 minutes away in one direction. With gas at or above $5/gallon, I rarely shop out of town. That leaves me with DollarTree or the small chain grocery store. I'm a senior on a fixed budget. And now live alone. I make just enough money to not qualify for SNAP/EBT. However, if I have any medical or vet costs in the month, I would qualify easily. I take notes watching these videos. Thank you for all you do and know how much your work helps people like me. Our DT in town just went to a "Plus' store which means they took out about 1/2 the food so far. And they seemed to mix the new food products that start at $3 each in with the 5Quarter items. It does have both the refrigerator and freezer sections but most items there start at $3 and go up.

I love 💵 🌳 for the raspberry jam, Apple pie & cherry pie filling. Can't beat the price. Guess I need to go online and order cases of all 3 before the price goes up!!

crunchy peanut butter makes you feel like you are eating more.

The beef crumbles are decent. My son put it into creamy Kraft Mac and Cheese. Baked it for a little bit. Garnished it with a little Rotel.

Hi Christine, good call with the rice for a 7th day breakfast. Our family always had rice for breakfast. We'd make a knock-off rice pudding that is just rice, an extra 1-2 cups of water so the rice is overcooked and sugar. (You do want some liquid leftover from cooking.) Another option is to take 1 or 2 day old rice that is drying out and pour a cup of hot chocolate over it.