If your funds were going to be very low for a while...?

spaghetti noodles and sauce....

peanut butter

ramen noodles

dried beans

bisquick baking mix

ground beef

stuff that would last a while, is cheap, and would be easy enough to whip up something out of if I got hungry. I've been in that situation before.... Ate a lot of macaroni

They've been that way for some time now & I go get a bag from the food bank. I get dryed milk powder ewww, some cans of soups that taste watery, some kraft dinner yuk, a bag of apples hum... stail bread, caned meat that ain't good or heathy for a diabetic & a bunch of sugar treats & sugar cerials & crap that aint good for no-one, but I guess it's better then starvin. SAD

Oatmeal, meat on special in bulk and freezer bags to split it up, store brand everything, what ever is on SUPER SALE now, buy a lot, chop it up and freeze it. It may take some time to do, it may not be exactly the same as fresh, but this is what I would do if I was going to be low on money.

ramen noodles, peanut butter and jelly and learn how to make homemade buscuits. Also, find out where your area food pantries are. Don't be embarrassed or too proud to go, everyone needs help once in awhile. There are normally ones that the "welfare" office deals with and some that are just through churchs.

Rice, beans, flour, potatoes, and seasonings like soy sauce, ketchup, salt. Skip canned foods and boxed foods. Macaroni and ramen noodles are good. With the flour(or you can use corn flour mix) and maybe some salt you can make baked or fried flatbread. Bland but filling.

Potatoes (can be cooked many ways)

Flour and cornmeal (to bake biscuits or cornbread)

Eggs (for breakfast or to make deviled egg sandwiches)

Beans ( for protein and will usually last several days)

Bread

Sandwich meat

Spaghetti and sauce

Milk, Rice, Fresh Fruit, Oatmeal, and all that should cost about 25.00 or less.

beans are cheap and nutritious, as is ground turkey as a sub to ground beef (we eat that anyway because of hubby's heart condition)I try to avoid quick frozen foods, as they are pretty expensive unless it is the shoesting frozen french fries (they are usually 50 cents a bag) You can go to local food banks if you need to, and we have what is called Angel Food Ministries here that has packaged deals at much lower costs.

Sales in newspapers. Clip coupons. Do value shopping. Get the necessitys first. Ween away from luxery items costing.

Ramen noodles

frozen peas

bread

peanut butter

hot dogs and buns

When I'm low on cash I just use my credit card but I just keep digging myself deeper and deeper in debt but I've got to live.

eggs

milk (as needed)

bread

potatoes

hot dogs

lunch meats

bacon

pancake mix

4pds of ground beef

pasta sauce

pasta

rice

soups

navy beans or pintos & hamhocks

corn bread mix