jmcquown > wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> FERRANTE wrote:

>>> I am doing something wrong? I go to the store, spent $80, and two
>>> days later, I am looking for something to make a meal, and it is not
>>> there. I am obviously doing something wrong.

>> A single person should be able to eat pretty well on $80 per week.

> No joke! I don't even want to *think* about what all I could eat for $80 a
> week!

I don't think it's all that much for a week. I could easily
spend about that for stuff to cook. (I know ppl whose aim
is to spend less than $80.00 per day, but that's eating out
all the time.)

However, the OP can almost certainly get by on less (I do.)
Beans are cheap, and can be eked out with other stuff in
many ways. One can cook in batches and freeze some for later.
Look in a local bookstore for economy cookbooks and cooking-for
-one books.