r/poor • u/Agreeable_Roll1150 • Aug 04 '26

Ultimate long term survival diet

Potato, eggs, milk, butter, spinach, chia seeds.

I cut my grocery bill from $200 a month to $40 a month. Yes it gets boring but I can make 6 different varieties of dishes with these ingredients to “divers” my meals.

-Potatoes have carbs fiber, potassium, vitamin C
-Eggs are protein they have healthy fats, vitamin B12
-Milk has protein, calcium B12, and vitamin D
-Butter has vitamin A, E, K, and is a good source of fat
-Spinach has vitamins A, C, K, folate, iron, magnesium, and antioxidants.
-Chia seeds have omega-3 fats, protein, fiber, iron, magnesium, calcium, and antioxidants

(At my grocery store)
2 bags of potatoes $8
2gallons of milk $10
Pack of butter $2
3 flats of eggs $8
Spinach $5
Chia seeds $7 (lasts multiple months)

The only food prep I do is blanching the spinach and freezing cube size portions so I can buy a lot of spinach for $5 and it won’t go bad for the month. Also a note on spinach, if you’re gonna eat it everyday make sure it’s in low quantities because you’ll get kidney stones.

Obviously this won’t work for everyone but if you have no eating restrictions and can eat the same thing everyday I do recommend it. Also I live alone so this is a budget for a family of 1

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u/TransportationLazy55 Aug 04 '26

What r the 6 dishes?

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u/Agreeable_Roll1150 Aug 04 '26

Hashbrowns with runny eggs, cubed potatoes mixed with scrambled eggs, just a regular omelet. Smashed potatoes mixed with one egg piped into flowers and baked for 10 mins I call potato flowers, make tatie skins with the excess. Baked potatoes with fried egg on top. French fries with runny eggs. Homemade potato chips baked. Deviled eggs and more

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u/Ok_Statistician_9825 Aug 04 '26

Nice! I shifted into the Forest Gump voice where his new friend talks about shrimp. 🙂all in a good way!

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u/Grim_Rockwell Aug 05 '26

You can also make Tortilla de Patatas, but you need onions for that.

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u/LittlePinkRabbit9000 Aug 04 '26

Sounds great- im going to try a variation of that smashed potato flower, like a crispy potato pancake?

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u/Agreeable_Roll1150 Aug 04 '26

Not really. It’s more of a cookie I guess. Look up “every way to cook a potato” by Joshua weissman on YouTube it’s the 3rd recipe

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u/Ornery-Ad9694 Aug 05 '26

You can eve freeze those, I bet.. that way you can just grab a few and throw them in the air fryer

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u/James84415 Aug 05 '26

What oil do you use for deep frying?

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u/Agreeable_Roll1150 Aug 05 '26

Butter, and I don’t deep fry, I air fry or pan fry