This is my shopping list for once a month making frozen meals it totals 58 meals so 29 days lunch and dinner. In addition to this supplement with fruits, vegetables, eggs, peanut butter, and oats. Here are the general recipes off the top of my head. This list assumes you have baking powder, soy sauce, sugar, flour, spices, and access to water. It's just an idea for how to really stretch the budget. This list I believe totals just under 100 dollars. So factor in another 20 for breakfast and snacks and you should have some money left over. All these values are in CAD because I'm Canadian but if should help a little bit. Also if you like tea maybe add 10 dollars on for that.

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Dishes include: mushroom pie, lentil shepherd's pie, vegetable pot pie, tamale pie, potato leek soup, corn chowder, mushroom soup, tomato sauce, chili, and split pea soup. If you want a full recipe for anything just ask and I'll give it to you. :)

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Shopping List For the Ultimate Freezer Meal prep (58 meals)

1L milk $2.20

1 block butter $3.50

1 packet puff pastry $2.97

1 small bottle lemon juice $1.28

2 cans red kidney beans $1.96

1 can white kidney beans $0.98

2 cans black beans $1.96

1 can tomato paste $0.68

2 cans tomato sauce $2.00

2 cans crushed tomato $2.36

4 cans diced tomatoes $3.88

12 cans mushrooms (case) $11.48

12 cans whole kernel corn $10.48

Veggie stock mix $2.98

900g split peas $2.48

1.8kg split lentils $3.97

500g rotoni pasta package $0.79

750g Cornmeal $2.49

Soda crackers $2.00

10lb Yellow Potatoes $5.97

5lb Carrots $2.38

10lb Onions $3.98

3 leeks $3.98

680g x 2 mushroom $5.96

1 packet celery heart (2 bunches) $1.98

4 green bell peppers $3.68

4 red/yellow bell peppers $4.98

2kg peas $4.00

750g green peas $2.49

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Recipes

• Mushroom pie 8
  • 1 packet mushrooms
  • 6 cans mushrooms
  • 3 onions
  • 1 stick celery
  • Red Wine vinegar
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • Thyme
  • Parsley
  • 1 cup vegetable stock
  • Flour
  • Puff pastry
• Veggie pot pie 6
  • 2 onion
  • 3 clove garlic
  • 3 cups carrots
  • 3/4 cup celery
  • 3 potatoes
  • 1 cup green beans
  • 1 cup peas
  • 1 can corn
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 batch baking powder biscuits
• Shepherd’s pie 6
  • 2 small onions
  • 1 ½ cup celery
  • 1 ½ cup carrots
  • 1 can corn
  • ¾ cup peas
  • ½ tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 cups dry lentils
  • Vegetable stock
  • Thyme
  • 6 potatoes
• Tamale pie 4
  • 1 can black beans
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • 2 sticks celery
  • 1 onion
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • Cornmeal crust