Aldi $10 Weekly Food Budget Challenge: Extreme Budgeting Grocery Haul Menu & Food Prep

How far will $10 go at Aldi towards a balanced menu for the week? My Aldi grocery haul with food prep and menu.

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This budget was quite a challenge. This is what I am able to make with the food on this $10 budget. Many people will need to add more. To get more calories from the diet you can forgo some of the money spent on vegetables or for more caloric foods like peanut butter, cheese, hot dogs, etc.

BREAKFAST:
Day 1
2 poach-fried eggs on toast
3 Mandarins

Days 2 and 3
1 poach-fried egg sandwich
3 Mandarins

Days 4 to 7
Sausage patty and 1 egg in sandwich
3 mandarins

LUNCH:
Days 1 to 7
1.5 cups rice with scrambled egg, 2/3 tomato, 2 green onions, salt & pepper
Bread
Mandarin (5 days)

DINNER:
2 cups sausage-rice-tomato bowl (recipe below)

Sausage Rice Tomato Bowl with Scallions:


INGREDIENTS

3 3/4 Cups Uncooked White Rice (cook separately)

9 Cups Water

1/2 LB Ground Sausage

6 Ounce Can Tomato Paste

6 Green Onion Stalks

2 Teaspoons Salt

1/2 Teaspoon Pepper

2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder (Optional, only if already on hand)

2 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning (Optional, only if already on hand)


DIRECTIONS

Cook rice separately in large soup pot and drain.

Brown sausage in 1 cup water

Mix in tomato paste

Add in 2 chopped green onion stalk, cooking mixture for 2 minutes

Add mixture to cooked, drained rice in soup pot

Add 8 cups water

Add 2 teaspoons salt

Add 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Add 4 remaining chopped green onion stalks

Cook on medium heat until steaming

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