I use big boxes to get steps. Efficiency is not part of the plan. Just steps. More on reddit.com

Bag of rice (the kind you cook, not instant). Four or five cans of vegetables to go w rice. Chicken drumsticks (family pack, freeze in 2 or 4 drumstick portions). Oatmeal. Loaf of bread. Package of bologna or other inexpensive lunch meat. WM brand cheese slices. Spaghetti 1 lb box. Jar of sauce. Eggs are stupid expensive where I am in CA, so, if you can get a dozen, go for it. Otherwise get a container of cottage cheese. Mustard, Parkay or Blue Bonnet spread, a bag of apples, half gallon of milk. Using my WM current prices and buying all WM brand, the above comes to about $39 without eggs. You have some wiggle room to add a small pkg ground beef. Breakfast is oatmeal and toast; Lunch sandwich and apple; dinner rice, vegetable, chicken legs. Idk if you bake, but homemade biscuits are cheap to make using Bisquick (can make pancakes with it too). Don't hesitate to utilize your local food pantry. ETA: You can cook all the chicken at once (crock pot or roasting pan), divide and bag the meat, then freeze portions. Save the broth from the pan and the bones from the drumsticks, refrigerate broth and skim fat. Boil the bones, strain, and use that along with the broth from the pan to make soup or use to cook your rice. More on reddit.com

This is the rice and beans diet people talk about here. More on reddit.com

So far I'm planning on buying milk, bananas, avocados, whole wheat bread, cold cuts,...anything else I should consider? More on reddit.com