For the next month or so, I'll have to not only feed myself

Get money

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>>9088940
Food bank, Church , dumpster diving

What country?

Building a list of food staples 101:

Step 1 - Veggies: Walk through your grocery store. Look at price per kilo, and come up with a list of what veggies are cheapest. In Canada, I might be looking at cabbage, carrots, onion, and broccoli as 'cheap stables'. Cheapest fruit is almost always apples and bananas.

Step 2 - Carbs: Buy very large sacks of rice, beans, lentils, or other grains and legumes. Make sure the price is the cheapest dollar per unit you can get

Step 3 - Protein: Eggs, whole milk, and pork are usually the cheapest protein here in Canada. Ground/mince meat is almost always cheaper than solid meat cuts. Peanut butter is also cheap.

Bonus tips:

Buy large bottles/containers of cooking oil to add calories to your meals
Avoid buying tiny expensive bottles of spice. Try to find a store that will sell you bulk spices.
SALES! DO NOT IGNORE SALES! This is how to get variety in your diet, and it's a great way to stock up. Buy 'fancy' foods like canned tomatoes, frozen vegetables, chicken bouillon powder, etc. on sale.
Avoid processed foods in boxes or bags. Not worth the dollar per calorie.

rice and beans are the most basic and inexpensive diet that doesn't hurt you in a long term.

Rice, beans, potatoes, keep your eyes open for sales on meat. Chicken thighs and drumsticks were just on sale here for 50 cents a pound. Summer time usually gives way to good deals on grilling stuff.

>>9089004
Got a couple bags of groceries from a church the other day. Not too bad.

Two cans each of mixed vegetables, fruit cocktail, peas, corn, green beans
Box of spaghetti
Box of macaroni & cheese
Two packets of dried milk (each makes 1 quart)
Bag of pinto beans
Bag of instant mashed potatoes
Bags of sugar and all purpose flour
Box of generic Chex cereal
4-pack of cheap toilet paper

Consider a water fast. Get water as pure and clean as possible (distilled if you can) and add some mineral to it, like himalayan pink salt.