Help BK budget! How can I live on $200/month for food?

[Lyin' Steve]

When I was in college I would get like three 12oz boneless skinless chicken breasts for $8-10, add some lemon juice and spices and throw them on the George Foreman Grill.  Took about ten minutes, just one was filling enough for most of the day and a solid source of protein.  I got more protein from peanut butter toast in the morning, and the rest was just fruit and dairy really... bananas and cottage cheese are mad cheap.  Built a lot of lean muscle and I think I was spending around $200/mo.

Those bulk nuts aisles at Whole Foods, etc. are pretty good too.  You can get a week's supply of almonds for around $10, healthy and they fill you up fast.

I know this doesn't match up with your current eating habits so you can't just cold-turkey go healthy, but if you start out just trying to eat one more banana per day each week until you get up to three or four a day you'd be surprised how easy it is and how much less hungry or crave-y you feel.  Salted almonds give a reasonable salt/fat fix without really being junk food.  The chicken was actually really good, I always enjoyed buying a new spice off the spice rack every week to try out until I had a big collection that people were always impressed by cause they thought it indicated I actually knew how to cook.  I still don't even own any pots or pans.