I Ate Only DOLLAR TREE Food for 7 Days — Here’s What Happened | Julia Pacheco

Summary by Krater

A woman eats three meals a day for an entire week using only groceries purchased from Dollar Tree, budgeting around four dollars per day. She documents each meal, evaluating recipes like hash brown casserole, lentil burritos, minestrone soup, and blueberry crumble cake.

From the video

Answers: Can you eat for a week on a $4 daily budget using only Dollar Tree groceries?

• Dollar Tree grocery haul
• budget meal prep
• cheap grocery challenge
• eating on $4 a day

Ingredients

• flour tortillas
• Kraft mac & cheese
• Founders Street mac & cheese
• light mayo
• Late July medium salsa
• Hunt's meat pasta sauce
• Hunt's garlic & herb pasta sauce
• black beans
• 1 lb lentils
• Columbia pasta penne
• Columbia pasta elbow macaroni
• Pinto beans
• Hungry Jack original hashbrown potatoes
• Pioneer country gravy mix
• 1 lb Jamestown Brand sliced bacon
• Jamestown Brand hickory smoked ham steak
• 2 ct Jimmy Dean sausage egg cheese biscuit
• Mexican blend shredded cheese
• Velveeta shredded cheese
• smoked sausage
• 6 slices Gio's Texas toast garlic
• 12 oz California blend veggies
• chocolate waffles
• Pillsbury traditional golden butter cake mix
• 20 oz frozen blueberries
• 1 cup butter
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• Italian seasoning
• onion powder
• garlic powder
• oregano
• crushed red pepper flakes

What it concludes

• Dollar Tree increased prices on items previously costing $1.25 to $1.75.
• The hash brown casserole breakfast received a 6 out of 10 rating for its super flavorful bacon and high-quality taste.
• The lentil ham burritos received an 8 out of 10 rating, with crispy pan-seared tortillas and flavorful spiced lentils.
• The minestrone soup tasted like an expensive restaurant meal despite using budget canned ingredients.
• Jimmy Dean sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits received an 8 out of 10 rating for being flaky and surprisingly high quality.
• Gio's Texas toast garlic bread received a 9 out of 10 rating when baked with pasta sauce and cheese for quick mini pizzas.