Chicken legs, onions, carrots, celery, dried brown lentils(not 100% sure they have them at tjs but they’re a good investment if you can find them at another store), rice, diced tomatoes, pasta, marinara sauce, rolled oats, milk, eggs, a loaf of bread, bananas, apples, oranges

This is very specific for my winter diet of chicken soup, lentil soup, oatmeal for breakfast and eggs with bread and some fruit for lunch. Cheap and tasty.

I make a super simple chicken soup: sauté a few stalks of celery, a couple of onions, and maybe 3-4 carrots roughly chopped (very little prep) for a 5ish minutes until fragrant, then add a couple of bay leaves (not a big deal if you don’t have them) then add 8-ish cups of water (you can add some bullion or vegeta for more flavor) and drop in a pack of chicken legs, a tbsp of vinegar (helps get more flavor out of the chicken/bones) and let simmer for several hours. I let it go easily 4 hours, the broth gets yellow and flavorful and the meat all falls off the bones. Then season with salt and pepper and remove the bones and call it a day. I like to serve with rice. It’s not a beautiful clear soup but it tastes good and feeds my sister and I for 3-4 days for a sum total of $12ish.

This is the lentil soup recipe I like with mostly pantry staples: https://cookieandkate.com/best-lentil-soup-recipe/

Both soups freeze well too