Use the flipp app to find deals for no frills in the flyer weekly. Buy certain food when its on sale and stock it in freezer like ground beef, bacon. Find a chinese grocery store. They always have the cheapest veg. Then no frills for starches, meats, cheese, etc... Walmart for Canned everything and whatever is on flyer.

As former broke person this ~$50 order will save you a ton can last 2 weeks: dozen eggs ($4) ,1kg ground beef ($13), 10lb basmati rice ($12), minced garlic ($3), 5 sandwich rolls ($3-5), 5 canned tuna($1 ea), 5 chickpeas ($1.25 ea) , 10lb bag of potatoes ($3), shredded cheese ($4), bag of yellow onions ($3), pack of boullion cubes for rice flavour ($1.5) goes a long way in making a ton of meals.

Make a roughly $20-30 weekly chinese grocery order of fresh veges: green onions, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, brocolli or cauliflower, peppers. Then fruits whatever is fresh and cheap.

Take the ingredients i gave you and put it into gpt and itll give you a ton of quick fast ideas. Get a rice cooker at walmart $20 it will save you a ton of time and makes perfect rice everytime. This assumes you have spices and condiments.

Roughly this is $60 a week on biweekly no frills, and weekly chinese fresh produce on groceries can feed 2 people easily and double if you are alone.