[PapaBear3625]

"A 20-pound bag of rice, a few bags of various kinds of dried beans, supplemented with some chicken breast ($1.99/pound on sale at my local supermarket), and she's all set," one savvy shopper wrote.

Michelle Malkin (or one of her researchers) obviously read the earlier FR thread, from which she got the quote

[ctdonath2]

Walmart has 10 pound bags of chicken for $5.
50 pounds of rice or bread flour are about $18 at Costco et al. (That’s enough calories to live on exclusively for over a month. Use the remaining $98/mo for nutrition.)
Mixed frozen veggies are $1/lb if you look (prices are, admittedly, going up). Mixed frozen fruits should be similar.

And, for my new favorite, http://Soylent.Me has a powdered meal-drink mix you can 100% live on for $2.80 per meal (recommended 4 per day). No, it’s not the “green” version.