Corner of Bourbon & Division

It really depends on how you define "eating well". I agree, feeding a toddler is more expensive, because they're picky eaters, and the kind of produce they will eat is almost invariably more expensive than macaroni unless you grow your own. Having said that, in college I lived on cabbage, potatoes, and milk powder almost exclusively. I would often buy the produce in bulk 'as is' and then have to throw out the bruised bits. I got all my nutritional needs met for under $100 a month - I was a little too thin for my bone structure, but getting my RDA of everything, neither of which would have been true if I'd been living on ramen like most college students. You can eat more enjoyably on a bigger budget, and cheaper if you aren't too worried about vitamin content, but for the maximum nutritive value per dollar I think the cheapest, most filling vegetables are the way to go. I was working in a food bank at the time, and wryly calculated that my clients were eating a dollar value of about four times what I was in a month, and not getting any discernable vitamins at all most meals.