how much do you spend on food a month?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to someone who spends $200 a month on food (for young kids though I think) and how he manages it.

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/share-your-badassity/have-a-sub-$200month-grocery-budget/

I do think it can be done. But, it is pretty hard!

THIS link exactly!! Thank you.

From that post " I try to allow a whole fruit per person per day."

These people are filling up on carbs. One person had pictures of the inside of their fridge and the vegetable drawer was so sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you buy 5 dozen eggs at Costco, they might be $1.90 a dozen. Or about 30 cents for a 2 egg serving.

breakfast:

2 scrambled eggs (30 cents)
2 slices of whole wheat toast (20 cents)
2 T butter (12 cents)
1 orange (33 cents)


88 cents per serving


160 calories
140 calories in the bread
200 calories in the butter
45 calories

545 calories for about 95 cents a serving

(more calories if you make the bread from scratch)

So about $1 per person per breakfast... so we're at $20 for breakfasts only. $40 left for lunches and dinners for the family. Sounds like tuna pizza for a couple of the dinners. I suppose that could cost about $5. And then?

If I have to list every meal I make in detail it's going to be a looooong post.
Read the money moustache, it's all right there. Someone posted a link earlier. Another dish example would be stir fry with chicken breast. I don't use too much chicken, but more veggies. I choose the veggies depending on what I find on sale. Right now Aldi has white mushrooms. Often I find green/red pepper and broccoli at Hispanic/Asian stores.

We rarely eat red meat ever!! Not a big fan.
We don't drink alcohol either.

So you're eating like the poster in the MMM forum -- limiting to one piece of whole fruit per day (generally apple or banana), having PBJs or leftovers for lunch, buying oatmeal in bulk (though you don't buy flour in bulk)?

Yes pretty much like the MMM forum. We eat more veggies than fruit, which essentially is healthier. We don't like PBJs, so no. But generally try to use either rice, beans, pasta as main carb.

I used to get flour in bulk, when I used to bake a variety of different breads and freeze. I don't do that anymore, so the flour would just sit for too long.

Where are you located? That poster is in Colorado and bread is $1/loaf. Poster Goldielocks notes she can't get those prices...I think wheat bread is at least $1.69 at Aldi. I usually get the 12 grain which I think is around $2.29 -- far more than the main poster on MMM for that one item.

What kind of nasty bread is someone getting for $1? Sorry, I can't stomach any sort of commercial shelf stable for weeks "bread, let alone some knock off wonder bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to someone who spends $200 a month on food (for young kids though I think) and how he manages it.

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/share-your-badassity/have-a-sub-$200month-grocery-budget/

I do think it can be done. But, it is pretty hard!

THIS link exactly!! Thank you.

From that post " I try to allow a whole fruit per person per day."

These people are filling up on carbs. One person had pictures of the inside of their fridge and the vegetable drawer was so sad.

It doesn't have to be sad looking. It's about buying what's in season only.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the $200 per month poster is putting their family of 4 on the "extreme calorie restriction diet" to slow down the aging process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to someone who spends $200 a month on food (for young kids though I think) and how he manages it.

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/share-your-badassity/have-a-sub-$200month-grocery-budget/

I do think it can be done. But, it is pretty hard!

THIS link exactly!! Thank you.

From that post " I try to allow a whole fruit per person per day."

These people are filling up on carbs. One person had pictures of the inside of their fridge and the vegetable drawer was so sad.

It doesn't have to be sad looking. It's about buying what's in season only.

Yea. Ok.

[Anonymous]

Can I ask the $50 poster why? Is this a choice or a need to eat this way?

We spend $400 a week at the grocery store and abou $200 eating out on a weekend, or $600/week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can I ask the $50 poster why? Is this a choice or a need to eat this way?

We spend $400 a week at the grocery store and abou $200 eating out on a weekend, or $600/week.

It's a choice, but again we are not starving. There are a lot of household items we don't buy such as paper towels. We are just frugal, nothing wrong with that.

What do you buy for $400 a week. It's a lot. Do you buy a lot of chips and other processed snacks? Or is it because you buy organic meats?

[Anonymous]

We are a family of 5. Two gallons of milk/week, one of orange juice, no other juices or sodas. Yes, organic dairy and meat is pasture raised and local. We have a stand up so purchase 1/2 cow a year. We grow our own herbs and peppers. We eat a wide array of fruits and vegetables. I don’t bake sandwich bread tortillas or rolls. We eat a lot of nuts, fish, oils. My kids like green smoothies and the like- but they aren’t cheap! Chips would be a lot cheaper than the quality ingredients I purchase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a family of 5. Two gallons of milk/week, one of orange juice, no other juices or sodas. Yes, organic dairy and meat is pasture raised and local. We have a stand up so purchase 1/2 cow a year. We grow our own herbs and peppers. We eat a wide array of fruits and vegetables. I don’t bake sandwich bread tortillas or rolls. We eat a lot of nuts, fish, oils. My kids like green smoothies and the like- but they aren’t cheap! Chips would be a lot cheaper than the quality ingredients I purchase.

OK so yes of course with organic dairy and meat you would be spending more. We buy fish but only wild caught, never farm raised. So I watch for deals on that. We make smoothies too.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5. We spend between 1500 and 2000 a month on groceries. That includes paper products, cleaning, toiletries, but still. I'd love to figure out how to stick to 1000 a month but it's hard. Lots of hungry teens in our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if the super frugal poster is lying or not but I do know he’s not feeding his teens a healthy diet. Way too heavy reliance on cheap carbs, not enough quality fat and protein. Almond milk? Might as well add water to their cereal. They must be starving at 10 an. Also wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t get food issues. Which teen doesn’t want to get fast food with friends occasionally, ice cream, movie popcorn? No clue how that would fit in the budget.

He’s also refusing to say where he lives. Which almost certainly means he is not in the DC area.

I feel bad for those kids.

You people are so negative!! Instead of trying to learn, you criticize. You think because you spend more that you are better/healthier? If you are one of those parents that send chips with your kids lunch daily, you really should re-examine your food habits instead of judging others for drinking almond milk.

My kids are healthy, NEVER sick, not even a cold. And they don't get flu shots. Oh what horror for the vaccination addicts.

We live in a southern state. BUT I have lived in DC. When we lived there we spent about $350-$400.

Oh so you’re an anti-vaxxer? I know all I need to know.

My kids take advantage of modern medicine AND eat tons of fresh fruits and vegetables. I have never once packed them a school lunch that was processed- they eat lots of fish and lean protein. I spend about &1000 a month on groceries and I feel great about my choices. You seem really off balance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a family of 5. Two gallons of milk/week, one of orange juice, no other juices or sodas. Yes, organic dairy and meat is pasture raised and local. We have a stand up so purchase 1/2 cow a year. We grow our own herbs and peppers. We eat a wide array of fruits and vegetables. I don’t bake sandwich bread tortillas or rolls. We eat a lot of nuts, fish, oils. My kids like green smoothies and the like- but they aren’t cheap! Chips would be a lot cheaper than the quality ingredients I purchase.

OK so yes of course with organic dairy and meat you would be spending more. We buy fish but only wild caught, never farm raised. So I watch for deals on that. We make smoothies too.

Yes, more is understandable. 50 vs 600 is not due to organic, but to choice and quantity and quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a family of 5. Two gallons of milk/week, one of orange juice, no other juices or sodas. Yes, organic dairy and meat is pasture raised and local. We have a stand up so purchase 1/2 cow a year. We grow our own herbs and peppers. We eat a wide array of fruits and vegetables. I don’t bake sandwich bread tortillas or rolls. We eat a lot of nuts, fish, oils. My kids like green smoothies and the like- but they aren’t cheap! Chips would be a lot cheaper than the quality ingredients I purchase.

My family of Five weekly grocery cost:

3 gallons of organic milk: $18
1.5 gallons of fresh squeeze OJ from whole food: $36
72 AA organic eggs: $24
free reign chicken: $150
wild caught salmon, tuna and shrimp: $400
70 Avacado: $80
Bananas: $25
Strawberries: $40
blueberries: $25
pineapple and mango: $35
Apple: $20
brocoli, caulifornia, asparus, greenbean: $100
Oatmeal, walnut, cranberries, sunflower seed: $50

[Anonymous]

Mystery solved: the $50 a week we eat seasonal fruits which are so cheap my kids are better than yours anti vaxxer is Elyse the affluent begger. Has to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mystery solved: the $50 a week we eat seasonal fruits which are so cheap my kids are better than yours anti vaxxer is Elyse the affluent begger. Has to be.

Hilarious. Ehmm what's wrong with seasonal fruit?