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[quote=Anonymous]Our approach is to eat mainly vegetarian and cook from scratch.  The food is so cheap--though that's not why we do it.   We spend about 350/mo for 4 people (including a voracious teen boy), but we have taught and enlisted our kids to cook so we have time to make a lot more than many families.  But I think it's more habit than time as we have conveniences like an instant pot that make cooking easy.

We shop at a combo of costco, amazon delivery and super hmart.

We buy bulk grain (quinoa, brown rice, steel cut oats etc.) and dried beans in bulk.
We buy bulk flours, yeast, baking powder and bake our own breads and treats.
We buy frozen fruits and veggies of basics from Costco.
We always have fresh: spinach, onions, shallots, garlic, ginger, mushrooms, red cabbage, sweet potatoes and then whatever is on sale and looks good of other veggies and fruits so we can make a great salad, stir fry, casserole or egg dish on a moment's notice.
We buy bulk popcorn and vary the toppings as our most common snack.

We have dried fruit, seeds, nuts on hand to add a nice varied touch to salads, oatmeal and stir fries.  We buy the surprisingly good Costco Kirkland EV organic olive oil as our main fat.  We always have some good quality olives and sundried tomatoes on hand too.

For non-vegetarian parts of diet we buy one kind of nice cheese and fresh fish--usual salmon for the week that we use as a touch to several meals. We also always have eggs, tofu and greek yogurt on hand.  
We drink water mainly (well and coffee and wine...).

I really thoroughly enjoy all our food!

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