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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forget everything else- I just want to know how a family of four only spends $300-$400 on food. I take it that you never go out for dinner or do takeout.  Are you eating a lot of rice and beans?  Anyhow genuinely curious what your meal plan is because I would love lowering my grocery cost.[/quote]

We do takeout once a week as a date night but primarily eat in--not for money, but for health. Our meal plans are related to a lot of what you'll find in the Blue Zones books--very healthy, primarily plant-based meals with some meats now and then. Tonight's meal, for example, involved mashed potatoes (starting with the actual potatoes), green beans (fresh), fish (frozen), and milk (organic, free-range, etc). Last night was brown rice, black-eyed peas, eggs, cheese, broccoli, and milk / water. The biggest suggestion I can make is to focus on eating less like a normal American and more like...well, someone in one of the Blue Zones. We don't do it for the money at all--several of the things we choose cost a lot, like the half-gallon milk jugs that cost around $4 each, or the eggs that are around $4 a dozen--it's all about the health. But when you eat for health, you naturally eat out a lot less and eat a lot less fatty, meaty, sugary stuff, which then drops costs a lot.[/quote]

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