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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the people saying they spend 200 dollars or under, can you share a daily menu with the total cost?[/quote]

I'm one of the posters on the lower end. Some of our typical meals include

Breakfasts
oatmeal (big store brand tub)
toast (homemade bread) with an egg or cottage cheese
store bagel with cream cheese
everyone usually has a fruit with breakfast apple/orange/homemade smoothie/other fruit that was on deep sale
coffee (buselo or store brand espresso)

Lunch
(kid gets free lunch)
peanut butter sandwich
homemade veggie burrito from freezer
leftovers
homemade rice bowl (rice/egg/veggie/kimchi)
vegetable on the side this week are tomatoes/carrot and celery sticks

Dinners
chicken and dumplings
baked tofu and couscous/veggie
burgers and mashed potatoes/veggie (no buns because I realized my kid wasn't eating them and I don't need extra carbs)
pasta many ways
tacos
veggies on the side include broccoli and spinach

Snacks: we always have some kind of cracker, some kind of chip, rice cakes, homemade cookies-I try to spread out snacks so I'm only buying one or two items a week.

I think the key things are buying cheaper ingredients, watching extras like condiments (and if you buy them, use them up), not overbuying, using up leftovers, thinking about how much single serve items cost (those individual yogurts can really add up). [/quote]

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