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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom w/ one kid age 8.

The crock pot is a waste. Makes too much and who wants the same thing 5 days in a row for lunch/dinner.

We spend btw $50 - $60 on groceries. About half is spent at Whole Foods on basics. We do minimal amounts of processed food. I buy more fruits than veggies and stick to in season and on sale as much as possible.

I try and coupon but its time consuming so every few months I might score a good deal on something boxed or canned and stock up.
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Our breakfast are smoothies or fruit and yogurt currently

snacks are always fruit, fresh veggies(cauliflour, celerey, etc), or greek yogurt with some sort of berries or honey.

If I dont buy a crockpot and use it what other cost effective options do I have to make lunch and dinners.

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HI, I replied up thread but invest in a toaster oven and maybe a single burner so you can cook things like scrambled eggs, pancakes.  Look on craigs list - always cheap kitchen appliances available from people moving.

You can cook meals in a microwave also including chicken. Crock pots can be a pain to clean out unless you use a liner, the $5 rotisserie chicken is a good bet and a time saver, also frozen chicken breast portions are available for $6.99 a bag at TJs and on sale at Giant /Safeway for $8.99.  Thaw a few at a time and cook in the microwave or toaster oven.  A loaf of white bread is always on sale also - $1 at any of the major grocery chains. I alternate between that any better bread.

Other quick meal ideas - yogurt mixed with granola (I am cheap and smash up granola bars and store them in a tupper ware type container instead of buying pricey granola - every now and again I make my own granola), pancakes, scrambled eggs, egg salad, quesadillas. cold pasta salad, 
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