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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a family of 3 with some leftovers sometimes:

Taco night for $10ish - 1lb of ground beef on sale, taco seasoning packet, bag of taco chips, some cheese, salsa, sour cream, beans, etc.

Baked potato night for less than $10- some unbreaded chicken tenders on sale, potatoes, salsa, sour cream, lemon juice, cheese, etc. fresh or frozen green beans.

Salad night less than $10 - head of romaine lettuce, cut up lunchmeat (turkey/ham etc), cheese, salad dressing, hard boiled eggs, etc.

Breakfast for dinner - $10ish eggs, bacon, cheese, toast, sliced tomatoes, fresh grapes, etc.

Sometimes we have sandwiches + chips + carrot/celery sticks. That's super cheap too.

We don't eat steaks, porkchops, etc. - not huge meat eaters.

In the winter I make a lot of soups that we eat with toast and some fresh veggies.[/quote]
Where are all the vegetables? This is what kills me. If I want to eat fruits and vegetables then our grocery bill runs $700/mo for 3 of us.

And where do you get taco ingredients for $10? In my hood it's 
Beef - ~$5 if you can find a small serving (but don't really know because we don't eat meat since it's too expensive)
Shells/chips - $3/4
Cheese - $5
Sour cream - $4
Salsa - $5
Beans - $3
And this sucks because it doesn't include fresh lettuce or tomato [/quote]

Huh. Grass fed ground beef$4.99 lb
Tortillas---99 cents (where'd the cents sign go?) a pack of 8
Lettuce:  $1.49 a bag at tj's
Tomatoes---pot on the balcony
Cheese-grated off a $3 block, not all of it
Beans---$1 a can
Sour cream---$1 container, used at least twice
Salsa---make your own or buy on sale[/quote]

new poster here. 
Where are you finding sour cream for $1 a container?
Really, where?
At my grocery it is at least $2-3 for 8 ounce of the store brand. 
And tortillas for 99 cents?  Again at our grocery (Giant, Safeway, etc) 8 of them are at least $2.

Where (exactly--location of store) do you shop??????[/quote]

Not PP, but I shop at the Aldi's in NE DC and those prices are about right. My homegrown tomatoes did horribly this year so I buy whatever tomatoes are on sale.

Also, I only buy fruit that is in season and try to stick to fruits that are less than $2 a pound. That means, for example, we gorge ourselves on fresh strawberries in June and do not eat them for the rest of the year. If I'm craving peaches in the winter, we eat canned.[/quote]

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