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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Prepared food is cheap. Frozen food is cheap. Anything in a can or a jar or that contains tons of preservatives is cheaper, some aren't healthy.
If that's what you are eating, of course you can spend even less than $500 a month for a family of 5.
Fresh food and produce are expensive. For example, we never buy tomato in a jar or can. We only buy fresh tomatoes and grind it if needed. 
Same with beans. We buy fresh beans and cook it in a pressure cooker. Beans in a can are much cheaper but unhealthy. We don't buy it.

Most people here that think $1k for a family of 2 is too much are probably not eating fresh.

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There is an element of truth to this.  But there is really no nutritional difference between fresh and frozen veggies.  You may think it tastes different (and I agree), but health wise, there's really no difference.

And you have to pick and choose.  For a Sunday gravy that's on the stove for 3-4 hours, the difference in taste between canned tomatoes and fresh is negligible.  But the savings is not[/quote]

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