Thank you. I know, it's a bit unrealistic. I need to try to get it to be $600 and I'll be happy!
Wow, my wife and I are in our early 60's and we go through that much milk in a week with just the two of us. When the kids were home, we had to keep a box of powdered milk on hand because there is nothing worse than running out of milk at 6:30 am on a school day. When they hit their teen years and UHT shelf stable boxed milk hit the market, we switched to that as our emergency back up.
Everytime we go there we spend over $300 and I want to scream but I have to remember these items are much larger. I think half the time we waste the food because I go with my husband and kids and they want all these new foods there and then end up not wanting it. I have to go with them. We bought a deep freezer last month so now I can purchase large amounts of meat and seperate and freeze it.
Yea, I'm not counting going out to eat as part of the budget. We have a seperate budget for that.
Agree on whole chicken. I buy the largest in the case and roast it for dinner number 1. Take left over bits for a casserole or stir fry for meal number 2- you don't need much if you supplement with beans or veggies and rice in the second meal. Then the bones go in the crockpot for a broth. Since I never pick the bones perfectly clean some meat falls off into the broth. Add veggies and a carb of choice with or without beans and you have soul for meal 3. Even with a teen I would think that could be 3 meals if you pick a big bird and supplement plenty of cheap items with it.
NICE! I guess there's hope!
awesome! Going to do this. I usually buy the $6 bone broth. Yikes!
True for price increase. That's why we are drastically cutting meat.
I'm not big on milk so I don't really like giving it to my children (just my personal opinion, not trying to start anything!) so my kids stopped drinking it at 2 years old. They only use it for cereal or in recipes.
Problem is they never have coupons for anything I buy!
No that's my problem, I don't know what I spend. Yes, look for ways to cut it to save more. I think even if I cut it down $200/ month it will be a big help.
If you eat ham I will say my first bone broth was ham. It's easiest. For chicken, it does take longer and I took a couple times to get the full flavor I wanted. Check out various online recipes. I aim for simple yet good so look for something in the middle with complexity
I rarely use coupons. I often buy generic (there are some exceptions) and usually find coupons don't save much without a ton of work. I shop food lion but I am looking into trying a 4 time a year Costco trip for my staples: butter, rice, beans, flour, sugar, powdered milk, frozen veggies and the like. I'm hoping to further cut my budget that way (and help protect against food shortages).
A garden really helps, but some of us have problems keeping weeds alive. Lol. I'm not exaggerating...I had dill in a pot on my window and it died in less than a week.
No mainly turkey, chicken, fish and sometimes red meat.
