What types of things do you eat for dinner? Curious how everyone deals with food prices.

Chicken beans rice greens

dinner chicken breast + salad
lunch usually chicken wrap

If i deviate that it will be chicken fried rice. It's cheap and helping me cut. More of a fitness thing rather than a money thing though. I will say the cost of chicken went from 1.89lb in 2019, to 3.31lb now. Lame.

Meal planning has become essential. Really trying to limit waste. For example, a 5 lb bag of potatoes I can use in two or three different meals. So if I buy a 5 lb bag... we are eating potatoes in 2 or 3 meals that week.

I'm buying and freezing more bulk meat, chicken, etc. My wife has a mental block regarding "tube ground meat" but she's fine with the 85/15 meat at sams that's sold in a 5 lb or so tray. So I can buy that and get 4 1 lb or so packs that I freeze. Nost of the meals I use that have ground meat use 1-2 lbs.

Same with chicken breasts... the big pack at Sams will provide chicken for multiple meals.

We also go to a meat market outside Picayune every 6 or so weeks and get things like stew meat, pork chops, sausages, cube steak, etc.

I've also started really paying attention to grocery ads. When I see meat on sale, I stock up and freeze it.

We go to Sams every other weekend and I'm buying more stuff there such as cases of pasta, bags of garden salad, fruit, etc. We also buy most of our household supplies there - toilet paper, paper towels, detergents, etc.

And so I'll sit down every Sunday morning and meal plan for the week. This is at least partially based on what's in the freezer / pantry. I'll make a list of the items we need that I didn't get in bulk, and go to the grocery to get them.

But yeah... prices are up. At the beginning of the year, my monthly budget for groceries and household conumables was $800/month. It is now $1,150/month.

2 adults... 2 daughters aged 14/11.

Skipping breakfast.

Because of shitty time management, not price :lol;

But TBH I’m cutting eating out / ordering to-go by 50%. If I don’t cook, I don’t eat that night. Re-training my habits. So it’s a start..

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breakfast, Asian, burgers or Panini's, fajitas, shrimp & grits, etc.

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Seems like you're eating fine. Run along, clown.

We get most of our meat from Sams Club. They have "clearance" meat, stuff that has to sell that day for 25% off and they have some most every day. That's the beef I buy now.

They still have decent pricing on chicken and pork. Grocery stores like Kroger are way higher, so don't buy much meat there.

2 Days ago I bought a Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad and a Medium Coke Zero from Whataburger. Total was $14.50.

I beg to differ that restaurant prices haven't increased.

We buy meat in bulk on sale and portion out for freezing using Foodsaver. I generally cook 2 large meals each week and dish in meal prep containers. We’ll typically get bbq or make pizzas one night a week. Costs are definitely up, but we focus more on minimizing waste than budgeting.

6-7 days a week, 1 meal/day with snacks (bananas/blueberries/nuts/jerkey, etc..) :

- Spinach Salad (cukes, tomatoes, serranos)
- Green vegetable
- Protein

I eat out maybe a couple of times a month. I know I'm paying about 30% more than a year ago but I haven't changed any buying decisions. I get a quarter share of a cow every year, chicken I buy at Harmons, seafood I get through Wild Alaska Salmon or another vendor. I view food like I do bedding. You spend 1/3 of your life in bed so I get quality stuff. Same with food, it keeps you healthy and I like quality protein. My vice and indulgence is hard candy which I inherited from my Dad.