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re: Do you believe it's possible for a family of 4 to live on a $500/month food budget and...
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:08 am to StringedInstruments
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:08 am to StringedInstruments
Do you have a sprouts? Buy off their ads for fresh produce and meats/seafood. They'll be lower than most but not shitty Walmart quality.
Shop their bulk section for rice and beans. Cheap and filling.
Get dry goods at Walmart if needed.
Shop their bulk section for rice and beans. Cheap and filling.
Get dry goods at Walmart if needed.
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Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:09 am to StringedInstruments
Unless you grow some of your own veggies and put at least some of your own meat in the freezer from hunting/fishing, $500/month at the grocery store is going to be really tight for a family of 4
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:09 am to VABuckeye
How long does it take a $3.49 tomato plant to start producing?
OP the answer is to buy in bulk, make your children eat leftovers, and come up with set meals you make during the week. $500-$600 is definitely doable
OP the answer is to buy in bulk, make your children eat leftovers, and come up with set meals you make during the week. $500-$600 is definitely doable
This post was edited on 4/6/18 at 9:10 am
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:09 am to StringedInstruments
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Do you believe it's possible for a family of 4 to live on a $500/month food budget and...
still eat healthy
Not without a large garden and a warm climate.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:10 am to StringedInstruments
I think 700-800 is definitely doable.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:11 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Cooked food will stay good for a week at least
I'm pretty proud of the level I've gotten us down to, but some sacrifices I just won't make. It is rare I eat leftovers, though sometimes one of us will have them for lunch the next day. Luckily, we don't have mass amounts of them. If I make a bit pot of something, it gets frozen into portions. No way am I eating 7-day-old spaghetti.
For those saying a month straight of rice and beans and chicken, more power to ya. I'd rather not eat at all than eat like that every day. Hmmm, guess that's one way to lose weight
This post was edited on 4/6/18 at 9:13 am
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:13 am to danilo
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Get frozen veggies and wal mart meat
He should go to Sam's instead. They are a much better value. For the same price on say those prewashed bagged veggies you'll often get 50% to twice as much more than you would at Walmart. The meat is also a much better value at Sams and often looks like it's better quality.
The OP should focus on Pork and Chicken if he's trying to save money. It's typically much cheaper than beef and seafood. He should also see if food waste is a problem. If nobody is eating the leftovers then maybe don't make enough for leftovers or use the same amount of protein to make 2 different meals the 2nd of which is something that you could reheat in a few days. Maybe baked chiken one night and dice it up to make a casserole or stir fry a few nights later. Brown ground beef for Tacos tonight and reuse it in a chili or spaghetti a few nights later.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:13 am to StringedInstruments
If we're talking just food- $500 is definitely doable. We are a family of 4, kids are elementary school age...middle/highschoolers would prob be different.
We buy the larger (5lb) fresh trays of boneless skinless chicken breast and use those for about 3 meals per week. Our diet has basically been a rotation of chicken, tilapia, pork tenderloin, tuna, eggs, carrots, asparagus, and broccoli, corn and black beans. We mix and match the crap out of those things.
We buy the larger (5lb) fresh trays of boneless skinless chicken breast and use those for about 3 meals per week. Our diet has basically been a rotation of chicken, tilapia, pork tenderloin, tuna, eggs, carrots, asparagus, and broccoli, corn and black beans. We mix and match the crap out of those things.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:13 am to LouisianaLady
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For those saying a month straight of rice and beans and chicken
Curry chicken
Braised chicken with a sauce made from Chipotles in adobo
Rice and gravy
Chicken fricassee
It's not just plain pan seared/bake a chicken breast with plain rice and beans. And any of those meals cost less than $5 each if you buy smart.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:14 am to TigerinATL
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The meat is also a much better value at Sams and often looks like it's better quality.
Walmart meat is garbage. Sams meat is pretty damn good.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:16 am to Tiger Prawn
quote:I beg to differ. The problem with spending on food for most people is that they buy too much frozen, processed food to store for later. That is pricey in the long run. If you plan your meals on a weekly basis you get a better idea of what to buy and save from not buying things you don't need or will waste later. For instance, Monday we usually have a chicken dish. We buy a pack of chicken breasts which are about $5 a pound, but since we know we are going to eat a pack a week, we buy in bulk whenever they are on sale. We usually pare it with sauteed spinach, zucchini or asparagus. That meal runs us about $15-20 when you add garnished like lemon and cream and such.
Unless you grow some of your own veggies and put at least some of your own meat in the freezer from hunting/fishing, $500/month at the grocery store is going to be really tight for a family of 4
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:17 am to TDsngumbo
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That's really pathetic. You all need financial counseling.
Not gonna become a true OTer with the way you all are pissing your money away.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:17 am to LouisianaLady
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We average $60/week for 2 people on groceries, which covers 5 days of lunches and 5 days of dinner (always make something new - leftovers are just freebies).
Either y'all eat sandwiches for every meal or else y'all have the appetite of a squirrel.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:17 am to GeauxDoc
$700 should be ideal for a family of four per month for food.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:18 am to MontyFranklyn
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That meal runs us about $15-20 when you add garnished like lemon and cream and such.
You garnishing with saffron, baw?
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:19 am to StringedInstruments
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My house's biggest issue are the picky eaters. My son wants one thing for lunch and my wife wants another. My wife also grew up always having balanced meals that were prepared by her SAHM. Every meal ends up looking like a "meat and 3."
Are you saying this is a good, or bad thing (the cooking style of your family)?
When I was growing up, my mom mostly made meat and three dinners too. I am not huge on those meals, even to this day. Taking your chicken as is and basically heating in the oven it isn't really "cooking" for me. I prefer it turn into something different.
Would your wife/you be interested in stretching your protein and creating big batch recipes? Ground beef turned into a spaghetti or casserole is going to last you much longer than making hamburger steaks out of it. Same with any protein. It also might entice your picky eaters if they have gotten tired of meat and three as well :)
Big batch cooking also allows for freezing in portions, which help later when no food is planned or when someone is being too picky to eat whatever is cooked.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:19 am to TH03
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Do you have a sprouts?
Sprouts is fricking awesome. Not a one stop grocery store. But they have amazing deals on produce, and great quality. Meat can be bought at a decent price, considering the quality. Though I usually buy meat from Costco or when a normal grocery has good sales.
The only thing good about not having sprouts around, is no more bulk Australian licorice. That shite is like crack. I'd rather not even see it around.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:20 am to LouisianaLady
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For those saying a month straight of rice and beans and chicken, more power to ya. I'd rather not eat at all than eat like that every day. Hmmm, guess that's one way to lose weigh
This is exactly what I did to get my cholesterol down.
Chicken breast, rice and beans, and salads for a month, dropped my cholesterol in half.
We also saved alot of money.
It's not that bad, we would grill the chicken with either jerk or blackened seasoning, dice it for adding to pasta sauce instead of beef (whole grain high fiber noodles), also baked chicken breast with a variety of herbs, etc.
There's also a million ways to flavor rice and/or beans.
The salads were cheap because I bought and chopped all the vegetables on a Sunday and kept in a giant tupperware container and served out of it the whole week, it stayed fresh. I didn't have to overpay for the prepackaged salads.
I think OP can absolutely do it, but you spend alot more time doing food preparation and cleanup, and you absolutely have to eat all of your leftovers.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:20 am to TheOcean
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How long does it take a $3.49 tomato plant to start producing?
Ok. Fair point.
1) He lives in the south so he has a long growing season.
2) Put up vegetables for the winter. My grandmother used to put up tons of tomato sauces, strawberry preserves, vegetables, bread and butter pickles, etc. every year. We were still eating the bread and butter pickles years after she'd passed away.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 9:21 am to LouisianaLady
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It is rare I eat leftovers, though sometimes one of us will have them for lunch the next day
Why it's not like they are bad?
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No way am I eating 7-day-old spaghetti.
Me either. I'll make a pork tenderloin that makes three meals for me. I'll eat it that night, the next night and a day or so later for lunch. Fresh vegetables with all of those. I wouldn't eat week old spaghetti either.
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