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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 11:09 am to Wtodd
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:09 am to Wtodd
I spend about $150/month on food.
For breakfast I usually have honey Nut Cheerios with almond milk.
Greek yogurt or tuna selections over spinach for lunch. I rarely go out.
I only drink water, so am not spending money on coffee, tea, soda, juice or sports drinks.
I don't buy anything from a box or can.
I will buy chicken, steak, shrimp and salmon. Portion them into 4oz servings.
Majority of my meals are mostly vegatables.
Not sure it would be possible for a family of 4 though. Kids are expensive.
For breakfast I usually have honey Nut Cheerios with almond milk.
Greek yogurt or tuna selections over spinach for lunch. I rarely go out.
I only drink water, so am not spending money on coffee, tea, soda, juice or sports drinks.
I don't buy anything from a box or can.
I will buy chicken, steak, shrimp and salmon. Portion them into 4oz servings.
Majority of my meals are mostly vegatables.
Not sure it would be possible for a family of 4 though. Kids are expensive.
This post was edited on 4/6/18 at 11:12 am
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Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:12 am to SabiDojo
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Canned veggies are, what, 30 to 60 cents per can? Buy the unsalted ones.
Unsalted in the Gumbo household as well. Canned veggies are certainly (in my experience) one of those things you can buy off-brand and be okay with. Veggies are veggies, unless they're frozen in a bag. Then they usually have preservatives in them and they "taste" plastic to me.
The key is to cook large quantities of something (like gumbo, stew, etc) and eat the leftovers for a while. Rotisserie chickens are another good idea. My family eats a rotisserie chicken for two days with that garlic & olive oil pasta that comes in a box for $1, corn, and peas. It's quite a good meal. I'm not a fan of manwich but I eat it because it feeds the whole family one night a week for about $3 after including the vegetable and french fry sides.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:12 am to BayouCatFan
This is the exact opposite on an OT Baller thread.
Seriously, some good stuff in here.
Seriously, some good stuff in here.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:24 am to StringedInstruments
Don’t get them at Home Depot. You can get a flat of vegetable plants at a nursery for $20. That is about 12 pots with 3-4 plants each.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:29 am to TigerDeacon
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2 gallons milk
1 gallon almond milk
1 12-pack coke zero
2 bottles Bolthouse Farms juice
$16
Not to start an argument, but where are you buying this from? The price of Walmart Good Value items are even more expensive that this.
Yeah, at the Neighborhood Walmart, this section of the list would be closer to $25 and I may be underestimating the almond milk because I don't believe they even have a gallon option.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:32 am to windshieldman
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cheap hunting shite b/c I’m not gay.
ELI5?
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:32 am to BayouCatFan
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For breakfast I usually have honey Nut Cheerios with almond milk.
Greek yogurt or tuna selections over spinach for lunch. I rarely go out.
I only drink water, so am not spending money on coffee, tea, soda, juice or sports drinks.
I don't buy anything from a box or can.
I will buy chicken, steak, shrimp and salmon. Portion them into 4oz servings.
Majority of my meals are mostly vegatables.
That's basically a snack. As an adult and one who exercises daily, I don't see how one could survive on such a calorie deficit.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:37 am to Areddishfish
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As an adult and one who exercises daily, I don't see how one could survive on such a calorie deficit.
You know you're not going to die if you eat a big sandwich or a few small sandwiches after exercising in order to have some calorie intake, right? If you're trying to follow some sort of calorie "rule" to a T after working out then yea, you're going to spend a bunch of money on that food.
Be normal. Nothing wrong with exercising but eat like you're normal after it and quit trying to keep up with the meathead next to you at the gym.
Of course, I'm totally basing this off of stereotypes and have no idea if you are what I described
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:40 am to Areddishfish
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That's basically a snack
He listed about 1800-2000 calores. Which is normal for a normal sized human. I know because that's basically my weekday food. I workout daily too.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:44 am to Areddishfish
Kroger has gallon at 2.39 right now. $5
Almond milk generic half gallon is 3.50
$4 cokes sometimes 5
$3 bolthouse at 1.50 per
That’s 15.50
Almond milk generic half gallon is 3.50
$4 cokes sometimes 5
$3 bolthouse at 1.50 per
That’s 15.50
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:47 am to StringedInstruments
A 4 pack of Totino's party pizzas is $4.88 at Wal Mart. One 4 pack per meal is 3 packs per day = ~$15/day. 30 days x $15 = $450. Came in under budget you have another $50/month to spend on beer and cheetos. 
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:51 am to StringedInstruments
Honestly, I think anything is possible with limited resources, you just have to be creative.
For one, if I had to feed a family of 4 off of $500/month, my first thought would be to start a garden. Then I would just have to go to the drawing board and figure out the items I would need (milk, bread, eggs), how much would it cost me to feed 4 people for a week, with the minimum amount of those items. Then cereal (cereal that is actually somewhat healthy and if I am not mistaken, you can get somewhat healthy cereal cheaper than you can get cereal that is pretty much a box of sugar).
I'd imagine I would be able to get enough rice and potatoes to last a month. Honestly, the shite that really cost a lot are all the snacks and different type of drinks. I would buy the cheapest brands. A lot of stuff we buy is bought out of convenience. This is just an example, but if we wanted french fries, we wouldn't go buy a frozen bag of them, if we happened to have extra potatoes then we could just make our own.
So I think it is very possible, but we have been conditioned to think we NEED certain items and that we DON'T have to make anything for ourselves.
Oh and when it comes to meats, I would keep an eye out for sales and then get what I can.
For one, if I had to feed a family of 4 off of $500/month, my first thought would be to start a garden. Then I would just have to go to the drawing board and figure out the items I would need (milk, bread, eggs), how much would it cost me to feed 4 people for a week, with the minimum amount of those items. Then cereal (cereal that is actually somewhat healthy and if I am not mistaken, you can get somewhat healthy cereal cheaper than you can get cereal that is pretty much a box of sugar).
I'd imagine I would be able to get enough rice and potatoes to last a month. Honestly, the shite that really cost a lot are all the snacks and different type of drinks. I would buy the cheapest brands. A lot of stuff we buy is bought out of convenience. This is just an example, but if we wanted french fries, we wouldn't go buy a frozen bag of them, if we happened to have extra potatoes then we could just make our own.
So I think it is very possible, but we have been conditioned to think we NEED certain items and that we DON'T have to make anything for ourselves.
Oh and when it comes to meats, I would keep an eye out for sales and then get what I can.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:51 am to deeprig9
Milk in Louisiana is ridiculously overpriced compared to other states. Cheapest is Costco for about $2.50/gallon, but store-label milk at normal grocery stores is $3.50-$4/gallon.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:53 am to StringedInstruments
Yes, easily
Posted on 4/6/18 at 11:59 am to Dorothy
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Milk in Louisiana is ridiculously overpriced compared to other states. Cheapest is Costco for about $2.50/gallon, but store-label milk at normal grocery stores is $3.50-$4/gallon.
I remember when gas prices went up (I guess it was Summer of 08) I was in the barber shop and the old men were talking about the gas prices and one of the guys said "I am going to tell you when I am going to start worrying. When I start having to pay more for a gallon of milk than I do for gas" and everyone was laughing...
Roughly 10 years later.. We do pay more for a gallon of milk than we do for a gallon of gas. I actually think the older guy who said that at the time is dead now, but I always kind of laugh and think to myself when picking up milk "should I be worried that milk is costing this much?"
Posted on 4/6/18 at 12:47 pm to StringedInstruments
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fresh vegetables
No reason you couldn't buy frozen vegetables and save a bit more. Just as good as fresh in most cases, and Fresh vegetables aren't always that cheap.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 12:53 pm to Cowboyfan89
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No reason you couldn't buy frozen vegetables and save a bit more. Just as good as fresh in most cases, and Fresh vegetables aren't always that cheap.
Frozen is almost always more than fresh. One pack of Kroger Brand frozen broccoli is $1.50 or $1.99 and I can eat the whole bag. A pound of fresh broccoli is like $2.19 and that would last a long time.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 1:00 pm to StringedInstruments
$500 per month just on food for 4? Sure. Wouldn’t leave room for eating out or snack food. But I think it’s doable. I spend around $75 per week on groceries for 2 people. I would have to sacrifice a little bit to make room for the other 2, but I think it’s doable.
Posted on 4/6/18 at 1:04 pm to CoachChappy
I see lots of sausage and turkey ground meat in your future.
Make big pots of soup(s)/Chili
Make big pots of soup(s)/Chili
Posted on 4/6/18 at 1:08 pm to StringedInstruments
Less meat and when you do, make it pork chops and chicken. I spend about 275ish on myself. Could easily get that under 200 if I didn't eat out as much.
Also, lots of rice. Most popular food in the world for a reason.
Also, lots of rice. Most popular food in the world for a reason.
This post was edited on 4/6/18 at 1:10 pm
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