Food Budget – Queen of the Bean

06Apr08

Mr Market and I have had to start a (for us) fairly stringent food budget this month due to some unforseen medical bills. I shudder to think what we spend when we go unchecked, but I think it is around $1100/mo. That includes me cooking whatever-the-hell-I feel-like, hubby training his 6′3, 200# self for one of the many athletic endurance events that he likes to do (the man can put away some calories), and one growing boy.

I will say that we have too much waste and unwise management of the larder. We also like to eat organic food as much as possible. On the plus side, I cook most everything from scratch, and we don’t eat a lot of meat. I am Queen of the Bean, really. So this month, we are shooting for $600 in groceries, and $100 in eating out. I know many people feed a family of 5 on that, but we are already over-budget in the first week. We do have some behaviors that have to be modified (like eating lunch out, hubby eating all the leftovers for breakfast, lunch, and snack the next day.) 

But I am curious — how much do you spend on groceries a month? 

 

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