Eat Cheap!
There is a thread on Jeff’s board right now about feeding a family of four on $105/wk. So I decided to document again what we are eating and how much it costs. I’ll even take pics tomorrow.
As for today:
Breakfast: Kids had oatmeal. I had Panera. They were supposed to cook sausage with it but they didn’t. Let’s say the grass fed beef sausage that I bought at the Farmer’s Market was $5/lb and they ate a pound. We will also say that the kids had milk and peanut butter over their oats. That is believable.
What do these ingredients cost?
Oats: $.67/lb
Milk: $8/gallon
Peanut Butter: $6.00
Sausage: $5/lb
What did we spend?
Oats: $3.00
Milk: $2.00
Peanut Butter: $3.00
Sausage: $5.00
Total: $13 for the entire meal.
Lunch: Oops…we had popcorn with butter, stevia and cinnamon for lunch because we ate a late breakfast.
Dinner: Tava
What do these ingredients cost?
Tomatoes: $1.28/lb
Rice: $1.92/lb
Chicken: $4/lb (because it is a pastured chicken)
What did we spend?
Tomatoes: $6.40
Rice: $4.00??
Chicken: $16 (but the broth will also be a product of this chicken and organic broth costs $3 for 4 cups.)
Total: $26.40 (less than $2/person)
Tomorrow I’ll have pictures as well as prices.
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Chicken at $4/lb. Is that cheaper or more expensive than regular ‘ol Tyson chicken in the store where you live?
$8.00 a gallon for milk seems high. I assume it is grass fed cattle, maybe organic? We get whole, raw, grass fed milk for $5.50 a gallon here (in KS). But ours isn’t labled organic (it is organic, but they don’t want to go through the government process, so they can’t lable it that way).
The rest looks about right for our area too. Our organic oatmeal is a little higher I think:)
Shannon
I can believe $8 a gallon. We were paying nearly that for organic milk, pasteurized but not homogenized, from our local health food store.
Wow, y’all are eating high on the hog! Sounds good.
I just spent the last 10 days with $0 for groceries. But, thank the Lord, we had quite a bit in the freezer and cupboards already. Also, someone called me who had an extra Angel Food box and no need to cash the check till next month! PTL! $105 a week is a bit out of reach, for us. As for milk, nonfat dry milk has been a lifesaver. My kids won’t drink it as milk, straight, but it works great in smoothies.
I just wanted to thank you for the Tava recipe. I will try it next week with my family. I just finished reading Nourishing Traditions which was awesome. We already buy pastured chicken (and beef when we can) and raw milk and butter. We try not to eat processed food, which involves a lot of time on my part but I figure what better gift to give my kids than good health. We spend more on meat and milk than the average person, but we don’t do fast food and we have joined a local organic vegetable co-op so we save money on organic veggies.