Review by Rachael:
Recently I sat down to try & find ways we can save money around our
house. I reviewed the budget and the one big item was eating out. We have to
cut back on that! It is so expensive and usually not healthy for us at all. This
also got me thinking about our grocery bill. Our weekly budget is $75 for
groceries for a family of four. (Family of six every other weekend).
I realized we always have food in the cupboards & meat in the
freezer but yet complain that we have nothing to eat and that leads me to
takeout or the grocery store in search of dinner. Why not eat what we already
have?!
I have given myself the $200 grocery challenge! I will not allow myself
to spend more than $200 this month on our groceries.
I sat down with two pieces of paper. One was for a grocery list and one
was a list of what we can make for meals. Many times I was only missing one or
two ingredients from a recipe, so that item went on the grocery list and I
listed that meal on my meal planning sheet. Turns out with buying a few items
and what we already have I can make us 16 meals! And good, hearty meals! Chili,
spaghetti, roast, homemade soups, etc.
I took my list to Fareway last night and spent $107. It was hard for me
to allow myself to spend that much at one time, but I was stocking up and it
needed to be done. The only items I HAVE to have the rest of the month will be
bread, milk and fresh produce. I have $93.00 left to make that work.
I will keep you posted with updates on my spending each week. Wish me
luck!!!
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