Re: Groceries

Posted by evrythng4areason

Posted by luvbuffet

Posted by Millie3

Posted by evrythng4areason

I budget $125/ week for a family of 3 plus a dog who gets cooked for

Dh buys lunch daily in the city, but I buy him weekly snacks for work to take in each week.

And we eat 90% organic!

How is this possible? Where do you shop? What do you buy? I need some tips

Seriously!!

I've worked hard to establish a system, and I *think* I finally found something that works, but it's a bit OCD

I plan everything out for the week..

I made a list of breakfast, lunch, and snack ideas. I choose 3-4 from each list to use for the week depending on what mood I'm in, but all are served with fresh fruit

For dinner, I came up with 31 meal ideas, although some are "leftovers" and some are "try a new recipe."

Then, I've been doing the following:

Weekly Peapod delivery
Every other week I try to make it to either Target, Trader Joes, or Whole Foods on a rotating basis.
Delivery of Honest Company stuff every 6 weeks or so (makeup remover, dishwasher pods, laundry detergent, shampoo, conditioner, shave cream, cleaners-I get all of these things from them, and it costs about $50 every 6 weeks)

For example, this week:

Breakfast Choices: Waffles w/ Fresh Fruit, Cereal w/ Fresh Fruit, Egg Omelets w/Fresh Fruit

Lunch Choices: Hot Dogs w/Veggies, Leftovers, Quesadillas w/Veggies, Mac n Cheese w/Veggies (all also served w/fruit)

Snacks (we all tend to snack a bit): Fruit again, baby carrots, Homemade chocolate pudding, goldfish, granola bars, pretzels, raisins, ice pops, organic bunnies

Monday dinner: Rotisserie chicken with zucchini orzotto
Tuesday dinner: Pasta Fagioli
Wednesday dinner: Leftovers
Thursday dinner: still had leftovers
Friday dinner: Salmon packets
Saturday dinner: Italian Wedding Soup
Sunday dinner: At in-laws

My peapod order this week was delivered on Monday and was $79.28 (which was a cheap week bc I already had some of the stuff in the house)

I got:

3 containers organic juice
1 box organic cereal
2 boxes organic waffles
1 container organic milk
slow cooker liners
glass cooktop spray
1 pack organic hot dogs
1 rotisserie chicken
1 pint blueberries
2 lbs grapes
1 mango
1/4 watermelon
1 container organic spinach
6 organic peaches
1 yellow squash
1 lb organic strawberries
2 boxes annie's organic bunnies
1 box organic animal crackers
6 pk organic raisins
1 bag organic pretzels

I do have to go to Whole Foods tomorrow for the Salmon, and I'll probably pick up a few things for next week while I'm there, but I will probably only spend about $30-$40. Any other ingredient for the meals listed I had in either my pantry, fridge, or freezer already.

And this was super long

Message edited 8/11/2016 8:30:33 PM.

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Ya neither of us eat all that much haha

Eggs for breakfast is 1 per person, and I don't eat them-a dozen eggs can last us 2 weeks

Message edited 8/11/2016 8:44:41 PM.

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I just went to Stop N Shop for bread and water and spent $50!!

I think I may start doing peapod.

When I lived in the city I did Fresh Direct and loved that it gave a running total that I could keep track of.

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Posted by evrythng4areason

Posted by luvbuffet

Posted by Millie3

Posted by evrythng4areason

I budget $125/ week for a family of 3 plus a dog who gets cooked for

Dh buys lunch daily in the city, but I buy him weekly snacks for work to take in each week.

And we eat 90% organic!

How is this possible? Where do you shop? What do you buy? I need some tips

Seriously!!

I've worked hard to establish a system, and I *think* I finally found something that works, but it's a bit OCD

I plan everything out for the week..

I made a list of breakfast, lunch, and snack ideas. I choose 3-4 from each list to use for the week depending on what mood I'm in, but all are served with fresh fruit

For dinner, I came up with 31 meal ideas, although some are "leftovers" and some are "try a new recipe."

Then, I've been doing the following:

Weekly Peapod delivery
Every other week I try to make it to either Target, Trader Joes, or Whole Foods on a rotating basis.
Delivery of Honest Company stuff every 6 weeks or so (makeup remover, dishwasher pods, laundry detergent, shampoo, conditioner, shave cream, cleaners-I get all of these things from them, and it costs about $50 every 6 weeks)

For example, this week:

Breakfast Choices: Waffles w/ Fresh Fruit, Cereal w/ Fresh Fruit, Egg Omelets w/Fresh Fruit

Lunch Choices: Hot Dogs w/Veggies, Leftovers, Quesadillas w/Veggies, Mac n Cheese w/Veggies (all also served w/fruit)

Snacks (we all tend to snack a bit): Fruit again, baby carrots, Homemade chocolate pudding, goldfish, granola bars, pretzels, raisins, ice pops, organic bunnies

Monday dinner: Rotisserie chicken with zucchini orzotto
Tuesday dinner: Pasta Fagioli
Wednesday dinner: Leftovers
Thursday dinner: still had leftovers
Friday dinner: Salmon packets
Saturday dinner: Italian Wedding Soup
Sunday dinner: At in-laws

My peapod order this week was delivered on Monday and was $79.28 (which was a cheap week bc I already had some of the stuff in the house)

I got:

3 containers organic juice
1 box organic cereal
2 boxes organic waffles
1 container organic milk
slow cooker liners
glass cooktop spray
1 pack organic hot dogs
1 rotisserie chicken
1 pint blueberries
2 lbs grapes
1 mango
1/4 watermelon
1 container organic spinach
6 organic peaches
1 yellow squash
1 lb organic strawberries
2 boxes annie's organic bunnies
1 box organic animal crackers
6 pk organic raisins
1 bag organic pretzels

I do have to go to Whole Foods tomorrow for the Salmon, and I'll probably pick up a few things for next week while I'm there, but I will probably only spend about $30-$40. Any other ingredient for the meals listed I had in either my pantry, fridge, or freezer already.

And this was super long

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Posted by jgl

Posted by evrythng4areason

Ya neither of us eat all that much haha

Eggs for breakfast is 1 per person, and I don't eat them-a dozen eggs can last us 2 weeks

1 egg?

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I think it sounds like a lot, but if that includes breakfast, lunch, dinners, and snacks? Not really, especially if you eat a lot of meat and fish.

I'm wondering if posters on here are living solely off their grocery spending for the week, doubt it.

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Posted by jlm2008

Posted by jgl

Posted by evrythng4areason

Ya neither of us eat all that much haha

Eggs for breakfast is 1 per person, and I don't eat them-a dozen eggs can last us 2 weeks

1 egg?

Is that strange?? I have an egg almost every morning, and just have one. I do always have a veggie with it though.

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Posted by LuckyStar

Posted by evrythng4areason

Posted by luvbuffet

Posted by Millie3

Posted by evrythng4areason

I budget $125/ week for a family of 3 plus a dog who gets cooked for

Dh buys lunch daily in the city, but I buy him weekly snacks for work to take in each week.

And we eat 90% organic!

How is this possible? Where do you shop? What do you buy? I need some tips

Seriously!!

I've worked hard to establish a system, and I *think* I finally found something that works, but it's a bit OCD

I plan everything out for the week..

I made a list of breakfast, lunch, and snack ideas. I choose 3-4 from each list to use for the week depending on what mood I'm in, but all are served with fresh fruit

For dinner, I came up with 31 meal ideas, although some are "leftovers" and some are "try a new recipe."

Then, I've been doing the following:

Weekly Peapod delivery
Every other week I try to make it to either Target, Trader Joes, or Whole Foods on a rotating basis.
Delivery of Honest Company stuff every 6 weeks or so (makeup remover, dishwasher pods, laundry detergent, shampoo, conditioner, shave cream, cleaners-I get all of these things from them, and it costs about $50 every 6 weeks)

For example, this week:

Breakfast Choices: Waffles w/ Fresh Fruit, Cereal w/ Fresh Fruit, Egg Omelets w/Fresh Fruit

Lunch Choices: Hot Dogs w/Veggies, Leftovers, Quesadillas w/Veggies, Mac n Cheese w/Veggies (all also served w/fruit)

Snacks (we all tend to snack a bit): Fruit again, baby carrots, Homemade chocolate pudding, goldfish, granola bars, pretzels, raisins, ice pops, organic bunnies

Monday dinner: Rotisserie chicken with zucchini orzotto
Tuesday dinner: Pasta Fagioli
Wednesday dinner: Leftovers
Thursday dinner: still had leftovers
Friday dinner: Salmon packets
Saturday dinner: Italian Wedding Soup
Sunday dinner: At in-laws

My peapod order this week was delivered on Monday and was $79.28 (which was a cheap week bc I already had some of the stuff in the house)

I got:

3 containers organic juice
1 box organic cereal
2 boxes organic waffles
1 container organic milk
slow cooker liners
glass cooktop spray
1 pack organic hot dogs
1 rotisserie chicken
1 pint blueberries
2 lbs grapes
1 mango
1/4 watermelon
1 container organic spinach
6 organic peaches
1 yellow squash
1 lb organic strawberries
2 boxes annie's organic bunnies
1 box organic animal crackers
6 pk organic raisins
1 bag organic pretzels

I do have to go to Whole Foods tomorrow for the Salmon, and I'll probably pick up a few things for next week while I'm there, but I will probably only spend about $30-$40. Any other ingredient for the meals listed I had in either my pantry, fridge, or freezer already.

And this was super long

Ok, this makes sense now. We eat a lot more protein (and a lot more in general).

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God I eat like shit. I rarely eat a fruit or vegetable.
I don't even know how I'm still alive. LOL.
Nothing ever excites me in the produce aisle.

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Posted by evrythng4areason

Posted by luvbuffet

Posted by Millie3

Posted by evrythng4areason

I budget $125/ week for a family of 3 plus a dog who gets cooked for

Dh buys lunch daily in the city, but I buy him weekly snacks for work to take in each week.

And we eat 90% organic!

How is this possible? Where do you shop? What do you buy? I need some tips

Seriously!!

I've worked hard to establish a system, and I *think* I finally found something that works, but it's a bit OCD

I plan everything out for the week..

I made a list of breakfast, lunch, and snack ideas. I choose 3-4 from each list to use for the week depending on what mood I'm in, but all are served with fresh fruit

For dinner, I came up with 31 meal ideas, although some are "leftovers" and some are "try a new recipe."

Then, I've been doing the following:

Weekly Peapod delivery
Every other week I try to make it to either Target, Trader Joes, or Whole Foods on a rotating basis.
Delivery of Honest Company stuff every 6 weeks or so (makeup remover, dishwasher pods, laundry detergent, shampoo, conditioner, shave cream, cleaners-I get all of these things from them, and it costs about $50 every 6 weeks)

For example, this week:

Breakfast Choices: Waffles w/ Fresh Fruit, Cereal w/ Fresh Fruit, Egg Omelets w/Fresh Fruit

Lunch Choices: Hot Dogs w/Veggies, Leftovers, Quesadillas w/Veggies, Mac n Cheese w/Veggies (all also served w/fruit)

Snacks (we all tend to snack a bit): Fruit again, baby carrots, Homemade chocolate pudding, goldfish, granola bars, pretzels, raisins, ice pops, organic bunnies

Monday dinner: Rotisserie chicken with zucchini orzotto
Tuesday dinner: Pasta Fagioli
Wednesday dinner: Leftovers
Thursday dinner: still had leftovers
Friday dinner: Salmon packets
Saturday dinner: Italian Wedding Soup
Sunday dinner: At in-laws

My peapod order this week was delivered on Monday and was $79.28 (which was a cheap week bc I already had some of the stuff in the house)

I got:

3 containers organic juice
1 box organic cereal
2 boxes organic waffles
1 container organic milk
slow cooker liners
glass cooktop spray
1 pack organic hot dogs
1 rotisserie chicken
1 pint blueberries
2 lbs grapes
1 mango
1/4 watermelon
1 container organic spinach
6 organic peaches
1 yellow squash
1 lb organic strawberries
2 boxes annie's organic bunnies
1 box organic animal crackers
6 pk organic raisins
1 bag organic pretzels

I do have to go to Whole Foods tomorrow for the Salmon, and I'll probably pick up a few things for next week while I'm there, but I will probably only spend about $30-$40. Any other ingredient for the meals listed I had in either my pantry, fridge, or freezer already.

And this was super long

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I didn't read every response but overall you would benefit by adding more vegetarian meals into your rotation.

Breakfast for dinner, use beans as a protein, etc.

All that meat, poultry, and fish is adding up.

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I usually have 4 egg whites, sometimes 6 if I know lunch won't be for a while.

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I spend about $150-175 per week for a family of 3 (toddler). I make a lot of meals from scratch and we eat a lot of fruit and vegetables. I tend to buy very few things packaged. We rarely go out to eat. I grill chicken on Sundays and that's our lunch for the week. We either have it in a salad or on a wrap. For breakfast, we have oatmeal, peanut butter, and fruit.

Also- we eat way more than one egg. We do breakfast for lunch on the weekends and make 6 eggs with cheese on a bagel (and sometimes we're both still hungry - granted we workout out - a lot!) My 2 year old can easily polish off 2 eggs.

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Posted by jlm2008

Posted by jgl

Posted by evrythng4areason

Ya neither of us eat all that much haha

Eggs for breakfast is 1 per person, and I don't eat them-a dozen eggs can last us 2 weeks

1 egg?

Is that strange?? I have an egg almost every morning, and just have one. I do always have a veggie with it though.

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Just DH and I (and a baby who's still on the boob!) and we usually spend b/w $60-$90/week + maybe $50-$100 on meals out, depending on the week.

But we eat lots of chicken and don't mind doing it. Sounds like the variety and more pricey proteins might be part of it for you - you mentioned steak, lobster. We occasionally eat London Broil but very rarely have other steak. We do have shrimp sometimes, but mostly chicken and pork chops purchased in family packs when on sale. We also don't eat as many portions as I think some people do - the large chicken breasts, DH and I would split one of those.

But yeah, sale shopping and not minding eating the same thing.

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Posted by Katareen

Posted by jlm2008

Posted by jgl

Posted by evrythng4areason

Ya neither of us eat all that much haha

Eggs for breakfast is 1 per person, and I don't eat them-a dozen eggs can last us 2 weeks

1 egg?

Is that strange?? I have an egg almost every morning, and just have one. I do always have a veggie with it though.

My 1.5 year old ate 2 eggs, plus half an English muffin, and a whole pear for breakfast!!

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Posted by jgl

Posted by Katareen

Posted by jlm2008

Posted by jgl

Posted by evrythng4areason

Ya neither of us eat all that much haha

Eggs for breakfast is 1 per person, and I don't eat them-a dozen eggs can last us 2 weeks

1 egg?

Is that strange?? I have an egg almost every morning, and just have one. I do always have a veggie with it though.

My 1.5 year old ate 2 eggs, plus half an English muffin, and a whole pear for breakfast!!

Yea my 3 year old eats 2-3 eggs toast and jelly and a banana sometimes also turkey bacon

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Message edited 8/12/2016 10:07:35 AM.

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There are two of us and we spend about $160 a week. We have been doing Hello Fresh lately and that has helped. We get 5 meals of meat or vegetarian. With Hello Fresh, I've cut down on my meat intake.

That price also includes household supplies.

It doesn't include going out (we do this about 1-2 a week), lunch for DH, or lunch for me half the week. It does include breakfast. I don't buy organic because it's not better for the environment.

Like you, I like fancy meat or seafood. We go to the fancy seafood and meat place to get these about once a month or every other month. They cut the meat differently, so I need to get the cuts I like at this place. That can run 100-200 a month or every two months.

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