This weeks grocery hauls

this month is a lot higher than most months because I restocked after the freezer disaster.  
Nonetheless, I am still under the USDA stats for only my husband and I without stocking.

This week I spent 42.14

I got

Winco haul

• 20 ears of corn to put up for winter.   
• 2 packages of sliced cheese ( cheaper than grocery outlet ) 
• Green grapes 
• Bananas 
• Nectarines 
• Green beans, fresh 
• Sliced  olives 
• Strawberries
• Grape tomatoes  - 2 boxes 
• 5 lbs yellow onions 
• 5 yogurt ( .30 each with coupon ) 
• Blue bunny ice cream cones ( 2.88 with coupon)
• 4 pounds of chicken thighs 
• 5 pounds of ribs 

I'm cooking the chicken thighs and chopping the onions today and will cook the ribs and portion control them tomorrow.    That should put us in good shape through August.    And bring  my average back down.   

Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different

 Perspective . The  emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stable/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. 

It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you  buy a loss leader protein, produce you will need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead.    This allows you to put well balanced meals on the table consistently  for a four dollar a day budget per person. 

  You spend more time on the planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking mend by cooking efficiently.    

Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard.   You still get more bang for your buck.