Let’s talk money......

In the year of 2017, we spent on avrag 55.05 a week.   4.00 a day for my husband and I totals 56.00.
But, that amount covered our food, our stocked food, and partially feeding our granddaughter.   She eats at her house and our too.

We eat meals from Pork Loin, boneless, skinless chicken breast, hamburger, eggs, cheese, bacon, and beans.    No, Virginia, we dont just eat beans......

We can do that by using a variety of tips and tricks to lower our food bill.

Efficiently cook from scratch.  Buy buying certain things in bulk, you can save a lot of money.  There are easy 5 ingredient or less recipes all over the Internet.   A 6.99 cent bag of flour can save you the cost six times over.  Artisan bread, 10 hands on minutes, a quarter.  Cheese pizza 1.05 , muffins .35 plus the fruit.   Pancakes far cheaper than 3.00 a small bag.  Or 8 small waffles for over a dollar.
We also buy oatmeal .085 a serving, and rice at .02 a serving.   That’s a ton of savings.

Find the RBP on the things you buy on a regular basis to make dinner and buy enough to last you 4-6 weeks at the lowest possible price.  Use Ibotta, coupons, and sales to cut your costs

Buy your basic meat at RBP in bulk.  Buy enough of that meat to last you for however many meals you will cook it during a 4-6 week period.   Bring it home and portion control it into meal sized portions.  I cook hamburger and freeze it in meal sized portions in quart bags and then a gallon bag that I label with the type of meat and the date.   We rotate pork loin (.99-1.69), chicken breast (.99-1.77) and hamburger 80/20 that we fry and de-fat. ( 2.00-2.44) .  If there is a hunk of beef that is low fat and cheaper, we will grind it ourselves.

Plan your meals.   Make a plan, or plan to fail.  If you plan your meals and keep a stock, you will always have what you need to make your meals.  A little kitchen management picks up the slack and preps ingredients for the meal.  You can prep, clean the fridge, and rotate a deep clean chore in about an hour.   It saves a lot of time at the hectic meal time.

4 steps, they all take a little work, but they all save time and /or money.   Master one at a time.
You should cut your food bill.   Ours is 1/2 the USDA stats for thrifty.   We eat well.