$25 grocery challenge - week 11/2024
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2024
- How I'm managing on a tight budget. This week I had a slightly smaller budget - $23.94 - due to last week's overspend. #eatinghealthy #grocerychallenge #groceryhaul #frugalliving #groceryshopping #broke #groceriesonabudget #groceryvlog #healthygroceryhaul #lifeonabudget,#diabetes
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Thank you! You offered a great variety of healthy food on a budget. This is so encouraging and doable. I subscribed to your channel immediately. Smile. Thanks for sharing.
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I have only just discovered your channel but it is great because I have difficulty cooking just for me. I usually cook a meal for 4 but divide it into portions. I am a carer for my husband who now has to have a specific diet. Your shopping portions are extremely helpful for me. Thank you.
What I am curious about though is as prices rise further are you flexible in your spending to increase that budget. I live in Australia and our prices are double what you pay in The US.
I also think in portions, but how much those portions are changes day by day according to how hungry I am. I try to make at least 2 entrees that I can switch between lunch and dinner - with cooking for myself there is a lot of repeat meals in a week, and it took me a while to figure out how much to make so I'm not forever eating leftovers (unless I'm doing it on purpose). I started by cutting recipes in half, and using specific pots, dishes as my overall measure for the amount of food I will go through in a given time. Prices are crazy everywhere - I am very blessed to have 5 grocery stores in a one mile radius of my apartment, so I can always find the best price for an item. Most stores here have "loss leaders", items they sell at a loss in order to get people into the store. I take advantage of those sales when I can, even if I don't need the item right away - especially if it's a pantry item (several weeks ago, one store had oats half price, I didn't really need them as I had a lot already, but I know it will keep so I bought it). I also supplement with the occasional dumpster dive, although my options there are very limited in my area. If I really had to spend more, I could - I've been on this budget for 2 years, and it is definitely getting more challenging. I visited Australia in 2015 - it was the best! So beautiful - swimming in the Great Coral Reef was definitely one of the top 5 highlights of my life. The Melbourne Cup race took place while I was there, that was fun to see all of Sydney shut down.
Thank you. I will try cooking in small pots and dishes. Nice to know you have wonderful memories of your trip down under. Melbourne Cup Day is a wonderful day because no matter where you are in the country everything seems to stop for the Melbourne Cup. It’s a tradition.
What do you use the 1/2 &1/2 for? Just started watching
I use half and half in my coffee, and add to recipes sometimes. I usually only drink 1 cup of coffee in the morning.
Can you do $25.00 for a month? Gluten free. Preservative free, dye free. Grain free no MSG, dye free Preservative free?
I don't think I could meet all those parameters and spend only $25 for an entire month. It may be possible for $25 a week. I'm not restricted food-wise other than being diabetic so my focus is on eating nutritionally dense meals by incorporating protein, vegetable, leafy green and healthy fat. I add in starchier carbs when I feel I need them. I do try to pay attention to ingredients, and limit consumption of processed foods, but I don't avoid them altogether. Finding the balance is my goal. Sometimes I hit it out of the park, and sometimes I barely cover the bases, but I keep trying.
Wow, $25 a month! Very challenging! That would leave potatoes 🥔 and sweet potatoes 🍠 for carbs. Veggies would be okay. Beans would work. Meat & fats. This last week I could get whole turkeys for $0.59lb. Carrots 🥕 2lbs for a $1. Eating for less than a $1 a day is probably impossible without using a food bank. My food bank gives out meats. Then your focus would be veggies and fruits. Can you eat oatmeal or is that considered a grain? Most food banks give out oatmeal. Definitely shop veggies and fruit mark downs. Food foraging would supplement the greens. I can do $1.50 a day with brown rice, not sure otherwise without food assistance. You would need to shop multiple grocery stores to shop loss leaders. Can you shop several stores?
It might be possible if you had extra dollars to start a freezer supply. Example would be buying extra bags of carrots 2lb for $1 to chop up and freeze. Rarely I see 5lbs of potatoes for $1.99 that could be cooked and put in the freezer.
Week of 11/24?
O. Week 11. Sorry
@@dianaobrien463No worries. I'm still learning how to do this video thing.