ratsrcute
Assistant Cook
- Joined
- Oct 5, 2007
- Messages
- 29
I'm interested in how much money I could save. Right now I'm single and probably spend $160/week on food.. which includes lots of inefficient things like snack bars, lots of organic produce from higher-end stores, but hardly any restaurant eating. I need to save some money, but I would still like to eat a balanced diet including lots of fruits/veggies and organic where possible (there are certain fruits/vegetables that contain very little pesticide and you don't have to get those organic... I misplaced the list but I have it somewhere).
Also, I'm on an allergy elimination diet so no corn, soy, wheat, dairy, eggs, peanuts, and certain types of beans.
Okay, the good news is that certain very cheap staples, like rice, black beans, lentils, etc. are okay for my diet. I can also have a lot of nuts... almonds are $6/pound conventional, and I can make my own almond milk. I can have millet and quinoa. I think they are pretty cheap in terms of the amount of food you can get from them.
So the major expense becomes fruits and veggies. Note: I'm not looking for how to live on $20/week. $100/week is more like it. I just need some help strategizing where to spend money on fruits/veggies so the expense doesn't run up, and so I can still get a lot of organic.
I would still like to eat nice food, with varied flavors, spices, etc. I'd still like convenience to some extent.. for example, buying stock is very convenient.
Thanks,
Mike
Also, I'm on an allergy elimination diet so no corn, soy, wheat, dairy, eggs, peanuts, and certain types of beans.
Okay, the good news is that certain very cheap staples, like rice, black beans, lentils, etc. are okay for my diet. I can also have a lot of nuts... almonds are $6/pound conventional, and I can make my own almond milk. I can have millet and quinoa. I think they are pretty cheap in terms of the amount of food you can get from them.
So the major expense becomes fruits and veggies. Note: I'm not looking for how to live on $20/week. $100/week is more like it. I just need some help strategizing where to spend money on fruits/veggies so the expense doesn't run up, and so I can still get a lot of organic.
I would still like to eat nice food, with varied flavors, spices, etc. I'd still like convenience to some extent.. for example, buying stock is very convenient.
Thanks,
Mike