You may not believe this, because we didn't either when we did the math, but during the early fall months we got our grocery bill down to just $120/month. This is how we did it:
1. Bountiful baskets: Every other week we spent $15 on a co-op basket of fruits and vegetables. There are several options out there if you want to do this too. We use www.bountifulbaskets.org
2. Home grown: this year we had a fairly successful garden! Our harvest included tomatos, cucumbers, carrots, squash, radishes, lettuce, peas, beans, and beets. We picked our vegetables every 3-4 days and did so many things with them! We canned them, dried them, ate them raw, steamed them, and shared them with the neighbors.
3. Food Storage: It took a long while, but we finally have the "basics" in our food storage...salt, flour, sugar, oil, yeast, baking soda, baking powder, dried noodles etc. We used that during the fall to make breads, cookies, side dishes, and desserts.
There you have it. The combination of those three things allowed us to spend just $30/week at the grocery store.
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