So I am giving myself a challenge.
We spend on average $120 every 2 weeks on food and that just includes what we spend on groceries. This excludes all the times we go out to eat. So I think on average we spend about $300 a month on food! $300!!! That is crazy to me, there's only 2 of us who are actually eating food at this time. How do we spend that much???
So the challenge I have set for myself and of course my husband is dragged along into it is...Spending only $120 a month on food, which means only $30 a week.
$30.00 a week for food that includes us going out to eat and groceries. Since we qualifiy for WIC we thankfully do not have to buy formula or baby food for our little man so this definitely helps us out.
I did my shopping last night and I bought...
1 gallon of milk (almond vanilla milk)-$3.50
1 lg pack of tortillas -$3.50
1 18 pck of eggs-$2.25
2 pks of Johnsonville Brats-$2.50 each ($5.00 total)
1 pk of 6 Frozen Hamburgers-$6.50
3 cans of corn-.75 each ($2.25 total)
2 bottles of pasta sauce-$2.25 each ($4.50 total)
Total $27.50
I left room for tax, plus I couldn't think of anything else that I needed for under $2.50
I already had bread, lots of pasta, and dinner sides.
I bought all of this so I can make breakfast for the week, grill out with the hamburgers and brats for dinners, and of course pasta makes great left overs and it's cheap!
One of my favorite meals that is so easy to make is kind of like a tuna salad...we don't really have a name for it, we just call it the tuna stuff.
Take 2 lg cans of tuna (drained)
Mix one can of mixed vegetables & 1 can of corn
Add a Tablespoon of mayo
Mix together well.
Serve on a piece of bread or a tostada. And you've got yourself a great and semi-healthy lunch. This makes about 4 servings so for 2 people you make 2 meals out of it. I also like to add tapito to it to add a little bit of spice!
I won't eat tuna any other way...I think it's nasty unless it's done this way.
YUMMY!!!
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