When times were very lean, I have fed my family of 4 on around $40-50 a month (oops should have said a week). It meant eating a lot of rice, beans, canned tuna, salmon, chicken leg quarters, etc. We also shopped at Aldi to be able to do even that. Now my grocery budget is about $80-130 depending on the sales each week and what we're cooking. Winter is more expensive because there are no local produce stands to buy fruits and veggies. In summer, we grow some of our own things like tomatoes, squash, and peppers but the landlord won't let us do much here. This year, hopefully, we'll be able to grow a larger garden on a friend's property so can put things in the freezer and can some for winter. The other thing that kills us in winter is Les's work is more seasonal so sometimes he only works 2-3 days a week. OUCH! Summer is the time to ratnest money and food back for the leaner times.
Last edited by allie; 05-15-2007 at 01:25 PM.
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