I set my monthly grocery budget at $100.00 per month, I normally spend twice that if not more.
I know I will have to cut out soda and I'm thinking that will count for alot of other things too. I have a bread machine which I use for tortilla dough and I have made yeast roll dough and cooked the bread in the oven of my camper/trailer. Sometimes it comes out pretty good and sometimes not. It's probably something I'm doing, I never was good at baking, especially bread. Even in my bread machine the bread doesn't come out quite right. I'm hoping that I can start making my own again and I'd be interested in any recipes that have been successful for any of you SA members.
I do have a SO that eats over so this challenge will be....challenging! Hope he won't mind lots of beans this year! j/k I think I can find low cost and interesting meals, we'll see!
New Grocery Challenge/No Convenience Foods
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I don't know where you live, but $200/month for eating by my measure is already terrific.
And Happy New Year!
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I'm doing one, too. It's just me, one cat, and an occasional dinner guest but I overspend on groceries. Consistently. I have some dietary issues that make eating the cheap low carb foods like beans, rice, and pasta, almost impossible. I can eat those things but not often and only in very small quantities so I eat a lot of meats and low carb vegetables. This makes eating on the cheap a little tougher but I know I can do better!
CCraw, here's my favorite dinner roll recipe:
http://www.grouprecipes.com/50840/awesome-dinner-rolls-in-the-abm.html
It's delicious and works for me every time. Maybe it will work for you, also!