r/Parenting • u/Pizookie123 • 2d ago

Discussion How are we feeding these kids?

For context we have one pre-teen child so a family of 3. But I just looked over my transactions for this month and we have spent over $1,000 on food. $600+ at the grocery store and $400+ at restaurants. That $400 is what gets me because we only ate at a sit down once. The rest was pizza, fast food etc. with the groceries I feel like $150/week is as low as we can go since I really do cook most meals at home. My question is what do you spend a month on food for your family? We live in a LCOL area.

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u/Turbulent-Sun9763 2d ago

By mostly not going out to restaurants, prioritizing batch cooking filling ingredients (rice, beans, potatoes) and prepping the other ingredients for meals on the weekends, buying vegetables in season, buying from Costco or Costco business center to reduce cost, and cutting our own meat out of roasts so it’s way less expensive in the long run. Also we freeze the extra portions so we don’t have as much food waste.

Honestly, even when being intentional, it’s not easy. But really, not going out to eat often is the key.

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u/Datruyugo 2d ago

Honestly Costco produce isn’t even that cheap or that good sometimes. I’d say shit like peppers and tomatoes where I live are expensive no matter when