This is a pretty interesting exercise, figuring out how much your meals cost you each week. Everything my husband and I consumed last week, not factoring in the cost of spices and seasonings and the electricity used to run the stove, cost us $32.79. That's not bad for two people, three meals a day (plus snacks), for a week. Almost everything was purchased in bulk.
Green tea: free at work
Consumed outside of work: 5 bags. 160 bags at $7.34 = 5 cents each, so 25 cents total
Breakfast for the week: $3.31, or around 38 cents per breakfast
1.5 cups steel-cut oatmeal, 60 cents
1/2 cup heavy cream, $3.47 for 2 pints so ½ cup = approximately 43 cents
2 cups white peaches, free (scavenged from work)
2 cups strawberries, free (also scavenged)
1/3 bag dried berries, $6.84 / 3 = $2.28
Monday lunch: (which I’m not calculating, as this Sunday’s leftover will stretch to the following Monday’s lunch)
Him: leftover vegetable soup
Me: leftover zucchini cakes from Sunday’s dinner
Monday dinner: refried bean enchiladas. $5.48 for 12, or 45 cents each; 2 per serving so each serving .90
3 cans refried beans at 81 cents each plus lots of hot sauce
1 can tomato sauce at 91 cents, heavily seasoned
12 flour tortillas; $3.98 for 100 so 12 = 4 cents each
¼ block of pepper jack cheese at $6.64; $1.66
Tuesday lunch:
Him: 2 leftover enchiladas
Me: leftover zucchini cakes from Sunday’s dinner (also not counting)
Tuesday dinner:
Leftover enchiladas all around
Wednesday lunch:
Him: 2 leftover enchiladas
Me: 2 bagels with cream cheese (free, scavenged from work)
Wednesday dinner:
Corn and black bean pizza with pepper jack cheese, $1.92 total for four servings or 48 cents per serving
Pizza crust: 2 cups whole wheat flour, 1 cup bread flour, yeast = 50 cents total
4 cups of flour per pound, $3.95 for five pounds of whole wheat flour = 20 cents per cup = 40 cents
1 cup bread flour = $5.99 for 25 pounds = 6 cents
Yeast = $4.28 for 2 16-oz bags = literally maybe 2 cents worth
Black beans: purchased dried, in bulk. 2 cups worth = 40 cents?
Frozen corn: $4.48 for 5 lbs, 2 cups worth = 30 cents?
Barbecue sauce: made myself
1 cup mozzarella: $4.38 for 2 lbs, shredded it myself, 37 cents
1 cup pepper jack: $10.44 for 5 lbs, 35 cents
Thursday lunch: leftover pizza
Thursday dinner: Corn, potato and spinach chowder = $3.89 total for six servings at 65 cents per serving
Frozen corn: $4.48 for 5 lbs, slightly less than 1 lb = 80 cents
5 red potatoes: $4.98 for 10 lbs, maybe 1 ½ lbs = 75 cents
1 box frozen spinach: 99 cents
Vegetable broth: free (made it myself)
1 onion: $5.24 for 10 lbs = 30 cents
½ head of celery: $1.97 for three bunches = 30 cents
1 cup cream = $3.47 for 1 quart = 75 cents
Friday lunch: leftover soup
Friday dinner: cheese, salami and crackers (What? You don’t have cheese for dinner?) = $4.76
Block of Manchego = $10.08, ¼ of that = $2.50
Salami = $7.88, perhaps 1/5 of that, = $1.58
Crackers = $6.88 for five boxes, 1 sleeve = 68 cents
Saturday lunch: Penne with marinara = $8.27 = at least 8 servings for a little over $1 each
2 bags of penne at $1 each = $2
1 102-oz can of whole tomatoes, $3.08
1 onion = 30 cents
½ head of garlic = 2 lbs for $2.98 = 10 cents
1 cup wine = $8 for the bottle so maybe $1
1 can anchovies = $1.79
Saturday dinner: leftover penne
Sunday lunch: leftover soup
Sunday dinner:
Feta, spinach and bacon pizza = $4.91 total for four servings or $1.23 per serving
Pizza crust: 4 cups bread flour, yeast = 25 cents total
1 cup bread flour = $5.99 for 25 pounds = 6 cents
Yeast = $4.28 for 2 16-oz bags = literally maybe 2 cents worth
1 box frozen spinach = 99 cents
Bacon = 4 lbs for $12.88, ½ lb = $1.61
Feta = 1/3 lb of feta at 2 lbs for $8.31 = $1.39
1 onion = 30 cents
1 cup mozzarella: $4.38 for 2 lbs, shredded it myself, 37 cents
Other:
1 pan peanut butter fudge = $2.06
1 cup peanut butter = $7.88 for 2 40-oz jars = 50 cents
1 cup cocoa = 6.17 for 23 oz = 50 cents
1/6 bag of confectionary sugar = 3.22 for 4 lbs = 54 cents
1 stick of butter = $8.26 for 4 lbs = 52 cents
2 handfuls pecans as snacks = maybe ½ cup total = $1.43
$11.43 for 2 lbs
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