Project: Food Budget (Wk8) Nick's Family
Veggie Meal-Maker is participating with about 30 other blogs in Project: Food Budget. Follow along as we share food goals, food budgets, and meal-planning strategies. Week 8 updates below:
GOAL: $65
ACTUAL: $62.87 Plus $5 at the Farmers Market
SIZE OF FAMILY: 3 - Nick & Shae (parents) and Paisley (14 months)
FOOD GOALS: This weeks number 1 food goal was to stay within our budget. Shae is officially a stay at home mommy (more on this here) and gets her last check the end of this month so we are down to a skinnier budget. A second necessity this week was getting food I could blend up since my mouth is healing from getting my wisdom teeth ripped out.
MENU:
Blended Smoothies, Soups & Mashed Potatoes with some pudding for dessert.
{Ingredients for My Blended Lunch}
PROUDEST SHOPPING MOMENT:
(Almost) meeting our budget! (Over by $2.87...I guess this will have to come from my allowance)
BIGGEST SPLURGE/INDULGENCE:
Dark Chocolate Pudding & Graham Cracker Crusts and a Green Smoothie at the Farmers Market...
{My Indulgent Pedal Powered Green Smoothie}
SUMMARY OF WEEK
This week was lots of getting creative with the blender...
{Yesterday's Lunch - Salsa Verde Soup}
CONCLUSION(S)
I am confident that we can make the transition to a lower food budget (From $100 per week to $65) without to much trouble. As a side note blender food would make a great diet plan. (I am really looking forward to eating SOLIDS again!)
What are some ways you trim the fat from your food spending?
Looking for some more food budget inspiration? Checkout the participating blogs below...
PARTICIPATING BLOGS
Nick Peterson
Nick is passionate about feeding his family healthy veggie food and helping others do the same. When not playing with food Nick can be found in the garden, on his mountain bike or adventuring with his family in their home, a 1966 Airstream travel trailer.
Follow the Peterson family adventures at: Livin’ Lightly Blog
Comments
That smoothie maker is
That smoothie maker is awesome. How fun! You can burn calories while making something yummy!
it actually looks like you
it actually looks like you were UNDER budget!!
tips that help me: one or two standard/easy/cheap meals on the menu (pasta, mujadara, rice and beans). if i'm splurging on an ingredient, i build the entire week around it. i also stock up when things are on sale.
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