It all started with someone else's blog - ha! - and here I must give credit to Mr. Money Mustache:
This post has inspired us to experiment with our food spending habits. Our current food spending is $800+/month (groceries and eating out). We realized, hey, that's a lot! Our challenge is simple: how little can we spend on food in the month of September??? I have already found a lot of great budget recipes online (< $2 per serving) that look (at least mostly) delicious and nutritious, despite their low costs. I've done some price comparison shopping at Costco and Aldi and the game is about to be on!
Anyone that wants to is welcome to join in our challenge whether you are able to do it in the month or September or a later month. I would love to hear your ideas on saving money on food. So far my best one is: more beans and less meat :p We are not sure exactly how we will calculate our food costs for the month yet, but likely we will do two different totals - one with all of our food bills for the month and one where we add in the costs of all the food items that we used during the month that we had already purchased in previous months (ie; olive oil, frozen items, bulk nuts...) to get the most accurate picture of our spending as possible. I will also try to break down some of my meals to find out exactly what I am spending per portion and Josh has promised me fancy excel sheets :) Mr. Money Mustache says you should be able to do $1 per meal per person, which sounds crazy to me... but I'm willing to try my darndest to get close!
I hope you can join us on this adventure in some form or fashion, whether it's sharing recipes, trying one new low budget meal, packing your lunch or cooking at home one night instead of going out!
Love, Jo
