PerspectivistHow much do you pay for food each month?
I’ve now averaged 276€($327)/month as a single. Before it was 624€($740)/month. Northern Europe.
Currently it’s about 160€ per month. One person in Germany. Potatoes and air fryers are a godsend
Potatoes and air fryers are a godsend
I could live off french fries and chicken wings for the rest of my life and convince myself it’s healthy because I cook them without fat.
Air fryers are the heckin’ best. I don’t even notice a huge difference in how my tater tots taste.
Little8Lostcurrently i dont have to worry so its up to ~300€ (including takeouts)
But its probably more like 150€-200€ (including takeouts)
in case i worry i can probably get to 60€-80€ by mainly eating noodles or something (no takeouts)
That said: i share my finances so this is mainly just guessing how much i need
Also i get free food at work currently and dont have an expensive taste
About €350 per month for two people. This is in Germany, where food is relatively affordable compared to other high-income European countries.
Well, the difference is not that big. Actually, I’d probably save money in the Netherlands since I spend about €100 per month buying lunches at work and I’d probably take my lunch from home if I’d live there again.
We are at about $800 monthly for 5 and snacks for the 5 babies that my wife watches. I’m not including eating out because that’s about $300 for Friday date nights with the wife, special treats, and occasional eating out on the road.
Cooking and packing these days extra meals would only change the grocery bill by about $30-50…
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TrackinDaKraken$320USD/mo. for healthy, organic food for one person. It could be less, maybe 75% of that. I’ve been considering making changes, but I like what I like.
I’m going grocery shopping today, in a couple of hours, as it happens. I shop once per week.
straycatstrutIt’s about the cheese - for example Boar’s Head is $12/lb (baby swiss) to $14/lb (imported Swiss or Grueyere) and that’s worth eating ramen to subsidize. :) We can’t be eating any of that basic cheese oh no no no…
I can’t believe that anyone would be buying Boar’s Head products after reading about their systemically filthy processing plants arstechnica.com/…/repeat-creepy-meat-problems-at-…
BH cheeses != meats. They don’t own the cheese factories, they partner with established cheesemakers in a partner network.[1] (no comment on meats, I don’t eat them)
[1] one of them was in the news recently for a recall so it’s not all roses in the cheese world either :(
Around £100.
The small print: That includes delivery charges and all other household and hygiene supplies that can be bought at a UK supermarket.
usually about $550/month including coffee and soda. I’m one person. I have tried to set a budget but I am really not good at it. I also don’t really believe in the idea of eating less healthy to save money. It seems short-sighted.
$35 ~ $75. I shop reasonably for one person and that person is me. I don't understand why people spend so big when they're the only ones living at home.
Is that per month or per week? Unless you work in a restaurant, have your own (large-ish) garden, or have chickens or something, I'm not sure how anyone in the West lives on $35 a month without living on ramen, rice and beans.
SethranKadaPer day? Thats reasonable I guess. If that’s per week im questioning where you live for it to be so cheap.
No, not per day, that's costly for me. Not per week either. I just know what I cut out that simplifies my shopping.
I don't go and buy snacks, for example. Do I really need fruit juice? No I don't, because that shit is unhealthy for you. Do I really need crackers? No. Do I really need to buy tons of frozen processed foods? No, but it is moderate.
Plus the real thing is, is that I do make meals from pasta dishes. I make that last.
Wait - that’s a monthly cost? Are you in the US? $35/month is definitely not possible in any US state unless you’re supplementing with another food source. Even if all you eat is a box of pasta and can of sauce a day I’d be shocked if you could stay at $35 and definitely that’s nutritionally questionable.
KristellProbably around $200-250 depending on the month. I spend $20-40 per grocery run, and shop twice a week most weeks. It was higher when I first moved because I was buying the bulk staples that I just keep stocked (rice, vanilla, salt, etc, gave all of it to my old room mate when we moved), but it’s gone down since. I think I spent about $400 the first month, $300 the second, and it’s probably gonna go down again in the next couple months.
I used to spend $80/mo, but that’s when eggs were $1.29 for 18, spam was $2 a can, and milk was $1.50/gallon.
sigh That wasn’t even “Back in my day” that was like 6 years ago. Fuck these prices.
LemmyoutofhereWife and I try to keep it under $1000/month.
SqueakySpiderThat matches my experience
5 person household, all adults now, mostly physically active. Probably 4k a month all-in.
That includes some booze, not much eating out and is paid by all of us so average 800 / month per person, but not evenly spread, kids are more frugal and do meal prep for lunches and husband and I spend more, and feed all of us once a day at least. Not much junk food, buy ingredients not premade things and I do have a garden.
Woah. That’s over double my total monthly living expenses.
Yeah it’s crazy, when I was a teenager we had the lowest cost grocery markets in the US, corn was often 5 cents an ear on sale, maybe 20 cents regular price, watermelon you could buy on the roadside for $1, those are about 1.50 and 7.00 now and that’s pretty representative of the overall increase.
I’m counting everything that is consumed here, by humans (so including entertaining but not pets). Our total housing cost with electricity & insurance and taxes is really high here too (and is another thing that used to be cheap) , but again that housing is holding 5 people right now.
Single person and I do almost all of my own cooking. I average $500 - $600 a month.
Jeez, are groceries really that expensive in the US? For me in germany I can get groceries for 2-3 month with this money.
They are. Luckily I cook nearly all of my own meals, or the bills would be way, way worse.
My grocery bill is well more than double what it was before 2020. Both ruling parties here refuse to address the corporate greed in any meaningful way, so each individual has to make the best choices they can for themselves.
They are very high yes, partly because they have climbed 25~50% in recent years. I cook most of our food for 3.5 people, shopping at the least expensive store in the area, making a wide range of things but mostly mid to lower cost ingredients. Eat out about once a week, never high priced places. Typically spend around 800/mo.
wjs018This isn’t that far away from mine for two people: ~$600-$700 per month in a HCOL area and doing most of the cooking myself as well. I have found that sizing up a recipe for more people is only a marginal increase in cost. So, cooking for two is not just double that of cooking for one, but less.
Oh yeah. I made a YT video recently about money-saving tips, and one of the things I do is look at restaurants that have family-sized meals that they offer to-go. This works really well for pasta and rice, but I can get six meals for the cost of a few dollars each, package up five of them, and then I have five really yummy lunches for my in office days when I go in.
Left to my own devices it’d be about $100/month.
Rice, beans, pasta, peanut butter, oatmeal, and then whatever fruit and vegetables are cheap.
With the social life included, there’s more expenses. Did dinner out last week for $60 (a nice local Thai place). Ordered a pizza with a friend who was feeling down and watched Star Trek together for like $30.
Other non-rice meals with my partner can also be more expensive. We air-fried up some potatoes and vegan “meat” last night and it was good.
There’s an app called “too good to go” that lets you get cheap food near the end of day. It’s stuff the restaurant or grocery was going to have to throw out. Sometimes you get like four slices of pizza for $4, or a platter of Korean food for $6. Seems good and not enshittified yet.
Where is your protein? Peanut butter and beans are mediocre to okay for protein.
I’ve been feeling okay on the beans, peanut butter, and sometimes peas.
If you have cheap vegetarian options I’m open to recommendations
Lentils are a complete protein, along with quinoa (one can be allergic to the coating on raw quinoa, wash thoroughly and test your compatibility carefully. I’m allergic.). Pea protein is great, my fave fake meat is pea protein based rather than soy. Rice balances out beans (black beans if possible) to make a complete protein, it’s no accident that combo is standard in many latino dishes. Obviously tofu, it’s just more work to prepare especially if it’s only 1 or 2 ppl.
Slow cookers are great, most veggie dishes are ~4 hrs since no need for meat safety, you can make a billion things and Tupperware it for 6-8 meals. Celery works great as a natural salt, stands the heat and gives a dish some character (mince it). Half a jalapeno minced up brings nice fire to veggie dishes, goes well with chopped green onions which is also friendly to many dishes.
Got you.
Protein per 100 kcals , v egetarian Sources, food, Protein-
Seitan (wheat protein) 20–24 g Tempeh 17–19 g Tofu (firm) 11–13 g Lentils (cooked) 8–9 g Black beans / chickpeas (cooked) 6–7 g Edamame 10–11 g Greek yogurt, nonfat 15–17 g Cottage cheese, low-fat 12–14 g Quinoa (cooked) 3–4 g Peanuts / peanut butter 3–4 g Almonds 3–4 g
TF would you have them eating for protein? Hummus? Gruel? Peanut butter and beans are some of the best proteins on earth pound for pound.
I think plant proteins are lacking in something. I’m sympathetic to vegitarianism, but their brains shrink like 7% or something after a number of years it’s been reported.
I’m gonna need to see some sources on that one. I seriously doubt that any credible studies have shown anything of the sort.
I’ll save the nonsense response you would’ve gotten from the person who says “something like 7%” without a source.
The credible studies say that simply cutting meat can cause some deficiencies like iron and b12 that you have to be mindful of. If not, there are negative reproductions on things like cognitive ability.
People who can’t fathom vegetarianism read that and think “vegetarians brains shrink” instead of “vegetarians know this and adjust their diet to maximize the missing stuff (or take supplements)”
Thanks. I’m not a vegetarian or vegan, but I know a lot of them and that didn’t sound right at all.
It was reported in the newspapers maybe 15 years back. Believe the study, or no, I don’t give a fuck.
Someone else already clarified what you are misremembering. You are spreading misinformation.
Tf is that you wrong, here numbers:
Protein per 100 kcals of Food & Protein-
White fish / tuna 23–34 g Protein powder 13–20 g Chicken breast 14–15 g 90/10 ground beef 8–9 g Peanut butter 3–4 g
Would you share some of the dishes you’re doing? Spending less on groceries would be nice.
I live in Denver and Too Good To Go just has donuts, donuts, donuts. Actually there are a handful of restaurants on it, but the app doesn’t accommodate dietary restrictions at all which is why I’ve never tried to get actual food through it. But yeah, dirt cheap piles of donuts anytime I want them.
I pretty much only eat cereal for breakfast, a small frozen meal and fruit cup for lunch, and only rarely eat dinner so I think I spend around $100 a month on food.
eezeebeeFamily of 3 here, and we spend on average £544 a month