[USER]

How much do single people spend on groceries? healthy, quick meals.

I’m trying to be more frugal but tend to spend a ton on fresh fruit and veggies that go bad as I don’t like frozen fruit or smoothies. I spend close to 400 a month just for me….

[Carol]

Better to spend $$ on healthful foods than on medical bills.

[Briaunna]

With fresh produce, especially organic, you gotta buy less and more often.

Meat will also definitely run your bill up.

[Lori]

I heard that if you put fruit in a Mason jar in the icebox, it lasts longer

[Marla]

Oh I easily spend 150 a week and I feel like I’m eating terribly. This is not including my Starbucks, DDs coffee, breakfast AND lunches out.

I feel like it’s a never-ending stream of cash and I feel like I’m eating total crap.

I never get to have a nice steak dinner or have a nice huge casserole…

I don’t know where the money goes.

[Gen]

Meal plan better. Only buy fresh produce when you have a plan for it.

[Duncan]

In Europe we tend to buy produce daily or every other day, hence the small size of our fridges, there the size of a dishwasher

[Nola]

We spend an absurd amount of money on groceries, but we have a house full of food allergies and special dietary needs.

We spend $600 to $800 a month including toiletries and cleaners ect.

[Tiffany]

It’s easier if you eat the same things for the week so it doesn’t go bad.

I’ll buy one of those tubs of spring mix and it will make 5 mason jar salads for me, so I’m eating salads for 5 days in a row.

I’ll also make a batch of soup for the week and since one batch doesn’t use all the produce I buy for that recipe, I’ll make extra and freeze.

I know you said you don’t like frozen, but soups freeze really well.

Other than that I eat a lot of oatmeal, grains, beans, lentils.

I buy a lot of bananas and if I don’t eat them all I’ll freeze them to make “ice cream “

[Debbie]

Single. . . I spend around $50/weekly on groceries. I rarely eat out. I eat fairly healthy.

[Jan]

I eat healthy as I can. Prep all my food every week. Boil eggs, cook chicken, make egg muffins, slice and clean all my veggies.

That way all my food is ready to eat whenever I want it.

I never buy coffee out because I am way too cheap to pay the price.

I spend about 100 a month but I buy dated meat, use a couple food banks and use the senior farmers market nutrition program every week for fresh veggies.

They give us 100 dollars in coupons. Love the program.

[Gloria]

A wellness class I took recommended buying a roast chicken and always keeping bagged salad in the fridge.

You can do a lot with that chicken. Add to stir fry.

Barbeque sauce. Chicken salad.

I buy a bag of frozen chicken breasts and I always have 1 thawing in the fridge.

I steam vegetables while I cook the chicken breast

[Ana]

I used to spend more .
Now I only use the apps.
& buy based on sales •••
And save a lot of money –
Once in Safeway I paid 2 dollars $
In a fourty dollar check .

[Ashley]

Meal plan an shop weekly. That way you know what you are going to eat and nothing goes bad

[Ridge]

I spend $200 a month for all food, cleaning supplies, personal care items and pet supplies.

I compare prices, buy store brands and don’t eat much meat.

[Heather]

$200/$275 per month but that takes work on my end to write out a meal plan and I order pickup via instacart so I’m not tempted to buy stuff not on my list

[Stephanie]

I’m not single but I find if I buy fruits and veggies in smaller amounts and make multiple trips a week to the store, I tend to buy less, only what’s on my list, and my produce isn’t being thrown away as often because I eat it before it goes bad.

[ReBecca]

I’m spending $100 a week at the grocery store. That includes paper products and non-food items. $30-40 a week to eat out.

I buy 10 frozen crock pot meals 3-4 times a year that cost $200. An individual meal is for 4 days lunches.

I, also, buy a meat box twice a year for $250 a box.

So altogether about $158 a week.

[Kati]

I get my 17 year old son every other week and I spend about $550 a month.

I do try to buy organic stuff for like half of my produce.

I also like to get grass fed beef, and dairy.

Not every time, but enough.

I try to eat vegetarian for half of my meals and nearly all my snacks.

[Denise]

I spend about $300 a month , sometimes less depending on what I have in the pantry.

Also like with pasta I cook 1 cup only and add frozen vegetables.

You can get quite a few meals out of one box of pasta.

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