Just fed my family for a whole month on $150

I kept all my grocery receipts from March and added them up yesterday, and I was shocked to see the total. I spent exactly $152.37 by sticking to cheap stuff like dried beans, big bags of rice, and frozen veggies. I planned all our meals around sales and used a lot of spices to keep things from getting boring. Has anyone else managed to hit a budget goal that low, and what was your main cheap meal?

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grant7281mo ago

Rice and beans, man. The ultimate cheap meal.

nina_clark1mo ago

Yeah, that's seriously impressive. I read a blog post once where someone did a similar challenge and their big tip was to treat spices like an investment, just like you said. It makes those basic beans and rice meals @grant728 mentioned feel totally different every time. My go-to cheap dinner is a huge pot of lentil soup with whatever veggies are on sale, it stretches for days. Getting the total that low for a whole family takes real planning, so major respect for that.