So ok, I'm posting to start my family's attempt to live on a food budget of $35/person per week, which for our family is $140/week for groceries. And I'm baring my soul, er, fridge for all to see...
In the fridge at the moment we have the following items (I will find out the prices for each and add them to this post so that I can add them to my first budget amount):
2x 500 ml (home canned) fruit cocktail (one in front is half full)
leftover turkey, about 3 lbs
500 ml plain (home made) yogurt
250 grams cream cheese
1 L (home canned) peaches
500 ml home made turkey stock
2 gallons of milk (1 is two thirds full)
2 L organic apple cider
1 lb carrots
1 apple
leftover turkey gravy (2 cups)
leftover home made baked beans (1 cup)
leftover home made borscht soup (1 cup)
8 free range eggs
leftover mixed vegetables (1 cup)
1/3 small can of Wellness brand canned cat food (beef & chicken)
500 ml organic sour cream (half full)
half a cauliflower, half an iceburg lettuce (we don't usually buy this, but my parents were here over the weekend and they like it), and 6 parsnips.
We also have:
small jar of Victorian Epicure "Cheese, Chives, & Bacon Dip Mix" (half full)
450 grams of mozzarella
2 small jars yeast
250 ml jar of home made mango chutney (half full)
2 kinds of mustard (Kuhne 250 ml and French's 500 ml)
Litehouse coleslaw dressing (half full)
home made pickle relish
home made strawberry jam (almost empty)
500 ml Natur brand natural peanut butter (nearly full)
home made marmalade (almost empty)
890 ml Hellman's mayonaise
squirt bottle for French's mustard
500 ml home canned pickled beets
1 L home canned dill pickles
1 L Bubbies saurkraut
bit of home made vinaigrette salad dressing
354 ml Ginger Teriyaki Sauce
2x 1 L apple cider vinegar (one is half full, we have two because hubs didn't know we had any)
1 L Yu brand organic brown rice milk
the dregs of 3 bottles of wine, used for cooking
500 ml white wine vinegar (half full)
1 L maple syrup (half full)
946 ml lemon juice
450 ml soya sauce (half full)
575 ml ketchup
In the fridge at the moment we have the following items (I will find out the prices for each and add them to this post so that I can add them to my first budget amount):
2x 500 ml (home canned) fruit cocktail (one in front is half full)
leftover turkey, about 3 lbs
500 ml plain (home made) yogurt
250 grams cream cheese
1 L (home canned) peaches
500 ml home made turkey stock
2 gallons of milk (1 is two thirds full)
2 L organic apple cider
1 lb carrots
1 apple
leftover turkey gravy (2 cups)
leftover home made baked beans (1 cup)
leftover home made borscht soup (1 cup)
8 free range eggs
leftover mixed vegetables (1 cup)
1/3 small can of Wellness brand canned cat food (beef & chicken)
500 ml organic sour cream (half full)
half a cauliflower, half an iceburg lettuce (we don't usually buy this, but my parents were here over the weekend and they like it), and 6 parsnips.
We also have:
small jar of Victorian Epicure "Cheese, Chives, & Bacon Dip Mix" (half full)
450 grams of mozzarella
2 small jars yeast
250 ml jar of home made mango chutney (half full)
2 kinds of mustard (Kuhne 250 ml and French's 500 ml)
Litehouse coleslaw dressing (half full)
home made pickle relish
home made strawberry jam (almost empty)
500 ml Natur brand natural peanut butter (nearly full)
home made marmalade (almost empty)
890 ml Hellman's mayonaise
squirt bottle for French's mustard
500 ml home canned pickled beets
1 L home canned dill pickles
1 L Bubbies saurkraut
bit of home made vinaigrette salad dressing
354 ml Ginger Teriyaki Sauce
2x 1 L apple cider vinegar (one is half full, we have two because hubs didn't know we had any)
1 L Yu brand organic brown rice milk
the dregs of 3 bottles of wine, used for cooking
500 ml white wine vinegar (half full)
1 L maple syrup (half full)
946 ml lemon juice
450 ml soya sauce (half full)
575 ml ketchup
