Eating Healthy Gluten Free Dairy Free Food on a Budget {Week 6 of 52}

As I said last week, Bookworm is now in charge of buying his own groceries (with our money), and making his own food. He’s loving it and learning a lot along the way. However, I’m still learning to adjust. Bookworm is the largest eater in the house, so now that he’s not eating the meals I prepare, I find that we have more leftovers. Also, I’m still shopping the same way, so I overspent this week. Maybe next week I’ll be able to successfully shop for four! Here’s how we are eating healthy gluten free dairy free food on a budget this week.

Here’s what I bought the week of 12/1 – 12/7:

Natural Grocer’s, Big Lots & Sprout’s – $36.96

Organic potatoes were on sale 5 lbs. for $1.99, which is the lowest price I ever see. I bought a few bags, and I’ll use them to put some of our homemade French fries in the freezer.

Costco, Trader Joe’s, Natural Grocers & Sprout’s – $121.73

This shopping trip was so big, I had to take two pictures!

We got a lot of fresh fruits and veggies, and some Daiya cheese and Nut Thins that were on sale.

We also bought some large bags of frozen veggies at Costco. I think we’ll be taking a pantry challenge next week since I went over budget this week!

Bookworm’s Groceries – $45

Here’s what our son bought this week:

Fry’s – $21

He bought Pollock, BOGO for $3.99. And he also took advantage of a buy 5 save $5 sale when buying the frozen veggies and salad dressing.

Sprout’s – $24

Sprout’s was having 25% off their bulk bins sale, so he stocked up on a lot of bulk items. He also bought some almonds for $3.99 a pound. He also found 3 pounds of ribs marked down to $6, so he got those.

Week 6 Totals

FYI, I’m going to stop separating out my grocery purchases by stock up, weekly groceries, and meat purchases. It got to complicated. So, as I said in my original post about how we plan to save money on groceries, the goal is to spend $200 or less per week on average.

Week 6 Total: $203.69