How To Spend $30/Week On Groceries / How To Live On One Income

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Not enough Lindsey...! She's a wonderful listener!

Okay, I think its so cool that a lot of Christian youtubers are getting together and collaborating. I am a big fan of Sounds Like Reign, Living on A Dime, and James and Lea D. God bless you all!

Lindsey is so sweet. She is a great listener! She is so humble and gentle.

I love seeing smart women teaching others how to survive frugally. For quite sometime, we as a society have lost the knowledge of basics. It’s so awesome to see these fundamentals being taught again. I just want to ask that you ladies incorporate other items in your budget as well...or, better still educate others on ways to get around that. For me personally, my totally budget for the week is $50...max. That includes food (I eat a plant based diet due to health reasons, but on the very cheap), dog food and toiletries. My food itself is $30 or less, the remainder is for dog food ($15–which could be cheaper if needed), toilet paper (cheapest I can get) and paper towels (which lasts me months). I do not waste ANYTHING. If I can find second uses for things I do. There are tips that could be used to cut down on usage, which will always save you money in the long run. For example: I do not use plastic wrap. The dollar store has plastic disposable shower caps that are clear. This works great and can be used more than once on plates and big bowls. Only smaller items would I use plastic wrap, but prefer containers. Second I do not use paper towels to clean, or wipe up messes. I use a rag or sponge. That helps stretch out paper towels. I do not use paper napkins, I use cloth. You can find fabric anywhere, including Walmart. Or recycle old clothes, and make your own. Once you are done, throw them in the wash. Those are just a couple things I do.

I have found that I can get the feeling of having meat without cooking any. I save the fat from beef or pork, sometimes chicken. I will dice up potatoes, onions, carrots, etc. and will put a spoonful of fat into the mixture when I am cooking it. I will add just a little water if needed. The beef or pork flavor gets all through the meal, and it tastes great. This works very well with leftover bacon fat or sausage fat. I also use real butter for the same purpose. Sometimes, like last night, I took three spoonfuls of canned corned beef and tossed it in with brussels sprouts and potatoes for a version of corned beef and cabbage. We don't need big chunks of meat to get the flavor.

I haven't been to the bathroom alone in 36 years! I have 4 dogs and they all go with me! Lol

I'm a vegan, making the switch from meat to veggies has saved us money, my veggies are a mixed of frozen & fresh, we are in California so we normally spend about $40-60 once a week for 2 ppl. That includes all our meals each day, my husband eats 3 meals a day, I eat 2 plus s few snacks. When I did eat meat, I only ate chicken, turkey & fish, I would buy the cheapest chicken and boil it debone it, put it into our food processor & make ground meat, I would use that for meatloaf, spaghetti or anything else that needed ground meat.

Great suggestions! It's not only what you buy, but what you cook that's the key to saving money. I spend $30 a month per person and cook everything from scratch. I do mean everything. I just made catsup yesterday from a 10 cent can of organic tomato paste we bought at a discount/warehouse store. I served it with baked veggie crisps and veggie patties. Dinner tonight was split pea soup made with veggie broth that I made from veggie scraps I save in the freezer, along with cornbread, and small amount of salmon salad. I buy Alaska wild-caught salmon in a can at Aldi for $1.95 a can and make the "salad" without mayo--just some olive oil and apple cider vinegar. It helps to have a garden, grow herbs indoors, know how to extend vegetables by growing carrot greens from the tops (as a for instance), and even do a bit of wild edible foraging if you know your area. I might put $10 towards veggies I can't grow each month, and $20 towards bulk items which lowers the overall costs.

I spend $15 a week on my family of 3 . I don't do discount stores but my father and husband hunt so that's where most our meet comes from and it's free I love fishing so we also get fish I doubt ground beef that I can coupon for $.50 a pound I make everything from scratch literally everything even yoghurt butter etc. I also grow corn, okra, cucumber, watermelon and all the herbs I use besides salt and pepper . I recently started growing potatoes and onions as well I'd like to bring my grocery budget down more but I like to buy my eggs and milk from farmers so it's already at $6 a week for those 2 items . I don't make my own laundry detergent cause I can typically coupon gain or tide down to $1 for 20 pods or $1.50 for the gallon jugs which I stock up on . I also don't make toothpaste I do coupon this cause my husband will not use crest I didn't pay for the last 3 toothpaste bottles with coupons .... I suggest making time for coupons even if only for toiletry items . We don't sacrifice quality for price it's well worth it.

Does any of you have a stock-up section of your budget? What I mean is to save a certain amount for when you see an excellent deal on the products you typically purchase and stock up right there and then! Sometimes a deal pops up suddenly, and if we have an extra amount in our budget, we can buy those items right away before the deals disappear​.

Thank you Ladies :) Tawra, I'm amazed by your energy through all this travelling and filming, you must be getting tired and maybe looking forward to getting home for some down time.

This collab was fun to watch! I like all 3 of your channels, so it was fun to see the three of you work together

I appreciate you ladies giving a lesson on being Thankful! It is so important!! I was raised in a third world country so i know first hand about doing without so being Thankful is a priority to me!!

I love this series.  Thank you for this video.  3 great ladies who know how to cook for their family and stay healthy and frugal!  I look for sales and stock up.  Chicken is super cheap here lately so I buy extra.  I found 3 lbs of Gr. Chuck for $3.00!  And I have a garden with tomatoes and peppers so I don't buy them.  I have a bunch frozen too for sauces or whatever.  Thanks for the video!

Hey Tawra! It was great to work on this collab with you. Here's the direct link to our video again - https://youtu.be/79iPGuXQM8A Hope folks will hop over and enjoy our music!

If I have leftover bread or extra bread I stick it in the freezer and just toast it when I need it! I also keep my bread in the fridge when I first buy it... It makes the bread stay longer. You can't keep it forever but it'll be way longer than if you leave it on the counter!

OMG!  I watch all three of you and you're all on the vlog together.  This is brilliant.

Great tips! We waste so much due to poor planning

Thank you all so much.  I loved all three videos.