Comments on: A Peek at Our Real Food Budget

By: kari

kari — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:17:34 +0000

Young mom, I spend $350/month on food and toiletries for five of us! My husband is in ministry and it’s all we have. We eat like Lindsay, except I have a gluten intolerance, so have to buy all the gf flours. Although, lately, we’ve been mostly grain free altogether. It’s possible..you just have to be strict with your budget. Keeper of the Home has her budget broken down, too, and I pretty much mimic her old budget of $350/month. I will add that my husband hunts and that helps with meat.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:08:02 +0000

Please view my updated food budget post here.

By: Young Mom

Young Mom — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:13:42 +0000

How in the world do you only spend $400/mo for a family of four??? My husband and I eat like you — no processed, nothing packaged, all homemade, buying bulk.. and I get a 15% discount at the organic food store I work at (which brings costs to about the equivalent for organic there that I would pay for not-organic at Safeway). We spend $450/mo… NOT including household stuff… and we eat meat less too!!! Maybe it’s the difference of being waaay rural vs. closer to major metros??? Have other readers found this???

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:36:30 +0000

Looking forward to your updated food budget! My husband and I have been trying to make a budget and are not having the easiest time. I eat mostly raw and we are all vegan so it’s tricky! I like how you buy locally though and spend the extra money up front rather than buying spontaneously at the store throughout the week.. something I need to work on;).

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:45:15 +0000

I’m working on an update to this post. We spend between $475-500 currently.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:43:59 +0000

We mainly drink water to tell you the truth. They drink a small glass of milk occasionally with breakfast.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:02:10 +0000

Hi – I am curious if your budget is still $400 per month since I noticed that this was written in 2009. I am always curious to how much people spend and if we are doing good or need to shore up something. We spend $800 per month on a family of eight and I make 98% of our food from scratch. We have eggs and next year, I will have a garden and hopefully in the next two years our fruit trees will produce lovely fruit. We even have a friend that gives us some basics (monthly) to help us. It is daunting to feed all these mouths, but God never ceases to amaze me in His provision and bless my children with good health as well!

By: kelle

kelle — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:57:22 +0000

What do your kids drink during the day and with meals? We are going through an absurd amount of raw milk in a week. My daughter isn’t very fond of milk and was curious what you give your children to drink. Also, can you explain how you use the powder goat milk for your baby? I have a baby and would like to maybe include this for her. thanks!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:33:30 +0000

I’m curious, too, with all the price increases the past few years. We’ve held relatively steady on our budget but are getting ready to raise it substantially.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:35:58 +0000

Oh man!!! I didn’t even think about that I’m going to blame it on being almost 40 weeks pregnant!! Thanks!