How to Feed Your Family For $100 a Month

Feeding my family this week was a walk in the park.  Why?  Because most of our meals were created with items from our stockpile rather than new items I picked up at the grocery store.  Couponing is weird.  It goes in spurts.  One week I’ll be able pick up a years supply of razors and the next week I’ll bring home bags of free rice.  There is no rhyme or reason to it. Each week is just different.

When you break it down… There are 52 weeks in a year, and if I can pick up a one year supply of something different each week, it makes filling my pantry for as little out of pocket as possible, much more attainable.  I guess the old saying “Slow and steady wins the race” is true.

Here is what I purchased this week:

Albertsons: $.37 {I used my $5 off coupon I received last week}.

Albertsons:  $11.16

Canned corn and black beans were on sale for $.39 a can {free is best, but $.39 isn’t a bad deal either}.  I also had a coupon for a free gallon of milk when you buy any 3 breakfast items.  Yogurt is breakfast food right?  So I paid $1.80 {$.60 each} for yogurt and scored free milk. Mooo.

Albertsons: FREE

Using double coupons yesterday at Albertsons I was able to score 12 jars of pickles and 48 packs of gum for FREE.  Saweeet!  I should have been able to pick up a boatload of free soup this time around as well, but a few weeks ago I brought a bunch of old {October 2011}  coupon inserts to the recycle bin and unknowingly threw away the much needed $1.00 off Bear Creek Soup mix coupon.  I felt like an idiot.  I guess next time I’ll take an extra 10 minutes to check all the inserts before tossing them.

Oh well, I suppose we didn’t need any of that processed dry soup mix anyway… Homemade is best right?

Total Spent This Week $11.53
Total Spent This Year $206.66
Total Spent This Year on Garden Seeds/Supplies $139.29

How did YOU do this week?  Did you buy anything exciting?  Were you tempted to buy Easter candy? I was.