The Grocery Woes

Mr. is riding me again on the grocery bill and it kinda makes me want to beat him with a baguette.  Not because he’s worried about the bills, but because it’s partly Mr. Dedicated Carnivore’s fault that the bill is so high.

Yours truly would happily go vegitarian three or four nights a week, which would put a nice big dent (~$40) in the budget right there.  Mr. actually whines when I suggest we cut out the meat at every meal and his list of ‘foods I will never, ever eat’ includes everything from tofu to quinoa. One of these days I will snap and blugeon him to death with a pork loin.

Then he gets started on how his budget during college/bachelorhood was so low (he ate pretty much nothing except chicken parm and broccolli) and how we don’t need the sauces and spices. Apparently the concepts of ‘balanced and varied diet’ and ‘no ones wants to eat food that tastes like cardboard’ are totally lost on him. And don’t get me started on the complete lack of knowledge on the subject of ‘portion sizes’. There is no reason to eat almost 3 cups of rice at dinner if you’ve been eating 5 meals throughout the day.

I think I’ve been doing rather well with the grocery budget. I’ve brought it down to under $500 ($400 is my goal and I think I’ll be stocked up enough to hit it next month), which is about $40 a week per person. Our housemate also pays for his share of the food.

That’s not the tightest budget that was ever created, but it’s what keeps everyone happy. I get my seasonings, the carnivore gets his meat and our housemate doesn’t have to cook for himself.

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