GUESS HOW MUCH ALL THIS FOOD WAS?? (･o･)
Grocery shopping is something I try to carefully plan because if I don’t I’ll end up wasting food by not cooking it. I’ve been going into stores based on what recipes I can make, rather than buying a whole bunch of random ingredients and not knowing what to do with them.
Everything pictured above (15 items total) came up to…
🥁🥁🥁
$46!
Is that cheap or expensive for you? For me, this was pretty cheap especially considering the meatballs alone were $8 regular price. I was able to get a few staple items that I can use to make recipes all week.
this is to start prepping for school too, I refuse to spend $20 on ONE eating experience when $50 just fed me for the next week.
where do you grocery shop? do you have a game plan or do you just go when you think you’re running low on items? I’m really starting to like Aldi’s, their prices and portions are pretty reasonable. Instacart has been a complete game changer for me, I hate waiting in the lines so to be able to order it has helped me tremendously.
in unrelated news is anyone else participating in the summer diary challenge? two posts a day is gonna be a LOT but im excited and nervous for the challenge 💪🏽
Until next time:)~
Celeste🛒
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