Dr. Hax on Nostr: Yes, but not this time of year! 🤣 We've been sticking to this budget for the past ...
Yes, but not this time of year! 🤣 We've been sticking to this budget for the past 3 months.
NGL, it was hard the first month. We ran out of money like 20 days into the month, but we picked out a bunch of pantry recipies to get us to the end of the month.
Since then, we've been able to just barely make it to the end of each month. A huge part of it is recipe selection. We eat a fair amount of granola, soup, chili, dal, chana masala, hummus, and so many mexican bowls.
The other thing that makes this budget possible is only buying things when they are on sale or you need them for a recipe you're making. And stocking up during sales for things that are shelf stable or freeze well.
There are also some tricks like: "bake your own bread", "make your own granola", and "buy a block of cheese and slice it into cheese sticks instead of buying cheese sticks".
The bread & granola is better than even the best stuff at the store and cheaper than the cheapest stuff at the store. It's pretty great.
We hope that in the summer, when we have the garden going, we will be able to build up our reserves (both in terms of ingredients and money). That'll let us really double down on big sales.
NGL, it was hard the first month. We ran out of money like 20 days into the month, but we picked out a bunch of pantry recipies to get us to the end of the month.
Since then, we've been able to just barely make it to the end of each month. A huge part of it is recipe selection. We eat a fair amount of granola, soup, chili, dal, chana masala, hummus, and so many mexican bowls.
The other thing that makes this budget possible is only buying things when they are on sale or you need them for a recipe you're making. And stocking up during sales for things that are shelf stable or freeze well.
There are also some tricks like: "bake your own bread", "make your own granola", and "buy a block of cheese and slice it into cheese sticks instead of buying cheese sticks".
The bread & granola is better than even the best stuff at the store and cheaper than the cheapest stuff at the store. It's pretty great.
We hope that in the summer, when we have the garden going, we will be able to build up our reserves (both in terms of ingredients and money). That'll let us really double down on big sales.