Healthy grocery budget for 5? (organic, fresh, no processed, grass-fed beef, etc.)

[NemoMOm]

I get coupons from whole foods, in store and online. I shop their sales. Super Target has a lot of organic products and I pick up a lot there using the 5% debit card & stacking with the 5% off pharmacy rewards when possible. I often get register coupons for $1.50 off produce at Target. I also save $ my joining a local food co-op, it is a good deal on meat and they deliver to my work at no cost if I spend $75.

Thank you! Meat is soo expensive for grass fed. I have to find some place cheaper.

Also, my boys are in school and giving them organic snacks to bottomless pits really adds to my bill.

 

[beedale862003]

I feed my family 90% organic on a TINY budget. Main things eggs, super cheap at around .35 an egg for our organic ones. I fry them or boil for breakfast, make egg salad for lunch, and waffles or pancakes for dinner. We make our own bread, all of it for toast, sandwiches, english muffins, tortillas, buns, ciabatta, everything. Meat is more of a side item than it use to be, not the star of the dish. As others mentioned I stretch chicken, etc over 2-3 meals and always buy on sale. We eat a lot of beans, participate in a local CSA, buy in season. This summer I picked enough blueberries for the entire year for free from a friend (otherwise I would have bought while on sale & frozen), also freeze mark down bananas, other fruits/veggies, very little processed foods, I do buy Gorilla Munch cereal 1 box a month approx. Very little juice, only when on sale. The only items I buy without a sale are dairy, org milk, yogurt, and cheese for the most part. I stock up on pasta when on sale & make pasta salad, pesto, tomato sauce, olive oil based sauces with herbs & wine, etc. Soups as others said are good money savers. Peanut butter crackers, sandwiches.