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    i just realized that i spend about $1000 on food every month..

    this doesn't include actually buying food at the super market..

    just food for work, and going out...star bucks, etc etc


    i really need to learn how to cook because i could use that $1000 for other crap !

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    If you can read, you can cook. There is a cookbook for absolutely EVERYTHING nowadays and they're cheap. Just follow cookbook recipes for awhile until you learn the basic principles, and then you can start experimenting if you like... but I can't stand when people say they "can't cook" because anyone who can read can cook!

    I don't buy food at work. I usually bring a sandwich and a piece of fruit or some dinner leftovers.

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    I've just recently started making breakfast (oatmeal w/ fresh strawberries thrown in, cheese toast, and coffee) and it is so good......and what's more, probably ab the same cost per week as going to Starbucks one morning!

    Yekhefah is correct-cooking is do-able if you have a little patience and a recipe to follow. Here's a little tip though: Bring the recipe to the grocery store with you to ensure that you have all of the necessary ingredients....there's nothing worse than realizing you're missing some mid-way through the cooking process!

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    holy crap $1000 NOT including the super market. I spend about 250 a month on all my food. I usually just bring an apple or fiber bar to work. You can also look up recipes online.

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    That's an awful lot, even when I go out to eat for virtually every meal, I still only hit about 400 bucks for the month. But even if you don't have experience cooking, you can still make sandwiches and stuff without a recipe, and without alot of time, and that'll save you money.
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    I probably spend about 600 a month with the grocery store and eating out put together. I bring nutrition bars to work so I don't have to waste time eating.
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    exactly $40.95 per week. I get a salad everyday from the same cafe.

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    Wow. A grand a month for 1 person on food? That's a waste of money. There's no reason 1 person should spend that much on food.

    We spend about $200 a month on groceries, cause we also eat out or order in a lot, but still, only spend abotu $100 a week on food, so total $600 a month for 2 people on food.


    At work...I eat before I leave and take a nsack with me, and eat when I get home. If I'm starving, I order a pizza, but I hate to eat that heavy at work.

    I usually take a package of oatmeal with me, or some string cheese.

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    My grocery bill is about $40-$50 a week, always healthy stuff (permanent diet too LOL)

    This thread made me wonder why SC house moms don't stock healthy snacks to sell to dancers (do they, anywhere?) I always brought food with me, but some dancer's don't get a chance to....

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    my typical day ... now keep in mind i live in nyc.. so nothin is cheap here...

    i would pick up a vento mocha latte = $5
    i would get 3 scrambled eggs on a roll = $4

    before 12, i prob go to the grocery store and get a snapple ice tea for $1

    for lunch i would get wahtever, it usually costs me about $13-15 including tip

    then right around 7 or 8 i would usually go to a seafood buffet, or out to dinner with a friend... and that anoth $20 .. but sometimes i would make something from home..

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    Mine is about 100-150 per week. However you have to keep in mind that is for a family of 5, plus the kids' friends.

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    Dude, seriously, learn to cook. That's too much money to be throwing away. Boy and I could have food for at least three months for $1000.

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    Make your own coffee, that would be a good way to cut. Fuck Starbucks, their shit isn't that good anyway. Get a good coffee press and some coarsely ground French Roast and you'll come up with something that far beats anything you'll get at Starbucks. And if you figure in driving there, waiting in line, etc,. you have time to do it at home and take it in your own travel mug.
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    I think I spend 500-600 a month on food, including grocery. I do like to cook for friends often. This is one expense they has gone up due to dancing. I love eating good food! It is worth every cent!

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    I'm not a good cook (i get distracted), so I do tend to fall into that 'pasta with veggies for dinner every night' trap, but I try to eat most meals at home. I spend about $40-50 a week on groceries (just me, and occasionally the bf). Eat out a couple of times a week (mostly breakfast), when I stay with the boy. I take snacks to work, because the housemom's snacks look like they've been in that box for a year. And the bar food is generally not vegetarian. So maybe $250?

    $1000 is a LOT to spend on food. Unless it is awesome, amazing food. I did used to spend about $30some a week on Indian takeout. But it was amazing food.

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    Alright, confession time. I spend about that much as well.

    BUT I'm BULIMIC!!!! So, we're talking major addiction-spending... which is certainly not GOOD, but it's habit-spending... just like an alcoholic or a coke fiend or anyone else with whatever addiction would spend. Therefore, unless you have an eating disorder, entertain friends all the time, have a family of 3+, or just simply choose food to be your main expense in life and live as a gourmet foodie/afficianado (some do!) then you can DEFinitely cut down on food expenses... and living in NYC is no excuse. There are grocery co-ops in NYC that offer good, healthy (often organic) food at lower prices, and like Yek said, if you can read, you can cook. Get a few basic pots and pans, some basic oils, and a spice rack. Get a friend to give you a run-down on spices and basic cooking techniques (boiling, baking, broiling, frying, blending, melting, chopping, mixing, etc...) and you will see how easy and fun it is!!!

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    I spend roughly that much per month. However I'm also paying for my co-workers food and healthy food is sometimes more expensive than the 99cent menu. Breakfast and lunch 6 times a week. Except when it rains, yay rain.
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    I spend about $250/mo on food, and I feel like THAT is a lot. And that includes fresh produce and fresh meat from the butcher, protein powder, plus a few trips to mid-range restaurants, so it's not like I'm living on Rice-a-Roni.

    If you're spending hundreds of dollars on coworkers' meals, I would highly recommend writing it off as a deduction.

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    Your club serves fillet Mignon and caviar? Because if you work 4 days a week that's still $62 a day!!! And just during work?

    Edit: Oh, regular work.

    WTF $50 a day in food?! o.O What ARE you eating?


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    Quote Originally Posted by aviendha View Post
    I spend about $250/mo on food, and I feel like THAT is a lot. And that includes fresh produce and fresh meat from the butcher, protein powder, plus a few trips to mid-range restaurants, so it's not like I'm living on Rice-a-Roni.

    If you're spending hundreds of dollars on coworkers' meals, I would highly recommend writing it off as a deduction.
    Yeah, it's already on the list. Plus, how I can't exactly offer a ton of benefits this is my way of trying to somehow do right. Meh, cost of operations. Plus, I can't cook for shit. I tried once and they all starved that day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lilithmorrigan View Post
    Your club serves fillet Mignon and caviar? Because if you work 4 days a week that's still $62 a day!!! And just during work?

    Edit: Oh, regular work.

    WTF $50 a day in food?! o.O What ARE you eating?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    If you can read, you can cook. There is a cookbook for absolutely EVERYTHING nowadays and they're cheap. Just follow cookbook recipes for awhile until you learn the basic principles, and then you can start experimenting if you like... but I can't stand when people say they "can't cook" because anyone who can read can cook!

    I don't buy food at work. I usually bring a sandwich and a piece of fruit or some dinner leftovers.
    ITA. I used to be the anti-kitchen, but once I actually tried, it's not that hard. I am actually impressed and proud of myself when I cook and feel much better not having spent $50 in a restaurant. Don't get me wrong, I love eating out and do that a few days a week, but I try to cook at home more often than not. I like shoes too much to spend that money on food And you don't even need a cookbook. There are so many recipes on the internet and you can just print one off and tape it above the stove. Easy peas-y.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveK View Post
    i just realized that i spend about $1000 on food every month..

    this doesn't include actually buying food at the super market..

    just food for work, and going out...star bucks, etc etc


    i really need to learn how to cook because i could use that $1000 for other crap !
    That crazy!!

    Try taking some cooking classes if you're not comfortable with cookbooks. You'll learn how to make lot's of tasty quick meals.

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    Wow! I go to the grocery store every other week or so and spend about $200-$250 a trip. Thats for me and hubby. And includes when we make more complicated dinners like fondue. Add in eating out and we probably spend about $700-$800 a month on food for the two of us. Probably less..we've been eating in a lot more lately. I cant imagine spending $1000 + just on food for myself..I'd be even fatter!! Thats a lot of food!!

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    i actually do love to spend time in the kitchen, but the problem is i don't have a lot of time on my hands kuz im workin so much, but i guess i have to make time kuz this is insane !

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