We have two elderly people (75) , hubby and I , in our house and I have kept track of every receipt and expenditure for over two years now. We haven't been able to grow a lot though we keep trying. I do spend a lot of time tracking prices and bargains, always searching for specials on food we would eat in any store we might be going by. I can veggies, meat, and as many items of food I can get my hands on at the best prices. Presently we are averaging just over $120 per person per month--and that includes ALL the food, without the meat being separate. I love cooking and spend a lot of time on it, thanking God for everything He provides.
We have been struggling and have about $75 a month for the two of us. Thankfully, our church has a food pantry, and that helps us make ends meet as well as our chickens and the garden.
@kelleywalker2117 do you follow dollar tree dinners channel? She does very low budget for the week and shows how she cooks and stretches it for 2 people.
I clean houses for a living and I've pretty stopped using any other chemicaled cleaners. I put straight white vinegar in a spray bottle and use it for every thing! My people love the cleanness without smelling junk that is bad for their health. It cleans glass, soap scum, coffee stains, toilets, and leaves floors and stainless steel looking beautiful! Unless i need to use an oil on some furniture i dont use anything else!
Corn tortillas are great for making Mexican Lasagna, if you want I'll share the recipe! Also with chickens if you give them goat food, they produce more eggs! I told my brother that and he tried it and he started getting a bunch more eggs, he also has goats so just being able to give them some of the goat food to test it helped so much!
Our budget has been around 1500 dollars for 9 people. Trying to scale it down more considering we have a full beef in our freezer and do some impulse buying. I've really gotten into clearance shopping and sale shopping at a Kroger store. When things go on sale it can be cheaper than buying bulk at Sam's. I used to buy Rotel, but now I just buy cans of petite diced tomatoes and green chilies separately. It's cheaper, especially when I find cans on sale for 50cents, I stock up!
I've been buying markdown meat and other markdown clearance items for many years at Kroger I'm only feeding two people but I have quite a bit of food stocked up
Yes!! Usually once a month Krogers marks chicken breast down to $1.99/lb. I admit it isn’t as tasty as Sams, but at 60 cents a pound cheaper, I can deal.
@@lizardchase2296Buy chicken thighs instead of breasts. They’re cheaper and don’t get dry. Also, buy loss leaders in bulk. They are advertised on the front page.
We're two retirees. I do garden and we only plant what we know we will enjoy. We spend about $140 every two weeks. So, $280 a month unless we find something that we stock up on for the freezer. In summer, we eat a lot of salads with garden produce so we end up saving money.
For your lemonade in the summer, you could blend in some frozen fruit - strawberry lemonade, peach lemonade, mango lemonade. Just a thought. Take care!!
We are a family of 2 (myself and my handicapped daughter). We spend 200.00 per month on groceries if we shop heavy. No teens, no little ones who need snacks, and I follow the rule of "shop the perimeter" of the grocery store. I hit produce, meat, and dairy hard, and minimize accessing the middle aisles. Also, we waste nothing and make a lot from scratch. Love the home made "doritos."
Growing up my parents grew all their own vegetables, we had fruit trees and would share fruit with neighbours. Mum would preserve fruit, make jams, relish, tomato sauce and then mum would freeze the vegetables she could. Mum was also a great sewer so she would make our school uniforms, as well as other clothes.
We’re a family of 10 but two are grown and gone so I’m feeding eight. Our average grocery budget is $1000/month but I can easily get by with $400/month if ever necessary or helpful because we have chickens and a dairy cow. I cannot wait for you guys to experience your cows in milk. Not only is it just such an incredible blessing; all that you can do with their milk, but also the beautiful rhythm that twice daily milkings brings to your day. I absolutely love it. …except when it’s pouring rain, like today.😬
You guys don't know how good you have it! I am always astounded by how little food costs in the US. Eating in a similar way here in New Zealand costs us $1400 per month for a family of four - IThat includes buying most of our veges directly from the farmer, being part of a co-OP, making most of our own bread etc. I guess that's the pay off for living on a small island at the far end of the earth 😉.
I love grocery hauls. We're trying to figure out a grocery budget for ourselves so that we can eat well and yet travel more too. (We eat out maybe once a month just because restaurant food often makes me feel sick.)
You can use the lemon rinds as well, after washing the rind well in water zest all of the rinds and you can freeze the zest in freezer bags for use in tea, cookies, cakes and many meals to add a wonderful freshness, then place those rinds in your white vinegar to make it smell like lemon , when cleaning... also the cut side can be used to sanitize cutting boards, counter tops and tables, just let it air dry.... one more good use is using lemon juice and salt on white clothing to ' bleach' them just lay in a sunny spot for tougher stains or really yellowed items... let the juice saturate the clothing, rub salt into it, if laying in the sun let it mostly dry , then flip over and continue, rinse and wash like normal, fresh and clean Brite white...... also lemon juice with vinegar is great to freshen pillows and other fabrics, especially if you can let them air dry out side or in the sun, I do this often even in winter , for our bed pillows, it's so nice to have fresh linens. Thank you for sharing ❤❤
@@athompson3789Agree. I thought that comment was very rough. Sarah is also blessed by many hands (her children) that seem quite eager to learn and help. I could definitely see Noelle and Destiny(I believe that’s her precious name) loving to do this! They love playing “Little House”, I could see them incorporating this into their play. But, my goodness that commenter seem to take the great tip advice as an insult to Sarah. Sarah really seems to also be quite open and eager to find new techniques to use items as many ways as possible to extract its usefulness. Whoa…hold on there, Nelly. LOL,😂
I don’t think Sarah shops at Costco, so I’m just throwing this out there for those of us that share/read/learn from each other that Costco’s big bag of chocolate chips have soy in them.
Some large families don't keep replenishing fruits and vegetables every week/ two weeks when it's gone, it's gone. Leaving the family to ration fresh foods longer. Then when that's out they always have frozen or canned options and never go without.
I do really love that she has fruit out for her family without limits. Also, as said many families just are out of luck when it runs out. Sarah is very smart having $ set aside for fruit replacements. I’d rather replenish fresh foods mid month than having kiddos eating more healthily for half the month and second half eating processed food in larger amounts in the second half.
We had been shooting for 1,000 a month for our family of 5, but I haven’t been good the last two months on keeping track of the grocery spending, but my goal is to for March and we thought about shooting for $1300.00 which is $260 a person and seeing that i don’t know if that seems/feels high to me, but March will be a good tale teller.
Great work keeping and staying organized it definitely helps the children to follow same practices❤🎉. $200 for two people and even that fluctuates we’re Costco members…lol
Sarah, do you ever worry about bacteria being in your whole milk that you purchase? When reading about it online, they say it can be very risky drinking it. Im just curious. I love your videos and all of you guys. Your videos are my time to wind down for the day.
Hi Sarah, it’s so interesting to see what people around the world are spending on their shopping. We are around £550 per month for a family of 4 in Scotland, this includes just about all our household needs (meds, vitamins, bathroom, cleaning & laundry products), so £138 ($176) per person. We definitely could be spending a lot of less, but my kids shop with me and have a strong influence - a large part of my budget is just berries! 😅
You can take the tortilla wraps, cut into triangles (easy with kitchen scissors). Spray cookie sheet with olive oil, put lime juice and sea salt on them and bake. If you want a simple "sweet" cut into triangles brush lightly with butter top with a cinnamon/sugar mix, then bake.. Both are delicious!
Another recipe is cooking a pork shoulder in a crockpot on high for four hours. Pull apart with two forks and add bbq sauce. Serves at least eleven people.
Spending on trips and home building is not tightening down the budget. I do not travel much as budgeting. Lets me spend on lots of veggies and prime meat. Just an observation. Not begrudging you any travel but tightening budget and taking a huge trip are opposite.
Family of 6 my budget is 550 a month with a big azure haul twice a year for grains which I plan for separately. My price for raw milk just jumped $5/gal so that may have to change a little. We buy most everything from a few farms close to here and chickens from a small time store that get their meat locally. Their prices are less than that of the big box store. We are very blessed for the access we have.
We are a family of 7, all teenagers/early 20s. Our monthly grocery budget is $1600, or a little over $200 per person. My budget includes everything…health & beauty aids, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. I only have a Walmart and Kroger to shop from so I’m a slave to their rollbacks or weekly sales. We use a cash envelope budget so if I go over my grocery budget, I’ll borrow it from the restaurant envelope. I also coupon at Walgreens and CVS. That helps with laundry detergent, paper products and health & beauty aids. Love your channel!
I started back on cash envelopes this year. I’m doing the pantry challenge for January and February. I’m hoping to save some money and the cash envelopes always worked in past years.
I need to revamp my grocery budget. As a family of 12 - we are struggling to spend what we used to. 😢 It does help to have our own chickens, cows and a garden, as you will see the more you are homesteading. 😊 Great grocery haul, but I highly recommend the mango from Azure. It's our family's favorite, but it never lasts long. ♥♥♥
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I love your grocery haul videos. My personal income (not hubs) dropped 12- to 1800 dollars from mid- August through December and my $$ is where groceries and supplies comes from. I stocked and really had to be strategic. Though we struggled in other areas, we didn't starve. Not only did we ate, but we ate really good food. I branched out with recipes. My income is recovering just in time, but it will be a slow process getting restocked. I am so thankful for your hauls and meal prep videos. One last thing Super Bowl... hubs splurged on wings from a restaurant and I spent about 30 bucks of my own for staples plus Superbowl extras. Everything else....cabinets and freezer!❤
Sarah love your food hauls but food so expensive there. €140 a week is ours for family of 3, 2 dogs and a cat. Food getting much more expensive. Could you post recipe for ranch mix.
Hi! Love your grocery hauls! As a family of 13, allowing snacks and center-of-the-store shopping, not making bread, fermenting, or condiments, we spend about $ 3,200 monthly, including toiletries, cleaning products, and pet food. We also buy almost 100% organic, pasture-raised, and grass-fed beef. We also purchase Raw milk. We love Azure, but many things, like Peanut Butter, are cheaper at the store. The Costco Organic peanut butter is cheaper than Azure. Do you shop at Costco? I also shop at multiple stores to save the most money. If we don't buy snacks and make bread and all that good stuff, my monthly bill is way down! We were at under $2500 in January, and we are off to an even better start for February.
I would recommend itemizing out groceries with household items. It gives me a clearer picture of where the money is going and ways to cut down in each area.
@@jackiechoate6163 That is a great idea I was getting ready to pop in here and say " I spend $300 a month for one person then realized that part of that money is also for personal spending like buying gift cards each month, going out to eat once or twice a month, thrift store shopping. I'll have to start looking at that more closely. Anna In Ohio
@@buckeyedav1 yes, for sure! I have a grocery, restaurant, household items, clothing, miscellaneous, gifts,and many more line items when I budget. I use the Every dollar app and desktop version. It's free. If you want it to track transactions instead of manually doing it you need a subscription. Even when my transaction loads I will decide which line item it goes into or have to split up the transaction to multiple line items depending on what I bought. I love it! Go Buckeyes!
If you guys ever have an issue with ants or palmetto bugs you can use vinegar to clean your home and yhe scent keeps them away. I make a solution of half vinegar and half water and use it to wash kitchen counters. Also work s very well in sinks.
I’m so sad to see we have to buy organic now to stay healthy..I’m an older lady and All we had when I was younger was NORMAL food ..😊 no take away chains .. just Friday night fish and chips .. so sad for future generations . 😢
I know this may sound odd but start building a pantry little by little with things you regularly use. When I was single, my pantry saved me so many times. 3 extra cans per week plus a bag of pasta or rice you save for later and before you know it, you’ll be ready in case you have a month where you need some extra cash elsewhere.
It takes a lot more money to live. Yes you can lower your food budget by not eating out and cooking from scratch .the last time we ate out was in December for our 55 wedding anniversary .$ 65.00 bucks. But what about car insurance and house insurance ,property taxes and utilities ? Sara is not talking about that. When you are on a fixed income where do cut back? Our grocery stores are about 5 minutes away . Go ones a week . We don’t snack at all. Forget about planning a trip. Hotel have gotten super expensive . We used to have winter getaways but since we are both over 75 years travel insurance spiked tremendously . Thank god we live in a sunny part of the country ,so it helps with the moods.
Idk even know what it means to have a vacation If we go to see a relative, it’s a trip but we eat pbjs and sleep in the car and stay there while we’re in town And I’m grateful to just have the gas to get there!
I notice same bout vingar I keep 2 3 bottles in launderyroom cupboard n 1 undersink n I ran put so now have 1 box ( 2 bottles sams) in garage n 2 bottles in laundryroom as I use as fabric softener n cleanest clothes n washer same time lol
You should get bidets! We live in Korea and just bought a house with a small septic system so I’m worried about putting too much paper in it. We just got bidets for both toilets from Costco (free installation included). In one bathroom we were going through a roll of TP per week. Now it’s a less than a roll per month!!! I love them.
We spend 150a week for 2 of us. We buy rolled oats ,white rice in bulk, and store in food grade 5 gallon buckets. Also in that 150 a week we buy household things also in bulk. So one month we may not get as much food as cleaners because I make my own high efficiency washer powder , body pump soap for my dry skin,and some times the dishwasher powder. Those things are a little more costly per week but once I make washer soap I'm good for one year. So it all evens out I also shop our local shetlers discount grocery to save a few bucks.
My plan for this year is shopping every other month except for some perishables. I guess it depends on what chicken's you have but ours layed year around.
$14 a gallon for raw milk is INSANE…. you can get it for anywhere around $7 to $9 here…. Usually that’s delivered, too. I think sometimes these “health food” companies see the “health nut” families coming and take y’all for a ride 🤦♀️
It is grass fed and A2 A2. I can get it for $7 too but with a two hour drive and not grass fed or A2 A2. Not legal to have it delivered in my state. I don’t think we are health nuts. Did you see my Diet Coke? 😜
Sarah isn't a health nut she just cares what her children are consuming in the main, they often have treats and takeaway, I think it's just a conscious and balanced way of living.
Our budget is 1300/mo For 6 people $266/pp We live in Southern CA and buy organic, non-GMO, raw milk, etc We also have special diets for several family members Love the wholesome ideas you showed!
We were born and raised in So Cal, then raised our two older children there and our third was 11 when finally moved to Texas. Food is not less expensive here like we were led to believe that “everything” cost less in Texas. But we were able to double our home size, my husband went from spending 1.5 hour/each direction to and from work. He was tearing up when his first commute was 15 min. He spent just over 25 years of our marriage commuting from Corona to Orange County. We’re also a single income family and we also homeschooled all three of our kiddos. Being the CEO of homemaking and primary teacher are no smucky roles. I know we all asmommas are doing the best we can to keep the home fronts thriving. I cannot stand the demeaning description that even women speak of when referring to rearing children and homemaking. I support women no matter what life choices they make in working inside the home or out. Sorry…I guess I got on my soapbox a little. LOL But CA is challenging, so kudos on brilliant grocery budgeting.
A quick lunch for something different I make pizzas with tortillas, pizza sauce, cheese and any of your favorite pizza toppings. Bake at 400 degrees until cheese is melted.
I used to make and freeze my pasta but I never thought of doing it that way. I would spread it out on cookie sheets and freeze it then put them in bags. Your way would have been easier and probably taken less freezer space.
I never ate dried mango until I receive it from my colleagues from Manila this week, call me crazy but I ate a bag of it in 24 hours they are amazing and it also helps with your digestion😂
Your budget sounds good until you consider that a lot pf the costs are not included. My grocery budget includes ALL of the meats I buy as well as eating out. As interesting as it is to see how much you spend at some places, It would be even more interesting to see what is actually spent on groceries including your bulk meats (whole or half cow costs per year, money spent caring for chickens and cows, ect). It isn't, in my opinion, a real budget unless all food is included in what is spent, including eating out, and a breakdown of how much is non food (household and personal hygiene items, pet/farm animal care and food ect.) vs how much of the spend yearly or monthly is food only.
I can see that. I do a budget, and then a micro budget. So on the macro, yes I try to stick within the budget, the addition of pet bedding and pet food (animals food etc) does add to my budget. And while I like my animals, it’s really hard to say I don’t buy a thing when in actuality I’m paying more for it in their food-read: eggs. Contrasted to that, though, is making my own bread (no bread machine) and I can make that for $2 say, whereas a decent thin slice loaf of Publix bread is $2-$3 a loaf…and excluding effort I’m breaking even except that I know where my food is coming from. Every little thing adds up and it’s so much.
I agree. Probably half of what they spend is organic animal feed costs And grass fed beef… those prices are insane. And they’re not counting that as “food” Cost….
one of the most important part of showing a haul is the prices. Also i noticed you buy raw milk which the human body doesn't need unless you are a baby, and you dont buy organic. MnMs are toxic, look into the dye used for color. i would feed my kids organic and skip the milk, or at least buy way less.
Great haul! It’s so hard to stay in budget! I have kept my budget at $1750 for our family of 14. So about $125 per person per month. But man your are so right about the prices double sometimes tripling!
No hate just really curious. What made you change your mind about buying organic? Maybe a year ago you stated you didn’t really believe stuff was organic. Just really curious on what changed your thoughts? If I am wrong I apologize but I thought you made that statement. Love watching from Texas!
I buy several things in bulk even with not many in my home just to have it on hand and usually cheaper. I think what I would spend an average monthly amount per person is close to what you spend per person.
I was watching a video the other day and the creator stated rather than using coconut milk, she uses coconut cream and reconstitutes it 1:1 with water which stretches it out amount wise. She said it’s more cost effective to do it that way? I don’t use it so I can’t attest to it.
We try to stick to $200 a person per month. But, 😂 my son is 17 and rarely eats at home and I haven’t lowered it yet… seems like we will keep it at $800 per month for now…
My budget is 400.00. If you had a tight budget what would you cook? I went to Sam’s this last week and mega mama hauls must have taken place. Empty shelves. I hate that.
Family of 8 we get $950 in fs, as well as WIC. Non food we spend $200 easily on diapers, wipes, dish soap, hand soap tp ect. When our cash is very low we use Albertsons for our WIC and some fs (i only buy sale items their) and use our rewards for non food items. The last few months have been very very rough so the Albertsons rewards helped us soooooo much. I was told to use my resources and i really have.
@@wilmabetty2496 Your comment isn't nice at all you don't know my situation or what led my family to need some help. I work my ass off and I pay my taxes. I unfortunately just had micro preemie twins at 25 weeks 4 days and went through a very very long NICU stay that ended up with both my babies dying. One we knew we needed to let go and the other was completely unexpected. So yes it's been very very tough trying to make sure we keep a roof over our heads and food in our bellies during the worst time of our life. Also trying to keep going mentally which is a whole other struggle so thank you so much for your very very insensitive comment.
I'm so sorry for your loss and how insensitive the previous comment was. My heart goes out to you. You were honest and open about your situation and the information you shared about the rewards program may help someone else who may be struggling. God bless and keep you.
We spend about $100/mo/person (3 people). We eat very clean, mostly organic, a lot of fresh produce and bulk grain and beans, mostly vegetarian, mostly from scratch
For the cilantro if you don't have a dehydrator/freeze dryer you can dry them by hanging them up somewhere. I grow a bunch of herbs in the spring and summer and that is what I do with what I grow. It is a nice, easy, and low cost way to preserve them. Because your not running an appliance to dry them out. It does take a week or so but they taste great. After I know the herbs are dry I usually use my blender and pulse then to put in seasoning jars.
We are a family of 8 and our budget is $800 a month so $100 per person. We have much younger kids than you our youngest being twin almost 2 year olds and our oldest is almost 14. I'm scared of what it will look like with more teens. We don't buy junk but we definitely have to pick and choose our quality items. We also eat very simply so no elaborate meals for us which is a win/win with picky eaters
Juice a couple oranges,limes in your lemonade. Gives it a tropical flair and a couple slices make it look festive!
Thank you for that tip. Can't wait to try it.
Hello, I wander when u building a house on the property what is going to happen w/ this house,? Ty
Have you thought about getting a membership to a restaurant supply store ? I've seen some amazing grocery hauls.
My kids like the ice tea version of the lemonade you guys like , do u have a ice tea recipes
Another way to make lemons last longer is put them in a glass or bag of water in the fridge!
I use the liquid aminos too , but no one in my household has trouble with soy so we do still use tamari, and other soy foods.
Food trays are great to have
I really enjoy your videos and your blessed family!
During Azure pick up, are their people that assist with loading or do they just give you your stuff and you load on your own?
I'm a family of 1... and my monthly budget is $300. Some months I can get it down to $250.
2 adults, 1 baby, food bill budget is 500 a month.
Great Haul 👍❤️
Thanks for watching!
We have two elderly people (75) , hubby and I , in our house and I have kept track of every receipt and expenditure for over two years now. We haven't been able to grow a lot though we keep trying. I do spend a lot of time tracking prices and bargains, always searching for specials on food we would eat in any store we might be going by. I can veggies, meat, and as many items of food I can get my hands on at the best prices. Presently we are averaging just over $120 per person per month--and that includes ALL the food, without the meat being separate. I love cooking and spend a lot of time on it, thanking God for everything He provides.
We have been struggling and have about $75 a month for the two of us. Thankfully, our church has a food pantry, and that helps us make ends meet as well as our chickens and the garden.
@kelleywalker2117 do you follow dollar tree dinners channel? She does very low budget for the week and shows how she cooks and stretches it for 2 people.
Julie Paccheo (I think that's how to spell her last name) has a great channel on low cost dinners.
@@sarahpanting5416I love Dollar Tree Dinners! Rebecca is amazingly real and creative!
I clean houses for a living and I've pretty stopped using any other chemicaled cleaners. I put straight white vinegar in a spray bottle and use it for every thing! My people love the cleanness without smelling junk that is bad for their health. It cleans glass, soap scum, coffee stains, toilets, and leaves floors and stainless steel looking beautiful! Unless i need to use an oil on some furniture i dont use anything else!
Corn tortillas are great for making Mexican Lasagna, if you want I'll share the recipe! Also with chickens if you give them goat food, they produce more eggs! I told my brother that and he tried it and he started getting a bunch more eggs, he also has goats so just being able to give them some of the goat food to test it helped so much!
Also cat food helps too. But not alot, maybe a little scoop once a week or so. My girls love it and they've really started producing alot more eggs!
Our budget has been around 1500 dollars for 9 people. Trying to scale it down more considering we have a full beef in our freezer and do some impulse buying. I've really gotten into clearance shopping and sale shopping at a Kroger store. When things go on sale it can be cheaper than buying bulk at Sam's. I used to buy Rotel, but now I just buy cans of petite diced tomatoes and green chilies separately. It's cheaper, especially when I find cans on sale for 50cents, I stock up!
I've been buying markdown meat and other markdown clearance items for many years at Kroger I'm only feeding two people but I have quite a bit of food stocked up
Yes!! Usually once a month Krogers marks chicken breast down to $1.99/lb. I admit it isn’t as tasty as Sams, but at 60 cents a pound cheaper, I can deal.
@@lizardchase2296Buy chicken thighs instead of breasts. They’re cheaper and don’t get dry. Also, buy loss leaders in bulk. They are advertised on the front page.
We're two retirees. I do garden and we only plant what we know we will enjoy. We spend about $140 every two weeks. So, $280 a month unless we find something that we stock up on for the freezer. In summer, we eat a lot of salads with garden produce so we end up saving money.
For your lemonade in the summer, you could blend in some frozen fruit - strawberry lemonade, peach lemonade, mango lemonade. Just a thought. Take care!!
Great idea! I’ll be adding this for the upcoming summer.
Your family is such a blessing to this disabled mama of three! You give me so much encouragement. Love you guys
Ms, may you continue to have encouragement. In your life.❤
@@annielehnhardt_kolakowski5818 thank you so much!!!
We are a family of 2 (myself and my handicapped daughter). We spend 200.00 per month on groceries if we shop heavy. No teens, no little ones who need snacks, and I follow the rule of "shop the perimeter" of the grocery store. I hit produce, meat, and dairy hard, and minimize accessing the middle aisles. Also, we waste nothing and make a lot from scratch. Love the home made "doritos."
Growing up my parents grew all their own vegetables, we had fruit trees and would share fruit with neighbours. Mum would preserve fruit, make jams, relish, tomato sauce and then mum would freeze the vegetables she could. Mum was also a great sewer so she would make our school uniforms, as well as other clothes.
We’re a family of 10 but two are grown and gone so I’m feeding eight. Our average grocery budget is $1000/month but I can easily get by with $400/month if ever necessary or helpful because we have chickens and a dairy cow. I cannot wait for you guys to experience your cows in milk. Not only is it just such an incredible blessing; all that you can do with their milk, but also the beautiful rhythm that twice daily milkings brings to your day. I absolutely love it. …except when it’s pouring rain, like today.😬
Wow. I hope to get to a 1000 a month regularly.
I noticed Sarah saying the same thing that she likes the rhythm of milking now that she's on her homestead & her cows on in milk.
Wondering if you have looked for a other person or farm that sells fresh milk. I spens 7.50 a gallon delivered to my door. Urs sounds so expensive
Absolutely expensive. We can get fresh raw milk for $4.00 a gal. How can they sell it for $14.00 a gallon? Unbelievable
You guys don't know how good you have it! I am always astounded by how little food costs in the US. Eating in a similar way here in New Zealand costs us $1400 per month for a family of four - IThat includes buying most of our veges directly from the farmer, being part of a co-OP, making most of our own bread etc. I guess that's the pay off for living on a small island at the far end of the earth 😉.
I love grocery hauls. We're trying to figure out a grocery budget for ourselves so that we can eat well and yet travel more too. (We eat out maybe once a month just because restaurant food often makes me feel sick.)
I love the evolution of your grocery hauls ❤ seeing this one vs some of the earlier ones that inspired me-makes me inspired even more. Thank you.
You can use the lemon rinds as well, after washing the rind well in water zest all of the rinds and you can freeze the zest in freezer bags for use in tea, cookies, cakes and many meals to add a wonderful freshness, then place those rinds in your white vinegar to make it smell like lemon , when cleaning... also the cut side can be used to sanitize cutting boards, counter tops and tables, just let it air dry.... one more good use is using lemon juice and salt on white clothing to ' bleach' them just lay in a sunny spot for tougher stains or really yellowed items... let the juice saturate the clothing, rub salt into it, if laying in the sun let it mostly dry , then flip over and continue, rinse and wash like normal, fresh and clean Brite white...... also lemon juice with vinegar is great to freshen pillows and other fabrics, especially if you can let them air dry out side or in the sun, I do this often even in winter , for our bed pillows, it's so nice to have fresh linens.
Thank you for sharing ❤❤
Do you really think she has time for all that?
Can you guys get honey bees would look if you would add them to the homestead
@@janiceclark2573I was wondering about them doing that as well.
@@athompson3789Agree. I thought that comment was very rough. Sarah is also blessed by many hands (her children) that seem quite eager to learn and help. I could definitely see Noelle and Destiny(I believe that’s her precious name) loving to do this! They love playing “Little House”, I could see them incorporating this into their play. But, my goodness that commenter seem to take the great tip advice as an insult to Sarah. Sarah really seems to also be quite open and eager to find new techniques to use items as many ways as possible to extract its usefulness. Whoa…hold on there, Nelly. LOL,😂
Hi Sarah! If you're using the liquid aminos to avoid soy, look at the ingredients, it's soy too! Coconut liquid aminos is the one without soy 🤗
I was going to say the same thing. The cheap soy sauce is made with wheat.
I don’t think Sarah shops at Costco, so I’m just throwing this out there for those of us that share/read/learn from each other that Costco’s big bag of chocolate chips have soy in them.
I remember your $1000.00 before the prices went up.
The liquid aminos are made from soy…. Did you mean to get coconut aminos?
Some large families don't keep replenishing fruits and vegetables every week/ two weeks when it's gone, it's gone. Leaving the family to ration fresh foods longer. Then when that's out they always have frozen or canned options and never go without.
I would rather replenish the fresh produce
I do really love that she has fruit out for her family without limits. Also, as said many families just are out of luck when it runs out. Sarah is very smart having $ set aside for fruit replacements. I’d rather replenish fresh foods mid month than having kiddos eating more healthily for half the month and second half eating processed food in larger amounts in the second half.
I love all your videos but have to admit none more so than the grocery hauls!!❤yay🎉
We had been shooting for 1,000 a month for our family of 5, but I haven’t been good the last two months on keeping track of the grocery spending, but my goal is to for March and we thought about shooting for $1300.00 which is $260 a person and seeing that i don’t know if that seems/feels high to me, but March will be a good tale teller.
Great work keeping and staying organized it definitely helps the children to follow same practices❤🎉. $200 for two people and even that fluctuates we’re Costco members…lol
Sarah, do you ever worry about bacteria being in your whole milk that you purchase? When reading about it online, they say it can be very risky drinking it. Im just curious. I love your videos and all of you guys. Your videos are my time to wind down for the day.
Hi Sarah, it’s so interesting to see what people around the world are spending on their shopping. We are around £550 per month for a family of 4 in Scotland, this includes just about all our household needs (meds, vitamins, bathroom, cleaning & laundry products), so £138 ($176) per person. We definitely could be spending a lot of less, but my kids shop with me and have a strong influence - a large part of my budget is just berries! 😅
You can take the tortilla wraps, cut into triangles (easy with kitchen scissors). Spray cookie sheet with olive oil, put lime juice and sea salt on them and bake. If you want a simple "sweet" cut into triangles brush lightly with butter top with a cinnamon/sugar mix, then bake.. Both are delicious!
Yummm!
That's a cheap treat too! Tortillas are cheap and you can make so many snacks with them. Melted cheese with jalapenos is great!
Another recipe is cooking a pork shoulder in a crockpot on high for four hours. Pull apart with two forks and add bbq sauce. Serves at least eleven people.
Spending on trips and home building is not tightening down the budget. I do not travel much as budgeting. Lets me spend on lots of veggies and prime meat. Just an observation. Not begrudging you any travel but tightening budget and taking a huge trip are opposite.
Isn’t raw milk incredibly dangerous to drink? Listeria, E. coli??
I try to stick to $120 a week for our family of four. (But we buy a side of beef each year and raise our own pork, chickens)
Family of 6 my budget is 550 a month with a big azure haul twice a year for grains which I plan for separately. My price for raw milk just jumped $5/gal so that may have to change a little. We buy most everything from a few farms close to here and chickens from a small time store that get their meat locally. Their prices are less than that of the big box store. We are very blessed for the access we have.
We are a family of 7, all teenagers/early 20s. Our monthly grocery budget is $1600, or a little over $200 per person. My budget includes everything…health & beauty aids, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. I only have a Walmart and Kroger to shop from so I’m a slave to their rollbacks or weekly sales. We use a cash envelope budget so if I go over my grocery budget, I’ll borrow it from the restaurant envelope. I also coupon at Walgreens and CVS. That helps with laundry detergent, paper products and health & beauty aids. Love your channel!
I started back on cash envelopes this year. I’m doing the pantry challenge for January and February. I’m hoping to save some money and the cash envelopes always worked in past years.
I live alone, my 2 children are grown with their own families. I have a budget of $300 which also includes pet supplies.
I need to revamp my grocery budget. As a family of 12 - we are struggling to spend what we used to. 😢 It does help to have our own chickens, cows and a garden, as you will see the more you are homesteading. 😊 Great grocery haul, but I highly recommend the mango from Azure. It's our family's favorite, but it never lasts long. ♥♥♥
The dried mango? We have gotten that before! Thanks for the reminder!! It went sooooo fast though. Too good. 😜
I found your dad channel. Love it😊 diet coke a momma treat😊
We are going to try pantry for April. When I am not working as much. But we did stay on a budget of $1,000 this month for 10 people!!!
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I love your grocery haul videos. My personal income (not hubs) dropped 12- to 1800 dollars from mid- August through December and my $$ is where groceries and supplies comes from. I stocked and really had to be strategic. Though we struggled in other areas, we didn't starve. Not only did we ate, but we ate really good food. I branched out with recipes. My income is recovering just in time, but it will be a slow process getting restocked. I am so thankful for your hauls and meal prep videos. One last thing Super Bowl... hubs splurged on wings from a restaurant and I spent about 30 bucks of my own for staples plus Superbowl extras. Everything else....cabinets and freezer!❤
You could save money by only buying fruit and vegetables that are in season and only come from
America.
You can make preserved lemons in Mason jars cut up with salt. Or whole lemons in mason jars with filtered water
In going to try this tip. Thank you.
Sarah love your food hauls but food so expensive there. €140 a week is ours for family of 3, 2 dogs and a cat. Food getting much more expensive. Could you post recipe for ranch mix.
Hi! Love your grocery hauls! As a family of 13, allowing snacks and center-of-the-store shopping, not making bread, fermenting, or condiments, we spend about $ 3,200 monthly, including toiletries, cleaning products, and pet food. We also buy almost 100% organic, pasture-raised, and grass-fed beef. We also purchase Raw milk. We love Azure, but many things, like Peanut Butter, are cheaper at the store. The Costco Organic peanut butter is cheaper than Azure. Do you shop at Costco? I also shop at multiple stores to save the most money. If we don't buy snacks and make bread and all that good stuff, my monthly bill is way down! We were at under $2500 in January, and we are off to an even better start for February.
I would recommend itemizing out groceries with household items. It gives me a clearer picture of where the money is going and ways to cut down in each area.
@@jackiechoate6163 That is a great idea I was getting ready to pop in here and say " I spend $300 a month for one person then realized that part of that money is also for personal spending like buying gift cards each month, going out to eat once or twice a month, thrift store shopping. I'll have to start looking at that more closely. Anna In Ohio
@@buckeyedav1 yes, for sure! I have a grocery, restaurant, household items, clothing, miscellaneous, gifts,and many more line items when I budget. I use the Every dollar app and desktop version. It's free. If you want it to track transactions instead of manually doing it you need a subscription. Even when my transaction loads I will decide which line item it goes into or have to split up the transaction to multiple line items depending on what I bought. I love it! Go Buckeyes!
My budget is $120 for one person that also includes gas and some medication. But, I do get a box of food from the food bank that is a great help.
Sarah stick with the Stevia, this is way more healthier than any other sweetener because it is sourced from a plant and is not carcinogenic
I have seen that for homemade doritos too, definitely post how it works out, I want to try them myself.
If you guys ever have an issue with ants or palmetto bugs you can use vinegar to clean your home and yhe scent keeps them away. I make a solution of half vinegar and half water and use it to wash kitchen counters. Also work s very well in sinks.
I’m so sad to see we have to buy organic now to stay healthy..I’m an older lady and All we had when I was younger was NORMAL food ..😊 no take away chains .. just Friday night fish and chips .. so sad for future generations . 😢
I’m just one person, but I got groceries at Meijer yesterday. What used to cost $50 cost $80 yesterday 😢
I know this may sound odd but start building a pantry little by little with things you regularly use. When I was single, my pantry saved me so many times. 3 extra cans per week plus a bag of pasta or rice you save for later and before you know it, you’ll be ready in case you have a month where you need some extra cash elsewhere.
@@LindaASJ I do like doing that. Some of what bought was meat to put in the freezer for a later time. Also, frozen vegetables
Hi Sara, you are such a great Mom.Your family eats such healthy meals.Have a great week!❤
Can anyone explain the dirty, greasy hair RUclips trend?
Lazy ppl
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Wow how much do they make in a month? And why raw milk ? Over 2 thousand just in food not even other bills . Good job 👍
Hello,I feed just myself 115-135. I also receive food at least 3 times a month from good pantries,65% is shared with othets.Thanks Sara.
Looks like you might just be potty training really soon as a way to cut down on diapers. LOL
It takes a lot more money to live. Yes you can lower your food budget by not eating out and cooking from scratch .the last time we ate out was in December for our 55 wedding anniversary .$ 65.00 bucks.
But what about car insurance and house insurance ,property taxes and utilities ?
Sara is not talking about that.
When you are on a fixed income where do cut back?
Our grocery stores are about 5 minutes away .
Go ones a week . We don’t snack at all. Forget about planning a trip. Hotel have gotten super expensive .
We used to have winter getaways but since we are both over 75 years travel insurance spiked tremendously .
Thank god we live in a sunny part of the country ,so it helps with the moods.
Idk even know what it means to have a vacation
If we go to see a relative, it’s a trip but we eat pbjs and sleep in the car and stay there while we’re in town
And I’m grateful to just have the gas to get there!
$180 per person. About $900. But we don't eat as healthy as I would like. I need to figure it out better.
I notice same bout vingar I keep 2 3 bottles in launderyroom cupboard n 1 undersink n I ran put so now have 1 box ( 2 bottles sams) in garage n 2 bottles in laundryroom as I use as fabric softener n cleanest clothes n washer same time lol
You should get bidets! We live in Korea and just bought a house with a small septic system so I’m worried about putting too much paper in it. We just got bidets for both toilets from Costco (free installation included). In one bathroom we were going through a roll of TP per week. Now it’s a less than a roll per month!!! I love them.
What do you wipe off with?
@@bonessam9618 do you even know what a bidet is?
@@zenrvn4702I think they mean after your butt has been sprayed with water.
Curious why you are not using your dishwasher. They are very water efficient and handwashing uses so much more water…
I think that is 1 of the changes she made after visiting Japan along with not using the microwave. I believe she made a video on it.
I'm still cooking out of my freezer and pantry. All I'm doing is buying milk, eggs and fresh fruit and veggies.
We spend 150a week for 2 of us. We buy rolled oats ,white rice in bulk, and store in food grade 5 gallon buckets. Also in that 150 a week we buy household things also in bulk. So one month we may not get as much food as cleaners because I make my own high efficiency washer powder , body pump soap for my dry skin,and some times the dishwasher powder. Those things are a little more costly per week but once I make washer soap I'm good for one year. So it all evens out I also shop our local shetlers discount grocery to save a few bucks.
Can you put the peel off the small oranges for cleaning products?
As soon as I was aware of the new pasta maker such as u have I knew I had to get one. I bought it last week and plan to use it today. Giddy. Excited.
My plan for this year is shopping every other month except for some perishables. I guess it depends on what chicken's you have but ours layed year around.
$14 a gallon for raw milk is INSANE…. you can get it for anywhere around $7 to $9 here…. Usually that’s delivered, too. I think sometimes these “health food” companies see the “health nut” families coming and take y’all for a ride 🤦♀️
It is grass fed and A2 A2. I can get it for $7 too but with a two hour drive and not grass fed or A2 A2. Not legal to have it delivered in my state. I don’t think we are health nuts. Did you see my Diet Coke? 😜
Sarah isn't a health nut she just cares what her children are consuming in the main, they often have treats and takeaway, I think it's just a conscious and balanced way of living.
Our budget is 1300/mo
For 6 people $266/pp
We live in Southern CA and buy organic, non-GMO, raw milk, etc
We also have special diets for several family members
Love the wholesome ideas you showed!
We were born and raised in So Cal, then raised our two older children there and our third was 11 when finally moved to Texas. Food is not less expensive here like we were led to believe that “everything” cost less in Texas. But we were able to double our home size, my husband went from spending 1.5 hour/each direction to and from work. He was tearing up when his first commute was 15 min. He spent just over 25 years of our marriage commuting from Corona to Orange County. We’re also a single income family and we also homeschooled all three of our kiddos. Being the CEO of homemaking and primary teacher are no smucky roles. I know we all asmommas are doing the best we can to keep the home fronts thriving. I cannot stand the demeaning description that even women speak of when referring to rearing children and homemaking. I support women no matter what life choices they make in working inside the home or out. Sorry…I guess I got on my soapbox a little. LOL
But CA is challenging, so kudos on brilliant grocery budgeting.
You guys must be rich! No way i could feed that many people.
It’s called working to become successful.
A quick lunch for something different I make pizzas with tortillas, pizza sauce, cheese and any of your favorite pizza toppings. Bake at 400 degrees until cheese is melted.
We don't drink milk. It's meant for calves. That's why so many people have issues with lactose.
You can freeze homemade pasta. You twist it into a bundle, place it on a tray,freeze it and then put it freezer bag.
Wow thanks for sharing! I make small batch pasta, but I prefer big batch cooking to save future-me some work! Totally trying this.
I used to make and freeze my pasta but I never thought of doing it that way. I would spread it out on cookie sheets and freeze it then put them in bags. Your way would have been easier and probably taken less freezer space.
I never ate dried mango until I receive it from my colleagues from Manila this week, call me crazy but I ate a bag of it in 24 hours they are amazing and it also helps with your digestion😂
Does your total include your monthly Amazon Subscribe and Save order as well?
Your budget sounds good until you consider that a lot pf the costs are not included. My grocery budget includes ALL of the meats I buy as well as eating out. As interesting as it is to see how much you spend at some places, It would be even more interesting to see what is actually spent on groceries including your bulk meats (whole or half cow costs per year, money spent caring for chickens and cows, ect). It isn't, in my opinion, a real budget unless all food is included in what is spent, including eating out, and a breakdown of how much is non food (household and personal hygiene items, pet/farm animal care and food ect.) vs how much of the spend yearly or monthly is food only.
I can see that. I do a budget, and then a micro budget. So on the macro, yes I try to stick within the budget, the addition of pet bedding and pet food (animals food etc) does add to my budget. And while I like my animals, it’s really hard to say I don’t buy a thing when in actuality I’m paying more for it in their food-read: eggs. Contrasted to that, though, is making my own bread (no bread machine) and I can make that for $2 say, whereas a decent thin slice loaf of Publix bread is $2-$3 a loaf…and excluding effort I’m breaking even except that I know where my food is coming from.
Every little thing adds up and it’s so much.
I agree. Probably half of what they spend is organic animal feed costs
And grass fed beef… those prices are insane.
And they’re not counting that as “food”
Cost….
I would breed one now, then in a few months breed the other, that way they dry up at routines and you always have milk
one of the most important part of showing a haul is the prices. Also i noticed you buy raw milk which the human body doesn't need unless you are a baby, and you dont buy organic. MnMs are toxic, look into the dye used for color. i would feed my kids organic and skip the milk, or at least buy way less.
She will buy whatever she feels like. She didn’t have her children to copy what you do. She’s not trying to be you.
@@LeahFairfield its called advice, you obviously are ignorant and could help no one because you're too busy being a triggered cry baby snowflake 😭😭😭
Great haul! It’s so hard to stay in budget! I have kept my budget at $1750 for our family of 14. So about $125 per person per month. But man your are so right about the prices double sometimes tripling!
It’s ROUGH!!!
No hate just really curious. What made you change your mind about buying organic? Maybe a year ago you stated you didn’t really believe stuff was organic. Just really curious on what changed your thoughts? If I am wrong I apologize but I thought you made that statement. Love watching from Texas!
Family of 3 (2 adults and a teenager) we spend about $575/month or ~$192/person but that's with taxables (cleaning supplies and whatnot)
Such a good idea freezing the lime and lemon juice in icecube trays!! Never would have thought to do that. I love all your tips and tricks 😊
Ours is also about $166 per person (we’re a family of 6). It’s definitely been more of a struggle to stay on budget though.
I buy several things in bulk even with not many in my home just to have it on hand and usually cheaper. I think what I would spend an average monthly amount per person is close to what you spend per person.
I've been canning my own tom products are you going to or ever think to can your own tom products
I was watching a video the other day and the creator stated rather than using coconut milk, she uses coconut cream and reconstitutes it 1:1 with water which stretches it out amount wise. She said it’s more cost effective to do it that way? I don’t use it so I can’t attest to it.
Whole lemon, sugar, water blended in a nutribullet, strained and then re blended with ice is DELISH
Add olive oil for smoothness and health benefits! Yum!
Or, coconut milk. 😊
Talk about inflation! 4 years ago,your grocery budget was $1300!!! I guess those days are long gone forever. 😢
Love your channel. ❤❤
They also added two more to their family during that time.
You must get a lot of money from the church to do what you do your very blessed.
FYI, that is not their only income stream. They own other businesses and you are watching one of them. Be careful with your words.
There's nothing wrong with my words they are bless by the church that's a good thing watch your own words .
We try to stick to $200 a person per month. But, 😂 my son is 17 and rarely eats at home and I haven’t lowered it yet… seems like we will keep it at $800 per month for now…
My budget is 400.00. If you had a tight budget what would you cook? I went to Sam’s this last week and mega mama hauls must have taken place. Empty shelves. I hate that.
I think it's dependent on how many people you are feeding. I have 6 people and my budget is about 800 a month
Do you think you will make lemon cleaner with vinegar? It would be cool to see how you do it! Thanks for the video! ❤
Oh yes I have a lot made right now but can show that soon. 👍
@@OurTribeofMany thank you!
Family of 8 we get $950 in fs, as well as WIC. Non food we spend $200 easily on diapers, wipes, dish soap, hand soap tp ect. When our cash is very low we use Albertsons for our WIC and some fs (i only buy sale items their) and use our rewards for non food items. The last few months have been very very rough so the Albertsons rewards helped us soooooo much. I was told to use my resources and i really have.
Why you have so many kids living off the government? WTH
@@wilmabetty2496 Your comment isn't nice at all you don't know my situation or what led my family to need some help. I work my ass off and I pay my taxes. I unfortunately just had micro preemie twins at 25 weeks 4 days and went through a very very long NICU stay that ended up with both my babies dying. One we knew we needed to let go and the other was completely unexpected. So yes it's been very very tough trying to make sure we keep a roof over our heads and food in our bellies during the worst time of our life. Also trying to keep going mentally which is a whole other struggle so thank you so much for your very very insensitive comment.
I'm so sorry for your loss and how insensitive the previous comment was. My heart goes out to you. You were honest and open about your situation and the information you shared about the rewards program may help someone else who may be struggling. God bless and keep you.
We spend about $100/mo/person (3 people). We eat very clean, mostly organic, a lot of fresh produce and bulk grain and beans, mostly vegetarian, mostly from scratch
For the cilantro if you don't have a dehydrator/freeze dryer you can dry them by hanging them up somewhere. I grow a bunch of herbs in the spring and summer and that is what I do with what I grow. It is a nice, easy, and low cost way to preserve them. Because your not running an appliance to dry them out. It does take a week or so but they taste great. After I know the herbs are dry I usually use my blender and pulse then to put in seasoning jars.
We are a family of 8 and our budget is $800 a month so $100 per person. We have much younger kids than you our youngest being twin almost 2 year olds and our oldest is almost 14. I'm scared of what it will look like with more teens. We don't buy junk but we definitely have to pick and choose our quality items. We also eat very simply so no elaborate meals for us which is a win/win with picky eaters