Kinda luckyi live in socialist Canada- where health is partially covered for!
Food. My god I love food.
Our kitchen is stocked with cheap living eats.
Rice(white not brown, can't stand brown) restocked once every~2-3 months, $20, 25 pounds
Potatos(sweet or otherwise)- restocked once every 2 months $12, 8 pounds
Flour(make things!)-~3 months, $2, 5 pounds
Oats-~2 months, $5, 5 pounds
Greens, set up cost: $20, pretty much just cost of seeds, and time. It takes for you to grow em.
My inspiration:
http://www.ted.com/talks/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment.htmlFrozen veggies: around $5 for a 5 pound pack, frigging awesome for everything. Lasts approx 2 weeks.
Seasonings( vanilla extract,salt pepper, soy sauce, vinegar, mixed Asian and carribean spices)- 6 months, $40-50
Peanut butter, smooth, chosen by highest calorie against lowest price- 1 month, $5
Nutella: see above
Eggs-36 pack $8-13 depending on coupons/ where I shop
Yogurt(plain!).around 3 for a large tub, lasts a week.
Frozen berries, 5lb bag, 1 month, $ 8
Multivitamins(180 pills), $24, 3-4 months
The highest costing part of groceries are meats, everthing else is pretty negligible...
Also, I probably should eat fruits more.
Chicken(rotiserrie, whole) 2x month, 16-30
Beef or pork(grounded or cheap cuts like liver) $16-30 2x month
Total: usually around $120-150 a month( after factoring in the ones that spread across multiple months)
Leaves me with about 50-100 a month let over,
Of which 20 is deposited into tfsa( tax free savings) when I get my check.
Then I try to set aside my monthly budget of fun spending (25) and put the rest into tfsa.
Ill post recipes if people are interested!