BUDGET GROCERY SHOPPING FOR A FAMILY OF 6 | SAVING MONEY ON FOOD IN 2022

Hello my name is Christine welcome to frugalfit mom today we are going to cover all the

food

that I bought in the month of November how much does it cost what the hell do we feed my

family

of six during this month and did you know that I have I have been calculating how much I spend on groceries per month throughout the year. There's a full playlist below if you want to check it out. Did you also know that I have a podcast? We have one episode a week where we talk about all kinds of things, if you have a topic that you think might be interesting on the podcast you can text me at frugalfitmom6, that's where I get some of the topics and let's get started now.

I don't like to start these videos with a disclaimer but I feel like I have to because in October we cleaned the freezer a lot and in November I made a lot of content for you that I wouldn't have done if I hadn't been a YouTuber and I would have continued cleaning the freezers while sitting. Here at the end of November, the freezers look the same, we haven't made any dents. Here's why I made a video about awesome things you can buy at Sam's Club. I spent 17 on

food

that day. It's this video. I made a video right here. on purchases Costco returns I spent 55 on snacks long term from that video I probably wouldn't have gone to the store if I didn't want to like the movie The Experience for you, it's this video right here that will also be on the doobly-doo I did a Walmart Christmas video where we try a bunch of Christmas snacks, desserts, holiday specific items from Walmart.

I spent fifty dollars on all the deliciousness we tried in this video that I wouldn't have made. In fact, I bought it as soon as the taste test was over. I packed everything up and took it to all my neighbors so we wouldn't end up with anything. I only bought it for the video and then gave the rest away if so. That's not all, I made a realistic meal plan to go to the supermarket and cooked with me for you, where I spent 75 dollars. It's this video here again, I probably wouldn't have done it if I hadn't made a video for you guys, I would have just done it. like having eaten what was in my freezers and pantry and maybe one day we'll outgrow that box of macaroni and cheese I've been eating for a year.

It's November 8th and I have a

grocery

store at Walmart. The question I present to you. it's because all these groceries are for making specific cooking videos for YouTube and not because I actually needed the food, does it count in my

grocery

budget

or not? Because it's technically a business expense, tell me what you think below. I'll tell you what I plan to do, but either way let me show you what I have and what it costs. This is one hundred and ten dollars. These are two, no, yes, two YouTube videos that I'm recording for you.

I have some salads. produce garlic canned items here cheese cheese cheese got me cheese Frozen goods some dried beans spicy milk V8 wait until you see that video or maybe you've already seen that video I'm not sure eggs ouch pita chips um what's a zucchini cabbage , leeks? kale, coleslaw, avocado, tomato, chicken and red peppers. It was supposed to be plain Greek yogurt because I'm using it instead of sour cream. This is not the same. Sorry, but I have standards, but what I have here are the ingredients for a crock pot cooking video and a specialty video where I also cook Weight Watchers recipes, so that's what this is all for so far.

I spent 185 dollars, that's right, no, that's not right. I have spent 307 strictly making videos. I don't think I would have bought a damn one of those things if I hadn't made videos today is November 16th we have the middle of the month yeah good that my mom is hosting Thanksgiving this year ha okay that's the November 23rd is the day before Thanksgiving and it's time to basically do one last big

shopping

trip for Thanksgiving tomorrow I'm in charge of some dishes so we have to go pick up some things sorry my trachea collapsed two older kids are working today no my three older kids are working today and I Here at my mom's house leaving Ryan to play Monopoly with his cousin so we're going to the grocery store today November 23rd.

I have my list. I have no idea how much it's going to cost. We'll see when we're done. I'm trying to figure out if Walmart is a bad plan, if I should go to a more expensive store but with less people, is it worth it mom says yes it's worth it, what are you eating leftover macaroni and cheese with gloves? I feel like I made a bad move, but we're here at Walmart. I got a parking spot in front so I hope it's not too bad because it's not the end of the day but I hope I can get almost everything on my list which is why I came here instead. elsewhere, oh, hair ties, I keep thinking about things I need that aren't food, knowing I probably won't get them at Albertsons.

I wanted to mention my podcast episode I did with my friend Jen Chapin, which just came out if I haven't listened to that episode. I had a great time chatting with my friend Jen. It's super good. You can listen to it anywhere you listen to podcasts. Very soon you should be able to listen to them on YouTube too. working on it is a project my husband is doing, don't tell my husband I have this, he may have bought it for my mom's house, hey we all need a Vice, am I right or am I right? Let's go to Walmart abroad, this is the worst. aisle in the store in my opinion women's deodorant doesn't work for me I'm a very smelly girl what you showered I wouldn't exercise much it's about a lot so I use men's deodorant because it works better but even Still not everyone does it and then they don't I want to smell like a teenager's wardrobe, so today we're going to try this ultra clear black and white foreigner of a degree.

Walmart was out of vinegar. I need white wine vinegar. I have in my house I have balsamic vinegar rice wine vinegar apple cider vinegar simple vinegar I don't have white wine vinegar so I'm here at Albertsons to go get that and something else what was the other thing oh oh oh and then ? the ingredients for our special punch uh my

family

calls it junk it's an inside joke but it's basically like seven and like a frozen fruit punch and I'll show you it's really good it's super easy and Haley's like are we eating garbage? on Thanksgiving because this is something I need we're here at Albertsons two grocery stores to get all the ingredients happy holidays we're home I spent over a hundred dollars oh Walmart sixty dollars and fifty cents this guy was 15 of that I was going to Buy a small one you saw in the store, but it was five dollars for less than a quarter of this amount, so I thought I'd buy the big one.

I will use it for a long time, so I have this, the sunflower seeds and the onion. cheese and broccoli for this broccoli salad. I was going to make homemade dinner rolls for Thanksgiving. I chose not to participate. The children are home for rest. I was going to make bread, but I won't have time for a few days. Hence the boat where my children are. Eating bagels right now, they go through phases, but right now they're digging the cinnamon raisin swirl bagels, don't worry, I'll touch on all the things with cilantro and some jalapenos. The kids want to make jalapeño ranch dressing.

I'm still sticking with the organic milk for now it lasts longer the non organic milk is bad the minute you open it in all the stores even though it's two weeks away from the date I don't know what the deal is so the organic milk It's been working for us, it's a premium it's six dollars a gallon, but I don't have little kids anymore so we don't spend it like we used to, so I'm going to stick with it, there's Walmart for sixty dollars and fifty cents and then I ran to Albertsons for these. articles these are the slop ingredients here is my white wine vinegar the best is the Minute Maid Triple Berry which I couldn't find so this one will work in a pinch so I guess three liters of seven with a juice container is basically the solution. that is so garbage out of the box and my Albertsons deals total were 54 including this huge pile of meat, when you are in the store just go slow see what you can see these sausages were 224 a pound.

The Falls brand is like an Idaho. deal these were on the manager's special for 99 cents and then this one had a tag on it too so this one was 50 cents oh my gosh I didn't get ham hot dog buns. I wanted to do it right, so I thought the kids could have an easy hot dog lunch while they're here for the Thanksgiving holiday, they're home for six days with chicken prices these days. I was very excited to find this. I don't know why they were on mega mega sale at 69 cents a pound. thighs and thighs, so I have four big packs of these.

I love bone-in chicken. I think it's very underrated. I love cooking with chicken breasts and at 50 cents off that made it 249 a pound is what it ended up with. That's when all my clearance stickers came off, so I bought five packs of these. We'll make one for dinner tonight. It weighs a little under two pounds, so my dinner plan for tonight is just to sprinkle it with this chicken and ribs seasoning. So, I roast the whole package and I have all my neighbors produce from the garden, I still have zucchini, potatoes, sweet potatoes, all kinds of things, so I'm going to make like a big skillet with roasted vegetables on the side and the salad with the jalapeño ranch dressing over here so tonight's dinner is done all this loot here fifty four dollars almost all of this is going in the freezer and I'm going to eat chicken for at least the next month at a big discount and that's why I love clearance purchases.

I love it, I love it, I love it, I'm out there, Terry and I, and I'm done for November, seven days left, of course, the next few days are going to be like all of Thanksgiving, all of the leftovers from Thanksgiving. Thank you to many. many days, so we're taking it for granted for November, the total I spent is here and that includes all the videos of where I made specific things, like I had to get specific ingredients to make specific videos, those cooking videos below, thanks for hanging up. With me we have one more month and then we can see how much I spent on groceries for the entire year of

2022

.

I also had the full playlist below, if you missed any, are you ready for Christmas? The heat is coming.