The Monthly Grocery Bill

No one ever said that eating healthy was inexpensive, but we're shelling out about $1,000 a month on groceries. That's for 2 adults (one who entirely eats gluten-free food and one who cooks/bakes gluten-free but eats/drinks non-gluten-free food too). For that price I'd expect to have a personal chef who is making me filet mignon every night, but that's not the case.

Let's take a look at some of the typical foods our family eats. It's probably not so much different than a family who doesn't have to be gluten free.

Breakfast:
A bowl of Rice Chex (now GF) or Nature's Path GF Corn Flakes with some skim milk
On Sundays we splurge and eat GF waffles (from the Namaste mix) with GF peanut butter and GF syrup. We also have some GF bacon (Walmart brand is GF; thankfully, because we can't find Hormel here)
Banana
Stonyfield Farms yogurt --on occassion, but rare

Snacks:
Fresh fruit, like an apple or banana
Enjoy Life trail mix
Chips and salsa

Lunch:
Amy's frozen meals or leftovers from dinner
Bean salad (Bush's black beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans) with diced tomatoes, onions, artichoke hearts, cucumbers, corn

Dinner:
Burgers (diced onion, egg, GF breadcrumbs, McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning) with cheese (Applegate Farms Pepperjack) and an avocaco, and Ore-ida fries with Annie's Naturals GF ketchup
Spaghetti or other pasta like penne (from Tinkyada) with Classico sauce (sometimes meatballs with GF breadcrumbs) and parmesan
Grilled chicken (with salt/pepper) and baked sweet potatoes or roasted red potatoes and corn or asparagus
Stir fry (rice (make extra for fried rice the next night), pack of frozen mixed vegetables)
Fried rice (cooked rice, egg, vegetable oil, San-J GF soy sauce, green onion)
Pan-fried tilapia (olive oil, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, freshly-squeezed lemon)
Garden salad (romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers) and Annie's Naturals GF salad dressing
Pizza (pepperoni, black olives, artichoke hearts, mozzarella, parmesan, Classico sauce, freshly grown basil) made on a GF crust (that's homemade from Arrowhead Mills & Bob's Red Mill products)
Grilled chicken fajitas (homemade marinade with red wine vinegar, olive oil, onion, garlic) on a GF corn tortilla with homemade guacamole
Grilled cedar-plank salmon
Tacos (corn tortilla chips, ground beef, onion, Amy's refried beans, tomatoes, avocado, black olives)
Pasta salad (Tinkyada spirals, celery, onion, cheddar cheese chunks, black olives, olive oil, balsamic vinegar)



This is just a basic list. We're always looking to expand. My husband LOVES to cook, so he's learning all about gluten-free cooking! :)

-KAGFG