The One About Budgeting. Food Budgeting 101.

That vicious grocery budget. Getting and keeping that nasty thing under control has been a beast. A real piece of work, I tell ya! More like a huge pain in my tushy but you get what I'm talking about.

I've spent 5 years in the making trying to get this under control. FIVE years! You wouldn't think it would be so hard but it has been completely brutal. Hours and hours of time spent conniving up plans of action. Menu planning, shopping trips, researching, changing methods, changing what we eat, then changing it all over again. One thing would work, yet I'd always end up failing. Budget blown. Over-spent. And usually by a lot. Can anyone else relate?

I've been trying so hard to have our family eat a healthy, real foods diet, but this task has seemed nearly impossible, at least until now.

I'm here to tell you (and myself) it can be done. It can be controlled! Take that you beast of a budget you! You can eat healthy and keep you wallet slim(ish). Note the -ish, as I realize we all have different incomes and budgets to work with.

I think I've finally nailed it though- at least for our family and I hope I can be of help to anyone else out there who has struggled too.

Over the next month, I am going to share with you all my tips, tricks, cheats, and sneaks. All my wins and failures. And everything else under the sun I have thought of in regards to food budgeting. I'll share our own personal budget and menu for the month of July (mostly tried and true yummy recipes), how much we spend, where we shop and anything else I can think of to help you successfully achieve the same. I'm going to show you bit by bit how it works for me and my family.
*Major disclosure though.* Eating healthy and sticking to a budget is not easy. I repeat, not easy. You'll need patience. Lots of it. and plenty of time to prepare and plan. It's worth it though, I promise.You're body will feel energized and clean and your families' will too.
Feel free to use what I have to get you started. Soon enough you'll be kicking that mean ol' blown budget to the curb too.