My $25 food challenge: Up to my eyeballs in beans

So I’m full speed ahead into week 2 of my $25-a-week good food challenge and so far so good. This week’s grocery total was $21.32. Almost a quarter of that was my purchase of a pound of Laura’s Lean Beef – cattle raised on a diet of natural grasses and grains, without growth hormones or antibiotics. I’m up to my eyeballs in beans and am ready for a little variety. But at $4.99 a pound, a pound is about all I was willing to purchase on a $25 budget.

The $25 challenge: There’s something to be said for going public

The toughest part of this week’s challenge was not sticking to the $25 budget. It wasn’t giving up processed foods or refined sugar. No, the toughest part of this week was stopping myself from counting calories and weighing myself.

Shopping with purpose: $25 good food challenge – Day 1

Today begins day one of my $25 good food challenge. For those not in the know, last week, after being inspired by Oprah’s Food, Inc. episode, I challenged myself, during the month of February, to eat only healthy, whole foods all on a weekly budget of only $25.

My $25-a-week good food experiment

How does a cash strapped, about-to-be-40-woman eat good, life sustaining foods on a tight (like Mariah Carey’s dress tight) budget? I’m about to find out.

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