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[–] fatfreelife 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I just bought 20lbs of potatoes for $8 yesterday. I spend about $35/week on groceries but it could easily be more like $20 except I'm a sucker for blueberries since they're available at the farmer's market. And my diet is 95% fresh fruit and vegetables.

Buying fresh vegetables and fruit doesn't have to be expensive, especially when you make sure to buy what's in season. It can be really cheap too if you live in a town with lots of fruit trees. My town used to be mostly orchards so every summer people advertise free apricots, cherries, and apples if you come and pick them yourself. Plus you can grow vegetables which seriously saves so much money, especially when you grow spinach and lettuce because you can pick them every day.

These people complain about healthy food being expensive but that's just because they want to eat expensive processed vegan pizzas or blueberries in December. It's pathetic.

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[–] 5641147? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yes! and then you can make your own jams and salsas and pasta sauces, or just can and freeze the fruits and veg for the winter, thus saving you even MORE money. But that would be work and learning a valuable skill, so hams will have none of it.

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[–] biddle [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

oh, definitely. I'd say the ideal diet here would start more at like $50/week here (the low-cost budget according to USDA, too), but my ham peers are spending that much just maintaining the caffeine-sugar-sludge that is their blood. They complain about money every fucking day.