Food for the two humans only--about 250 a month. A little more when Stuart is home full time. He eats some things I don't-like coffee creamer and chip dip. On average prices here are 30% higher than in the south. Produce often sucks! So I buy lots of frozen veggies and fruit. I eat out more often when Stuart is away, but the overall bill stays the same. I get take out Chinese food once a month no matter what and have a bi-weekly lunch out with my best friend.

I don't buy meat at the grocery store. Stuart won't eat commercially raised meat. He is a hunter so much of our meat comes from wild game(mostly moose). When he can't hunt or is unsuccessful, we buy a hindquarter of organic beef directly from the rancher. Works out to about 3.50 a pound cut and wrapped. We buy 30 chickens and three turkeys a year from an organic farmer. We have to order them months in advance when the farmer orders his chicks in the spring. The poultry bill comes to about 500 bucks annually.

I do tons of baking so I don't buy sweets or much bread. You can get a lot of loaves of bread from a 10 dollar bag of flour!

I spend much more feeding the critters!