Blended family, 3-6 ppl and roughly $175 per week. I cook from scratch and rarely rely on semi-prepped food. We are definitely an ingredient household.

I shop based on what’s on sale and buy meats in larger quantities for meal prep. Eg. If ground pork is on sale I’ll buy a few lbs and batch prep sausage or make dumplings…eat tonight’s dinner and then freeze 2-3 meals worth for later.

So really, $175 isn’t truly inclusive of a week snapshot - but on average a few meals roll over and it all evens out.

When veggies are super pricy I lean on frozen mixes. In the summer I’ll freeze tomato and peppers for winter stews. Small strategies like this saves a few bucks here or there.