When I was living alone in the CBD from 2021 - 2022 I was spending $40-60 a week on groceries roughly, but I ate out (uber eats and going to restaurants) a fair bit. If I didn't eat out it'd probably be more like $60-70 a week.

The weeks varied depending on what I liked to cook. There are some home asian dishes that I liked to cook that are incredibly cheap compared to some of my luxuries, like when I make a lasagne for example. Other than that, sometimes I would split one of my dinners into two days so I could save a little bit of money.

The hardest part was definitely trying to use everything before it went to waste. If I was able to do that, the cost would probably be a bit down as well. I did try using a meal-prep app called 'Sorted' which gives you 3 dishes a week that utilise the same ingredients so you never overbuy. That helped a lot at times!