Breakfast is two egg vegetable omelet with cheese and fruit
Lunch is salad with a protein (usually from dinner the night before)
Snacks include pork rinds, almonds, peanuts, and/or fruit
Dinner is usually a protein (red meat twice a week) with a vegetable
We do not eat out but maybe once every other week
Grocery receipts from the last 4 weeks were consistently $200+. It’s just the two of us.
Then you must be combining other items in with your food bill and or your food prices are much higher than around here , or you are the size of a NFL back. Of course I am under 5'5'' and around 130lbs, but normally you should be able to get many days out of two dozen eggs (3.00) and two pounds of grapes (2.50) and a lb. of apples (2.00) about 4 meals out of a pound of beef (7.00 or less), or frozen or canned fish (4.00 lb. or less) and a couple heads of lettuce (2.00), Add in a 24 oz. jar of pasta sauce, (2.00) a 1/2 Lb. of cheese. (2.50) 2lbs potatoes and onions (5.00) and a lb of carrots (3.00) and a head of broccoli (1.50) and some snacks (5.00: no pork rinds!) and than at less than $37.00 you should have enough for at least 5 days, or about &7.50 a day.
But if you shop sales and stock up on packs of things like pasta sauce from Walmart online then you can save more.
But thank God we have lived for years spending far far less, as missionaries without relying on state welfare, thanks be to God.