My Family's Weekly Diet

My family spends about 351 dollars which includes the amount my family spends eating out a couple nights and going out for lunch a couple times a week.  Going out to dinner adds up to about 100 dollars when my whole family goes out to dinner one night a week.  I also go out for lunch a few times a week which adds up to about 15 dollars.  My little brother eats lunch at school each day of the week which adds up to about 30 dollars.  We usually order in Chinese or Italian food on Fridays which we spend about 50 dollars. 

For the food we eat at home, we spend about 140 dollars.  This is broken down to about 45 dollars for meat products (including eggs), about 30 dollars on fruit and vegetables, about 20 dollars on dairy, 45 dollars on grain.  My family eats generally healthy.  My parents try to include a grain, meat, and vegetable at each dinner.  On snacks that we eat outside the house, we spend about 20 dollars.  These snacks include granola bars, candy bars, and gummy snacks.

We eat all of our meals in the kitchen, except for the snacks we we take to school or work.  For our meat and poultry, we usually buy steak, chicken, and eggs.  For fruit and vegetables we usually have broccoli, carrots, potatoes, apples, bananas, and other items to make a salad with dinner each night. 

For the grain items we usually buy waffles for my little brother to eat for breakfast along with pastina, grits, and cereal.  I also get whole wheat bread which I eat for breakfast and make a peanut butter and nutella sandwich everyday.  My mom also gets oatmeal to eat for breakfast some mornings. 

For dairy we get string cheese which my brother and I take to school everyday.  We also go through about 2 gallons of milk every week.  My mom also eats a lot of greek yogurt with fruit. 

There are no traditional foods we get to represent our culture but rather just a continuous cycle of the same foods that we like to eat.  We generally don’t mix up what we buy at the store. 

Grocery list

-       waffles

-       grits

-       pastina

-       cereal

-       eggs

-       milk

-       gummy snacks

-       oatmeal

-       egg whites

-       greek yogurt

-       chicken

-       berries

-       steak

-       apples

-       bananas

-       turkey

-       ovaltine

-       whole wheat bread

-       string cheese

-       nature valley bars

-       candy bars

-       broccoli

-       carrots

-       potatoes

-       guacamole

-       salad items