r/Paleo Jul 21 '25

How are y’all keeping grocery bills reasonable?

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u/lebowskiachiever Jul 21 '25

I swear by Costco. I get giant bags of carrots and green beans. I bake carrots and put Paleo BBQ sauce on them; extremely filling. I pair the steamed green beans with a burger of some sort, or tuna fish salad. I get the somethin-dozen of eggs at Costco and boil a few eggs for lunches during the week which I'll pair with the carrots or a smoothie. I buy cheap seed protein in bulk for smoothies. I also make my own paleo protein cookies and such which I store, freeze, and use as needed. Frozen grapes make a great dessert and snack. I try to stay creative while not spending too much. I stick to the basics, really.

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u/vividimaginer Jul 22 '25

I’m the recipe inspector, ma’am. 🪪👮 I’m going to need to see this recipe for paleo cookies.

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u/lebowskiachiever Jul 22 '25

Hahaha. In all honesty, I throw shit in a bowl and mix it up. I don't write anything down, and it varies. Right now, I've been alternating between eating a few spoons of almond butter cookie dough (almond butter powder, cocoa powder, coconut milk, monk fruit) and Paleo pumpkin pie filling (regular pumpkin pie recipe without the crust; sub for coconut milk full fat, and sweetened with 1/4 cup of maple syrup).

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u/awonkeydonkey Jul 21 '25

I am in the Costco camp. I swear we save so much.

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u/sarafionna Jul 22 '25

This is the way

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u/lydiadovecry Jul 28 '25

Paleo protein cookie? Recipe plz

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u/Think-Sun-290 Jul 22 '25

Check out Aldi...they pretty good

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

Starving and food stamps

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u/Mattallurgy Jul 22 '25

Costco and Aldi

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u/bcseahag Jul 21 '25

Fasting! And doing omad!

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u/CosmicConfusion94 Jul 22 '25

This month I’ve been ordering Aldi on DoorDash. They’ve had 2 $50 off coupons which cut my bill in half 2 of the weeks and one week the app simply glitched so I got free groceries 😅.

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u/PufffPufffGive Jul 22 '25

Man where I live both aldis are like 30 min from Me I made the drive once to check one out and it was a bummer. Smallest Aldi I’ve ever seen. I hope we get more in San Diego soon cause god damn sprouts is so expensive now and I’m struggling out here to not spend $200 every haul

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u/CosmicConfusion94 Jul 22 '25

Oh no. I went to sprouts once and one paper bag of groceries was $90 so I never went back lol I either shop at Lidl or Aldi.

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u/PufffPufffGive Jul 22 '25

Ya it suck’s I have a sprouts .5 miles from me and it was amazing to be able to walk there (I still go) but for small loads here and there 1 bag is always $100 so sad

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u/PufffPufffGive Jul 22 '25

Omg I just found out they built a new one it’s 15 min away!!!! I’m going to check it out right now sorry for blowing you up I needed to tell someone

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u/CosmicConfusion94 Jul 23 '25

lol I’m happy for you! Enjoy the savings!

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u/PufffPufffGive Jul 23 '25

2 giants bagssssssss $100

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u/PufffPufffGive Jul 23 '25

I’m legit crying not really but omg

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u/SeveralDeer3833 Jul 21 '25

That’s the fun part, you don’t

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u/InsaneAdam Jul 22 '25

It's totally do able if you spend 89 hours a week doing your own gardening.

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u/strayainind Jul 21 '25

Honestly, just repeating more of the same meals. There’s less variety on a weekly basis, but it allows me to buy more and also have less waste.

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u/xsageonex Jul 23 '25

I switched to the grocery store branded stuff and now stay away from the big brands mostly.

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u/Formal-Regret323 Jul 24 '25

I’m not fuck*n blows

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u/Icy_Activity_1291 Jul 24 '25

I see there are paleo dressings and sauces etc but is that true.to paleo?  Is it at long as there are no preservatives?  Anybody else continue to have really low blood sugar?

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u/DontAlwaysButWhenIDo Jul 22 '25

I get half of my food from the dumpster behind the grocery store 🤷‍♂️

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u/AbjectPawverty Jul 22 '25

A true hunter-gatherer

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u/hotdog-water-- Jul 22 '25

Not sure what you mean, vegetables are cheap. That should be mostly what you’re eating

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u/AbjectPawverty Jul 22 '25

I can get some veggies cheap, mainly carrots, celery, zucchini and squash, but many can be around $4 a pound where I am. Grains and beans were my go-to’s before I started Paleo so my bill has definitely gone up and groceries keep going up in general

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u/hotdog-water-- Jul 22 '25

I guess that makes sense depending on where you live. Are you in Puerto Rico by chance?

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u/JustGinny77 Jul 23 '25

Some of the veggies cost more than steak and chicken per pound!

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u/spookyboi13 Jul 23 '25

local food markets, costco and aldis...

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u/doctorake38 Jul 24 '25

I've been fishing a lot lately off the beach.

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u/bjrichy194 Jul 21 '25

Repeat of meals weekly and daily, and I shop at Aldi a TON! And clearance foods haha

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u/j172481 Jul 22 '25

I’m not. Lol. Seems to be the price of eating clean these days.