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Its even worse for cakes and packet cake mixes, especially White Wings have a phenomenal list of additives. And one of those numbers (one of the very common ones, too) I'm allergic to so its a great incentive to cook at home :)

I sent a longish PM but our basic theme for keeping costs down is just making food from scratch. We don't buy flavoured or pre-diced meat, pre-packaged sauces etc etc, we make everything ourselves. Other half makes great schnitzels from scratch, I do a mean cheese sauce for mornay and stuff...

We try and go for 300-500g lean meat between us, and at least 700g of meat with bones in between us. Roasts on the other hand ... usually get 1.3-1.5kg and I'm not sure how it happens but there is NEVER leftovers :) We get our roasts in a part side, so $30 gives us about 5 meals. We're...

We're regional SA too and our grocery bill is $100-120pw for two adults two children. We get a LOT of stuff on special though, since we are trying to conserve money for huge bills. Our budget has been very screwy this year. We've paid for several thousand of fees for finalising our...