<prompt> Human: The wife and I have a 8 month old whos just starting solids, and were constantly tweaking our budget, and I wanted to see what others are spending on food to see how far out of touch we are.We both try to eat exclusively organic and harm-free foods whenever we can. Typically we each eat 8oz of protein in a day, so for a month, we do 12lbs beef half ground, half cheap stakes, 12lbs chicken breast, and 6lbs fish half tilapiahalf salmon. After that, we buy rice, beans, 5lbs coffee, 3lbs cheese split between cheddarbluegoat, and then avocados 2 a day for the house, cage free eggs, spinach, kale, and tortillas, along with floursugar and spices as necessary.The last few months weve been hovering right around 700 a month. I know we could cut it way down if we went to eating garbage food, but with 9K net take home, its only 8 of our take home pay. Plus, we really dont like the lowest of the low quality meatseggs.What are you all spendingbudgeting for food on a month to month basis?  <response>: I dont think you need to eat garbage food to reduce your grocery costs. I would start with reducing your meatprotein consumption - try and do 2-3 vegetarianvegan meals a week. You can still have high quality meat and eggs, but it doesnt have to be every day. There are plenty of inexpensive ways to get your protein in. Check out reatcheapandhealthy and I recommend checking out as well for some ideas for cooking healthy, tasty food on a budget. I would also look at branding - you dont need brand name things like salad dressing or condiments, store brand and generic is just fine for things like that. Your food bill does seem really high for two people - I have a family of 3 soon to be 4, two adults and one child and one on the way and we spend about 350month Canada. We eat well and very healthfully - lots of fruit and veg, and 2-3 no meat meals a week. Everything is made from scratch and there is not a lot of waste. 