This is what $89 feeds a family of 4 for a week.
A real plan generated by Hestia. Family of 4, balanced budget, maximum leftover reuse. 21 meals. 15 of them cost nothing because they used food already cooked or already in the pantry. Every setting is adjustable. This is one way to use Hestia. Your plan would reflect your family's preferences.
15 out of 21 meals were leftovers
This family set their leftover preference to maximum. They like cooking big batches on Monday and Friday and eating from those all week. You might prefer more variety and less reheating. That's fine. Hestia lets you set your leftover tolerance anywhere from "cook every meal fresh" to "batch cook and eat all week." This plan shows what maximum leftovers looks like. Your plan would reflect your preferences.
The grocery list
- 1 cup pumpkin$3.29
- Pumpkin pie spice$2.98
- 2¾ cups flourpantry
- 1 cup pecanspantry
- 1 cup butterpantry
- 4 eggspantry
- Sugar, brown sugarpantry
- Baking powder, baking soda, saltpantry
- Makes 16 servings. Breakfast for 4 days.
This was week 5 of this family's plan
Costs vary week to week depending on what you cook, but the trend is down. By week 4, the pantry had 80 items stocked. The grocery list gets shorter because you already have the staples.
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