SueGreggCookbooks
A Comprehensive Whole Foods Cooking System 
Balancing Nutritional Quality & Taste, Convenience & Cost

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What do Whole Foods Cost? 
 
Estimated Monthly Food Costs: U.S. Average Costs at Home at Four Levels Official USDA Food Plans. View the complete current USDA file including weekly and monthly cost data for individuals and groups.   View the USDA food cost tables.

The SueGreggCookbook recipes and menus average between the Low-Cost and Moderate-Cost USDA plans. However, there are enough menus and recipes in the Main Dishes Cookbook alone to enable a family to live on the Thrifty Plan without repeating a main dish menu more than once a month. 

Save by ingredient choices:  Bean and grain dishes cost less. Meat and dairy dishes are more expensive.

Save with preparation methods:  Blender Batter Minute Bran Muffins can be made for a fraction of the cost of white flour, sugary commercial off the shelf muffins.

 Summarize the nutritional values and the cost on a chart.  more . . .

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Balancing Nutritional Quality & Taste, Convenience & Cost
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