Yes… you heard that right. A full week’s worth of groceries for $21.

The life of an artist isn’t always easy. But I am a professional dancer, so I need to make sure that my body gets enough micro and macro nutrients. So how do you cut down or save money on groceries, which are vital to us, and also without giving up quality food.

Well, the Germans gave us two very useful things to help us with this task: Aldi and Trader Joe’s. If you want to see some of the goodies I bought from my Trader Joe’s Haul go to my epic Grocery Haul post. But for today, I am going to show you how to buy a week’s worth of groceries for one from Aldi for only $21. Yes… $21.

Now does Aldi have all organic, non-GMO products. No. And most of the food that I bought this week was conventional, non-organic. Now I know I am going to get a lecture from someone on how terrible pesticides, chemicals, etc. are for you. I watch a lot of Health and Fitness Youtubers, Instagrammers, and online influencers who look like they lead perfect lives, eat a perfect diet, maintain a perfect workout schedule, and never have financial issues.

But that isn’t real. Humans aren’t perfect. None of us can be that perfect. Sometimes you have to cut corners in life, or make adjustments. Life is never going to be easy. You constantly have to work to maintain the life that you live and love. You have to keep your chin up during the good times and the desperate times. So if you need to cut down on your budget and save on grcoeries, don’t fear not buying organic. BUYING CONVENTIONAL WHOLE FOODS OR FROZEN PRODUCE THAT IS NOT ORGANIC IS BETTER THAN EATING PROCESSED FOODS OR SKIPPING OUT ON YOUR FRUITS AND VEGGIES!

So you go buy yourself those conventional frozen peppers and peas and be proud of it.

So for the times when we just had put our 16-year old Pontiac into the shop for the third fucking time in two months, here is how you can cut down on your grocery bill and save money.

Don’t believe me? Here was my receipt:

The ground turkey was $2.59!

The eggs were $0.43!?!?!?!

I went crazy when I saw that.

Egg whites and eggs are a great source of cheap protein. Egg whites are a good high protein, low fat and calorie source. While egg yolks provide a lot of good nutrients including vitamin B-12 and B-6, vitamin D, A, and E, as well as iron! But I have never seen eggs that cheap before. I never used to take advantage of the nutritional value of eggs that much, but now I’ll be buying these great cheap protein sources every week.

Now I will admit there are no major carb sources in this haul, and that’s mainly because I already had lots of carb sources in my pantry.

From previous Aldi trips I remember some of their prices:

Couscous: $0.99

Long grain rice: $0.89

Pasta: $0.89

Sweet Potatoes: $1.49 for a 3 lb bag!

12 Grain whole wheat bread: $1.29

So it would only be a few dollars more to buy some carbs. So we’ll round up to $25 for the week.

Aldi does not have everything. Like band aids. If you cut your hand, don’t go to Aldi (yes this happened to me once). What I suggest is create your grocery list. If you want an example of what’s on my grocery list you can check out:

After you’ve created a grocery list, I would go to Aldi FIRST, that way you can see what they have on your list and what you don’t, then if you need to you can go to another supermarket to purchase the rest of your groceries. But this way you can try to knock out most of your list buying cheaper items at Aldi.

What are some of your favorite Aldi finds? Share below! I’d love to hear!