I envy you ladies I really do. I spend in one week what you all do in a month. But in my defense I am feeding my family and my in laws as well as they are older and don't cook anymore. That also includes pet food and non food items.

My DH family is very strange they will not eat left overs at all no way, now how. So I have to cook a brand new meal each day. DH father lives by the old rules and you must have meat, veggie and starch with dinner and they can't be mixed. Only thing I get away with mixing is shepards pie. I have tried many times to get them to eat different things but it is not worth the mumbling I get. Nights they go out to dinner DH and I will eat whatever we can find. I am lucky he is not quite as picky as his dad though he will not eat any meal with cheese. His parents are also diabetic so I try to serve fresh cooked veggies and light starches which add to my food bill as canned veggies sometimes have things that raise their sugar.

On the bright side though his parents have been very good to us and have helped us in so many ways the least I can do is put up with cooking for them and helping them anyway I can.