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Originally Posted by Britster  You guys that homecook, approx how much would you say you spend $$$ on dog food each month? Just curious. Homecooking is always something I thought I would do one day, but well, I'm fairly lazy  but I am still just curious. I know the purchase of Balance It (right?) is probably the most expensive up front cost. Also, do you make like a months worth of food, or would it go bad before then? How often are you cooking in other words? |
Balance It is about $50 but it ships free. I just replaced a bottle because it expired before I ran out. It is a big bottle. Lasted about 8 months.
Ingredients, you can make as cheap or as expensive as you want. I like organic and fresh.. so I do spend more.. But if you shop sales and price stuff it really isn't that bad. Right now I can get great potatoes at farmers markets.
If I can't.. Trader Joes is pretty inexpensive. I just made 40 days up and froze everything.. it cost about $35 for the potatoes. Eggs are what I will spend money on. I buy from a local farmer and it runs about $10 a week. But I don't care.. I don't skimp on the protein.
Then, there are other things that you have to consider, you need a good scale, and decide how you want to store everything. I buy quart size freezer ziplock bags, weigh out my potatoes and freeze individual portions. Then all I have to do is defrost a portion and add eggs. I have added the eggs before and done the entire meal, but I prefer to add the egg fresh.. Because it is preservative free the eggs get ugly frozen.
That's it.. probably runs me about $40 a month. Not bad.. RX food would be her only option.. and the cost would be right about there or more..