That doesn't sound like very much for groceries to me! But the thing is, I cook everything from scratch at home and I'm very picky about ingredients/whole foods etc.
Like you, I also have to eat only gluten-free food. That said, I don't really ever buy any "gluten free" products because they're so much more expensive, they don't fit within my diet guidelines (still trying to lose some more weight here) and they don't usually taste all that great anyway. I do buy almond flour from time to time, but the recipes where I use it only call for something like 1/4 cup or something (for example: homemade turkey meatloaf with grated carrot, zucchini, onions, celery, almond flour, egg, organic ketchup).
I'm not sure what kinds of things you buy on a regular basis, but my #1 suggestion for cutting down a grocery bill while being gluten-free is to simply not buy the 'replacement' gluten-free versions of old stand-bys. Things like rice, potatoes and such are naturally gluten free. Buying gluten-free breads, cereals, cookies, pasta or what have you - these things cost twice or three times as much as the regular version.
A few other suggestions:
Try crockpot cooking - even less expensive cuts of meat work out beautifully when slow-cooked in a crockpot all day. Bonus in the summer is that you don't have to turn the oven, stove or BBQ on at all.
Frozen broccoli florets aren't too bad. I don't normally like frozen vegetables at all, but frozen broccoli is handy. I can sautee it from frozen in some olive oil with garlic, or I could sautee in bacon bits or what have you. I can also roast it in the oven on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper - spray broccoli with an olive-oil mister, sprinkle on a wee bit of seasoning salt. It's quite good, and there's no chance of overcooking it, since you're putting it into the oven frozen. I used to buy big bags of fresh broccoli florets but found that I could never eat it all up before it was time to toss it. It will cook in the oven in 15 minutes flat (350F) from frozen. No fuss, no muss.
Keep an eye on any/all berries in your fridge. If they've been there for a few days, freeze them. Rinse, pat dry. Line cookie sheet with parchment, arrange berries in a single layer and stick in the freezer. Once frozen, slide them into a freezer-safe container or ziploc bag. Voila - berries aren't frozen all clumped together. Works for all berries.
Cheap and good meal: an egg casserole of sorts - a crustless quiche, I guess you'd call it. Large 13X9 glass baking dish. Line with parchment on the bottom. Put crumbled browned sausage, or other favourite breakfast meat (eg. chopped bacon or whatever you like), throw in some sauteed red bell peppers and sauteed sliced mushrooms. Whisk up 12 eggs, pour over top. Sprinkle in some chopped green onion ends. Throw in some grated cheese if you eat cheese. Bake at 350F for half an hour. For dinner - just add a salad. The best deal is that you have a great "on the go" breakfast or lunch for the next day.
It's really good with spicy ketchup:
http://www.mayakaimal.com/prod-ss-spicyketchup
The breakfast casserole can be eaten for dinner, lunch or breakfast. It's good hot, and even good cold the next day. The sky's the limit on what you put in there - could be sun-dried tomatoes, roasted asparagus spears, could be chopped up proscuitto, you could have spinach in there - you get the idea. I threw in a couple of pics of the last one I made.
I could go on and on (and on) about this, but I won't I have tons of ideas, but don't want to turn this into a novel.
Do you shop at Costco at all? If so, I can give you a few more ideas.
Meanwhile, your grocery bill is really quite reasonable, if you ask me!
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