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what's the easiest way to see if I can afford to move out? (kbin.earth)

submitted 20 hours ago by strawberry@kbin.earth to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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I can easily find things like rent, internet, insurance prices, but how do I find things like grocery prices? I honestly don't even know what an average grocery list might look like, are there resources to help with this? my gf and I are looking into moving out, and assuming a monthly income of ~4400 USD and rent being 500 USD, I think we should be okay, but I need to be 100% that we won't be barely scraping by or anything. thank you everyone

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[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You're definitely doing the right thing by asking these questions first!

If you're not comfortable cooking by yourselves yet, I'd suggest focusing on that before moving out. The alternative is to eat out a lot, which is bad for your body and wallet. Once you do cook regularly, you'll have a good sense of how much groceries cost for you.

[–] strawberry@kbin.earth 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

100% thats the plan. I've been getting tired of just sandwiches for lunch at work daily, so I was gonna start meal prepping stuff in the freezer, but buying everything myself so I can get an idea of the cost

[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Awesome! I've definitely been there before haha, there's only so much pizzaz you can add to a sandwich :)

FWIW, my main concern with cooking was time. Meal prep is good, but I personally prefer more variety. I've found that this book has a great approach - you do one meal prep cook, and get 3 different meals that use the same core ingredients. During the weekday, since all your proteins and vegetables are prepped, it typically just needs to be thrown together and put into the oven. 10 minutes max of human time, and maybe 20 minutes in the oven.

She has a few free recipes that follow the same format so you can try a cycle of meals before buying the book.

[–] RidgeDweller@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If you're still honing your cooking skills, there are a ton of helpful youtube channels to learn from. J Kenji Lopez Alt is great, but some other good ones are Chef John/Food Wishes, Ethan Chlebowski/Cook Well, Brian Lagerstrom, Adam Ragusea, Matty Matheson, Pailin's Kitchen, Internet Shaquille, Rick Martinez, and many more.

[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 2 points 8 hours ago

Internet Shaquille is probably one of my favorite content producers period. He's just so....real with all of his content haha.