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How Italy Taught the World to Cook With Fresh Nothing

My Family's Delicious $120 Grocery Budget: How Italian Peasant Cooking and AI Made It Work

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Kaitlynn Rivera
May 28, 2025
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Want to know a juicy secret? I’ve been feeding a family of three on about $120 a week—and we’re eating incredibly well. Real protein, fresh seasonal produce, mostly organic. Not because I’m some coupon wizard or living off-grid with goats, but because I started paying attention. To what’s in season. To what’s in my pantry already. To what actually fuels…

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