Coffee at home, On a budget ☕️

Are you a coffee lover?  But maybe your wallet doesn’t appreciate your coffee habit? We have just the fix you’re looking for.

Starbucks is not cheap, but man is it good.  We get it!  Who doesn’t enjoy a Starbucks fix?  That’s a trick question ;)

But boy can it get expensive, especially if you’re having more than one a day. How about Dunkin Donuts? I personally enjoy their coffee more than Starbucks. But again, my wallet doesn’t appreciate it very much.  And that’s why we’re here.

Would you be interested if I told you, you could make your own Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts coffee at home, for a fraction of the price? I don’t know about you, but i like keeping as much of my money as I can. And what if I told you it tastes that much better because ITS CHEAP! ;)

So, how can you go about making your own, deliciously, cheap coffee?

Well, my lovelies, lets get right into it!

Starbucks ground coffee and Starbucks k-cups are mostly available at any grocery store you would be shopping at.  Obviously ground coffee will serve you many more cups for your buck, but k-cups are affordable as well.  Not only are k-cups roughly about $1 a cup, but normally there are coupons or Ibotta deals for money back, making them even cheaper.

Dunkin Donuts also sells grounds which will serve you best, but again k-cups are super affordable, making a cup of coffee less than $1!

If you use a Keurig, you can also buy a reusable filter to put ground filter in, making your coffee cheaper than k-cups but you can still brew it in your keurig! Click here for a list of reusable filters, be sure to check to see that it's compatible with your model of machine. 

Now let’s get to the fun stuff.  How do you make your coffee taste like heaven?  Let’s start with sugar free syrups.  Torani or skinny girl.  Any other brands are acceptable with proper macros and ingredients.  Normally a large bottle of Torani retails for $8, stores that carry the large bottles often have 25% off sales making them $6!

Skinny girl, even cheaper than torani, roughly $4 a bottle.  The bottles are smaller which means you get less uses from the bottle but the price makes up for that per use!  Sugar free syrups come in all different flavors, that can be mixed matched up to create different flavors in your coffee!

Now lets talk sweeteners.  For some, the sugar free syrups are enough, but lets face it, if you want the full starbucks/DD experience you need some sweetener in your coffee. But which ones.  Well that’s actually person preference.  I personally love Splenda Zero which is sucralose.  Emily on the other hand likes stevia and monk fruit!  So with most other things, its just finding what works for you and what you like best.

Creamer.  The staple to coffee.  I’m kidding, only slightly!  I personally can do without creamer but lets face it, I don’t like to!  So lets look at our options here!  Heavy whipping cream, half and half, cashew milk, coconut milk, almond milk, and nut pods!  I’m sure there are some others I’m missing but these are tried and true favorites!

Personally I love unsweetened vanilla almond milk.  I believe Emily prefers heavy whipping cream.  Both of which are excellent options.  Just boils down to what fits your macros, and what fits your taste buds!

SO! Let’s put this all together and break it down by price (roughly of course).

I enjoy the French blend grounds, with almond milk, Splenda zero, and my sugar free torani syrups.

So per cup: .59 cents a cup with everything added up and broken down by servings.  Pretty cheap! Better than the $4 I would pay starbucks or DD for my coffee!

In fact i could have 8 coffees at home for the same price roughly!  That’s a steal!

Emily enjoys the Starbucks k cups, with Prymal creamer and butter.  Depending on the type of butter you use changes the price a bit but were gonna use a median price just to be giving.

Price per cup: $1.22 per cup.   Prymal creamer is a bit pricey but the heart wants what the heart wants!  And again CHEAPER than the $3-$8 one would spend at Starbucks or DD!

So chose wisely for your wallet!

What is your go to coffee from home?  Any tips you’ve found that make it cheaper?  Any products that are absolute must haves/cant live without?

Leave your feedback, comments, and questions below!  We would love to hear from you! 

Ibotta Challenge 10/15-10/31💸💰💵

Let’s have some fun!  Win some prizes.  Get some cash back. And save money!

So if you don’t have Ibotta, now is the time to sign up.  

Stormy’s team link sign up: https://ibotta.com/r/ktmbdid

Emilys team link sign up: https://Ibotta.com/r/jxkpja 

***If you already have an Ibotta and cannot join a team. Thats okay!  You will just pick a team and send your captain screen shots of the offers you redeem!***

To get you all engaged, familiar, and saving those coins!

CHALLENGE:

• Select Ibotta offers for the stores you shop at.
• Link your store card if you have one.
• Shop and don’t forget what offers you have selected.
• Scan your receipts and SAVE THOSE DOLLAS 

The point of the challenge is to redeem as many offers as possible in the two weeks!

Keep your screens shots and then once 10/31 at midnight rolls around, send me and Emily your screen shots and whoever has redeemed the most offers will win a prize!

THEN, everyone else who participated, name will be put into a drawing and TWO small winners will get a keto goodie bag for participating!

If you have any questions, comments or concerns then please reach out to me or Emily on Instagram, or comment below!

LET’S START SAVING! 

Welcome to Keto On A Budget!

Thank you all for taking part in this new and exciting adventure with us! We are very excited to bring you tips & tricks on how to follow a ketogenic lifestyle plan without breaking the bank! 

Please bear with us as we work out a few kinks. We never imagined that so many would want to join us here, so our original plan of a small group on Instagram was blown out of the water with the huge response to this. We have decided to take this to a blog atmosphere with several weekly posts full of tried & true tips.

Please be sure to subscribe to our blog by using the email signup form on the sidebar. 

We will have giveaways and competitions to compete for prizes! If you have friends that may be interested, it's not too late to join the fun! 

If you have not previously signed up for Ibotta, please be sure to do so using one of our links to join our team! This will be our first challenge!

Emily: https://ibotta.com/register?friend=jxkpja
Stormy: https://ibotta.com/register?friend=ktmbdid

We will also be sharing posts on Instagram, so be sure to FOLLOW and turn ON post & story notifications for @fatgal2fitgal and @stormybrewingketo !

Thanks again and we are excited to have you join us! 

Emily & Stormy

Welcome Everyone! *read me*

Welcome to the Everything Keto Blog!  Emily and myself are here to bring you all you need to know about keto!  The month of October specifically will be focusing on Keto on a Budget!  I realize starting a new way of eating can be stressful in itself.  And we don’t need to be stressing our wallets out at the same time!  So before we get started with the goof stuff, we just want to introduce ourselves and go over a couple things with you!

Make sure you’re following both Emily @fatgal2fitgal and myself @stormybrewingketo on Instagram you don’t want to be missing out on anything we post.

Secondly, make sure you have post notifications and story notifications turned on (go to our profiles, click the three dots in the upper right hand corner and turn those bad boys on).  Instagram is continuously changing their algorithm and to stay ahead of their game, turn those notifications on, because its not guaranteed that our posts will show up in your feed!

A little about myself, My name is Stormy.  I’m from Virginia, currently living in North Carolina with my little family, loving life!  I started my instagram as an accountability and motivator for myself!  But it has become so much more than that! Its a great community where we get to socialize and get to know one another, and share information and wonderful foods.  I started my journey at 303.4lbs and 5’10.  I started Keto on a whim, I had no clue if I’d stuck with it or if it would even work for me, but what i did know was that i had nothing left to lose!  So here i am 100+lbs later and have made keto my lifestyle!  I wouldn’t change a thing!  If you’re on the fence take that leap, what’s the worst that could happen?  You succeed? 

About Emily: 

I reside in Southern Ohio (near Cincinnati) and have been following a ketogenic lifestyle since February 2017. A few years before I started Keto, I lost 70lbs on a clean eating/exercising more than normal type lifestyle. After I fell out of the routine I gained the weight back. This is when I started Keto. Since starting Keto I've lost 92lbs and have kept it off. When I started keto, it was just starting to become more mainstream. I had no clue what it was, but I'd had friends that had much success with it so I figured I would give it a go. I began googling, buying all of the keto books and researching everything keto. I found that all of this info was at my fingertips and all I had to do was give it a go and stick with it. Even when I've fallen slightly off the wagon, I've still been able to sustain and that's how I know that this is the lifestyle for me. 

Enough of the small talk, thank you all for being here and for your continued support.  Let’s jump right into Keto on a budget!  Stay tuned!  Some great things are coming shortly!