Paleo/Primal/Low Carb Eating. Is it Expensive??

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Is eating Paleo/Primal/ Low Carb Expensive?

I went shopping today to buy some ingredients for some of the Paleo recipes I have been seeing lately.  I want to make pizza, I told some readers that I would try it this week and fill them in on it.

I decided to go to the health food store to shop today.  We have one called Earthfare that is not far from our house.  I have been buying some meats, fruits and vegetables and a few other things from there for a while.  I have written about Earthfare in the past.

Well today I decided to shop for some of the non-wheat flours and something to make pizza with.  I was shopping for coconut flour and almond meal/flour.  The bags of flour were only one pound and they were 12.99 a bag.  

As I continued to go through the store and look for things I came across a local almond meal that wasn't as expensive.  So I put back the first one and purchased the local one.  It was only 8.99 a pound.

Next, I was looking for Coconut Milk.  I found Coconut Milk in the dairy cooler.  It was $5.00 for a bottle.  The bottle size is not very big in comparison to a gallon of milk.

Then I found Coconut Milk that was not refrigerated.  It was not as expensive.  It was $2.99 a box (quart).  I purchased the box.

I also purchased a pizza sauce.  I checked the sauces and the pizza sauce had the least amount of sugar.  It didn't show any sugar on the ingredient list, but it had sugar listed in the grams.  I assume that is natural sugar.

Luckily, the pizza sauce was on sale.  The cans were 2/$5.00.  

I also bought uncured ham, artichoke hearts, and mushrooms which I didn't photograph.  

I don't know how much one pizza will cost, but I think it will be pretty expensive.  I know it will not take all of the flours to make a pizza, so there will be some for other recipes.  I'm not sure that I would have to buy organic in most of the ingredients, but I wanted to try to make this as clean as possible.

I plan to make the pizza in a day or two and then I will post the recipe that I decide to use and pictures of making the pizza.  Here is a picture of a Paleo Pizza I found on Google Images.  It looks good to me!

Do you use paleo/primal/low carb recipes?  Do you find them to be expensive?  Do you have any money saving ideas for purchasing the ingredients?

I am thinking these foods are much healthier, and they will help me to lose weight.  If I can get off my medications it would save me money on the prescriptions.  I am still learning and trying things to see how it all works for me.