Seven ways to tame your rising grocery bill
[2008-5-15]
Tag: Frozen Poultry
Gasoline isn't the only necessity of life that has gotten painfully expensive. Prices are rising sharply on eggs, rice, poultry, milk and bread -- all of the dietary staples. Fortunately, there are almost as many ways to save on food as there are to eat. Frugal eating often dovetails with nutritious eating -- the most expensive foods often are the least healthy.
Below are a few tips on how to eat well and still have some money left for dessert:
• Family time: You're spending more on labor than on food when you buy lots of presliced, prewashed, preseasoned foods. Yet all the experts seem to agree that family mealtime is an important ritual. Extend the ritual by getting the whole family in on the slicing, dicing, cutting and stirring that dinner requires, even if it's just a once-a-week cooking session. You'll save money and maybe bond a little.
• Eat ultra-locally: Anyone who's gardened has thrown too much money at their tomato plants. But some crops are more worth growing than others. Basil and other herbs, hot peppers, eggplant and lettuce are some items that are very easy to grow and are never cheap at the grocer or farm stand, even when they are in season.
• Home economic 2.0: There are plenty of frustrated home economics teachers who are more than happy to share their best frugal tips and recipes:
bethriftylikeus.blogspot.com
frugalfamilykitchen.com
mommysavers.com
cheapcooking.com
• Buy some good containers. Roughly 13 cents of every food dollar goes to packaging and advertising, and you'll spend a lot more than that if you are always buying 100-calorie snack packs and tiny bags of chips to send to school with your kids. Buy some reusable containers, buy your favorite products in bulk and make your own individual packages.
• Use meat for flavor, not bulk. A mixture of meat and beans over pasta or rice will satisfy those who love the taste of meat and poultry, but cut costs significantly than eating large cuts of meat.
• Healthy spending: Instead of buying sugar-coated cereals, white bread and chips, buy items like whole-grain bread and oatmeal. Instead of candy, buy fruit. Popcorn that you pop yourself has been heralded for generations for being cheap, fun, nutritious and tasty.
• Buy frozen fish: Almost all of the "fresh" fish you buy has been frozen and thawed. Fish from the freezer section has often been frozen on the boat, so it's equally fresh -- and cheaper.
Gasoline isn't the only necessity of life that has gotten painfully expensive. Prices are rising sharply on eggs, rice, poultry, milk and bread -- all of the dietary staples. Fortunately, there are almost as many ways to save on food as there are to eat. Frugal eating often dovetails with nutritious eating -- the most expensive foods often are the least healthy.
Below are a few tips on how to eat well and still have some money left for dessert:
• Family time: You're spending more on labor than on food when you buy lots of presliced, prewashed, preseasoned foods. Yet all the experts seem to agree that family mealtime is an important ritual. Extend the ritual by getting the whole family in on the slicing, dicing, cutting and stirring that dinner requires, even if it's just a once-a-week cooking session. You'll save money and maybe bond a little.
• Eat ultra-locally: Anyone who's gardened has thrown too much money at their tomato plants. But some crops are more worth growing than others. Basil and other herbs, hot peppers, eggplant and lettuce are some items that are very easy to grow and are never cheap at the grocer or farm stand, even when they are in season.
• Home economic 2.0: There are plenty of frustrated home economics teachers who are more than happy to share their best frugal tips and recipes:
bethriftylikeus.blogspot.com
frugalfamilykitchen.com
mommysavers.com
cheapcooking.com
• Buy some good containers. Roughly 13 cents of every food dollar goes to packaging and advertising, and you'll spend a lot more than that if you are always buying 100-calorie snack packs and tiny bags of chips to send to school with your kids. Buy some reusable containers, buy your favorite products in bulk and make your own individual packages.
• Use meat for flavor, not bulk. A mixture of meat and beans over pasta or rice will satisfy those who love the taste of meat and poultry, but cut costs significantly than eating large cuts of meat.
• Healthy spending: Instead of buying sugar-coated cereals, white bread and chips, buy items like whole-grain bread and oatmeal. Instead of candy, buy fruit. Popcorn that you pop yourself has been heralded for generations for being cheap, fun, nutritious and tasty.
• Buy frozen fish: Almost all of the "fresh" fish you buy has been frozen and thawed. Fish from the freezer section has often been frozen on the boat, so it's equally fresh -- and cheaper.
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