You're gonna fit right in here, padams!I found the fastest way to cut down on my grocery bill was to stop feeding my kids.
BJ's and Best Yet in Riverhead sometimes have some bargains and your Walbaums and nearby King Cullen also sometimes have some nice specials.
King Cullen's corn flakes are quite a bit cheaper than Kelloggs and seem to be just as good. Some of IGA's store brand stuff is usually pretty good.
That's the truth, the thing is, if you want to save money by buying healthy legumes, for instance, you have to plan a meal of it occasionally. I do this weekly, instead of winging it and sometime I have hummus, sometimes bean soup, sometimes pea soup, sometimes, chili, or how about a falafel? I always make more than one meal of it, and freeze it in containers for meals, then I have it when I need a quick meal. If you don't use the inexpensive healthy ingredients, you're filling up on more expensive ingredients. Work it! Work it, it's good for you! The food you buy, is the food that runs through your kitchen is the food that runs through your veins, it's your health.buy what you eat, eat what you buy. when canned goods go on sale dirt cheap stock up
Here too! Except for bread, I don't each much bread and what I eat is whole grained. Brown rice is a great thing. Oatmeal too, I've been having it most mornings at work, with Ceylon Cinnamon from Penzeys.Rice and Lentils, Rice and Beans, Dirty Rice, Macaroni, growing fresh produce (in season), hunting, fishing, and making my own bread. That is how I lower my bill.
That's the truth, the thing is, if you want to save money by buying healthy legumes, for instance, you have to plan a meal of it occasionally. I do this weekly, instead of winging it and sometime I have hummus, sometimes bean soup, sometimes pea soup, sometimes, chili, or how about a falafel? I always make more than one meal of it, and freeze it in containers for meals, then I have it when I need a quick meal. If you don't use the inexpensive healthy ingredients, you're filling up on more expensive ingredients. Work it! Work it, it's good for you! The food you buy, is the food that runs through your kitchen is the food that runs through your veins, it's your health.
Here too! Except for bread, I don't each much bread and what I eat is whole grained. Brown rice is a great thing. Oatmeal too, I've been having it most mornings at work, with Ceylon Cinnamon from Penzeys.
Our 'bean dish' this week, I made the garbanzo beans and made a bunch of kinds of hummus.I agree, we eat a lot of dried beans in the winter and some in the summer. I have kidney beans simmering right now for an upcoming chili.
And I do exactly the same thing, oatmeal with Penzeys Ceylon cinnamon!
I used to just go to one grocery store but found myself disappointed with the selection ( and prices! ) of the meat and produce there.
Now it's all about eating locally and shopping the sales. We go to a butcher weekly and spend the same amount every week regardless of whether we need it or not ( what we don't need stocks the freezer ) and stock up on whatever we like that is on sale that week. We bought a deep freezer for our apartment and despite the small increase in our hydro bill we are actually saving money on our food bills every month. I was really surprised because I was certain that we would buy MORE stuff to fill the freezer but it hasn't worked out that way .
For vegetables and fruit we go to local orchards , farmers and farmer markets when its possible. When it's not we buy what is in season at the grocery store.
Our grocery bill has decreased significantly from when I spent less time at home , because now I have more time to cook and most processed or packaged things have been completely eliminated from our kitchen unless it's on sale or we really want it .
I bake all of our sweets and most other bread products aside from picking up a loaf of fresh Italian or a ciabatta when I walk past it and can't resist.
Another thing that has cut our grocery bill is just buying food there. I buy toiletries at Shoppers Drug Mart even though its not as convenient as buying it at the grocery store, it's cheaper and just a block or two away. For paper towels, laundry soap etc, I ll go to Zellers where its cheaper and yet still convenient. Don't get me wrong, I"m not the lady driving about on Saturday mornings with the stack of grocery sale flyers in the passenger seat.