grocery shopping & Cooking on a budget
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Websites:
BudgetByte$
This site, from cookbook author Beth Moncel, offers lots of recipes and includes the cost per recipe and per serving. The website author says “cooking on a budget shouldn't mean canned beans and ramen noodles night after night.”
How to Save Money on Groceries - Ramsey Solutions
(Read the article for more details)
1. Redefine dinner (i.e. breakfast for dinner)
2. Crunch some numbers while you shop
3. Round up your grocery cost estimates
4. Raid your pantry
5. Think before you bulk up
6. Start freezing and storing meals now
7. Pay with cash
8. Don’t allow for budget-breaking surprises
9. Shop in season
10. Ignore eye-level items
11. Try different grocery stores
12. Learn the sales cycles
13. Bring your own bag
14. Don’t shop when you’re hungry
15. Stick to a meal plan
16. Don’t buy more than you need
17. Test out your green thumb
18. Shop online and pick up at the store
19. Use apps on your smartphone
20. Try going meatless for a meal
21. Eat leftovers for lunch
22. Buy generic
23. If you buy it, use it
24. Shop the farmer’s market at the end of the day
25. Preserve and store away
26. Shop the perimeter of the store
27. Skip the packaging
28. Grow herbs and spices
29. Only buy meat when it’s on sale
30. Leave the overspenders at home
25 Budget Grocery Shopping Tips to Save Money - My Money Coach
• the one tip that will likely save you the most money when
you're grocery shopping on a budget is to plan your meals and
snacks ahead of time. By planning ahead, you can make your shopping
list based on what you already have, what you still need to buy and
what's on sale.
• Making an easy, nutritious, budget-conscious menu plan doesn't have to
be hard. Start with two or three dinners, plan for leftovers so that you've
got work lunches, add in some snacks and keep quick and easy
breakfast foods on hand. Just like with anything new, give it a try before
you decide that you don't like it. Saving time and money might just
agree with you and your budget!
18 strategies for $6-a-day budget meal planning and grocery shopping
• Eliminate bottled water
• Eliminate or reduce consumption of fruit juice
• Eliminate or reduce consumption of tea and coffee
• Eliminate or reduce consumption of beer, wine and alcohol
• Eliminate sodas & other sugary beverages
• Eat fresh fruit only when in season
• Rethink snacks and sweets
• Bulk foods are your friend
• Reduce packaged and prepared foods
• Slowly acquire the “extras” such as spices
• Reduce your consumption of meat and poultry
• Use more low-cost protein
• Buy the most nutritious food per dollar – protein and fiber
• Prepare bone-in cuts of meat and make bone broth
• Limit fresh milk consumption
• Keep an eye on portion size
• Keep an eye on what’s in your stockpiles
BudgetByte$
This site, from cookbook author Beth Moncel, offers lots of recipes and includes the cost per recipe and per serving. The website author says “cooking on a budget shouldn't mean canned beans and ramen noodles night after night.”
How to Save Money on Groceries - Ramsey Solutions
(Read the article for more details)
1. Redefine dinner (i.e. breakfast for dinner)
2. Crunch some numbers while you shop
3. Round up your grocery cost estimates
4. Raid your pantry
5. Think before you bulk up
6. Start freezing and storing meals now
7. Pay with cash
8. Don’t allow for budget-breaking surprises
9. Shop in season
10. Ignore eye-level items
11. Try different grocery stores
12. Learn the sales cycles
13. Bring your own bag
14. Don’t shop when you’re hungry
15. Stick to a meal plan
16. Don’t buy more than you need
17. Test out your green thumb
18. Shop online and pick up at the store
19. Use apps on your smartphone
20. Try going meatless for a meal
21. Eat leftovers for lunch
22. Buy generic
23. If you buy it, use it
24. Shop the farmer’s market at the end of the day
25. Preserve and store away
26. Shop the perimeter of the store
27. Skip the packaging
28. Grow herbs and spices
29. Only buy meat when it’s on sale
30. Leave the overspenders at home
25 Budget Grocery Shopping Tips to Save Money - My Money Coach
• the one tip that will likely save you the most money when
you're grocery shopping on a budget is to plan your meals and
snacks ahead of time. By planning ahead, you can make your shopping
list based on what you already have, what you still need to buy and
what's on sale.
• Making an easy, nutritious, budget-conscious menu plan doesn't have to
be hard. Start with two or three dinners, plan for leftovers so that you've
got work lunches, add in some snacks and keep quick and easy
breakfast foods on hand. Just like with anything new, give it a try before
you decide that you don't like it. Saving time and money might just
agree with you and your budget!
18 strategies for $6-a-day budget meal planning and grocery shopping
• Eliminate bottled water
• Eliminate or reduce consumption of fruit juice
• Eliminate or reduce consumption of tea and coffee
• Eliminate or reduce consumption of beer, wine and alcohol
• Eliminate sodas & other sugary beverages
• Eat fresh fruit only when in season
• Rethink snacks and sweets
• Bulk foods are your friend
• Reduce packaged and prepared foods
• Slowly acquire the “extras” such as spices
• Reduce your consumption of meat and poultry
• Use more low-cost protein
• Buy the most nutritious food per dollar – protein and fiber
• Prepare bone-in cuts of meat and make bone broth
• Limit fresh milk consumption
• Keep an eye on portion size
• Keep an eye on what’s in your stockpiles