Reply to Groceries: What's your budget?

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "Groceries: What's your budget?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=chickychen]In reviewing our own budget, we also realized that our food expenses were quite high, and one of the steps we took was to limit the amount of meat intake. I find that we don't lack for satisfying meals without it, and it definitely helped our budget (now down to about 85/week for fam of 3). We also have a small fridge/freezer combo, so we try to limit long-term storage. In a way, it helps because it forces us to use up everything (nothing is hidden out of sight) and to limit how much we buy at one time. One thing that has helped me immensely with budget and time constraints is doing a bit of meal planning, so I can use up ingredients and not feel too stressed every night coming up with something (also, nce you plan it, you're more likely to follow through with the cooking). We try as much as possible to buy in season, and I find that to be cheaper than buying frozen or canned in most instances.  The exceptions are beans, which I buy in cases whenever they are on sale (a PP asked what to do with beans; I make black bean soup, use chickpeas and lentils to make a stew; all sorts of curries, though my favorite is chickpea with spinach) and canned tomatoes, which I found to be very versatile (use them for sauces, curries, poaching eggs in them, several casseroles - lots of stuff). [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics