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[quote=Anonymous]OK so I can buy 2 packs of frozen mac and cheese at TJs for like $6. If I make Mac and Cheese myself it costs an arm and a leg! The 3 kinds of cheeses I need themselves cost well over $6. Everyone always says cooking yourself with whole ingredients is cheaper, but I am not seeing it at all. Often I have to go buy stuff I dont have -- like ginger, garlic, that will then go to waste b/c I will not use it again in the next week or so. So, I have to run out and purchase stuff I do not have which wastes time, gas, etc. Also, the individual ingredients often cost WAY more than buying the food frozen or in a package. What am I doing wrong?

Also, produce is SO EXPENSIVE and our family eats a lot of it. Obviously buying 10 apples for snacks is going to cost more than a couple bags of chips.

I hear conflicting things -- some people say "It's expensive to eat healthy and cook from scratch, that's why poor people are fat." And then others talk about how expensive processed foods are and they save so much money cooking from scratch.

I am cooking from scratch and finding it is WAY more expensive. Can someone help me?!??![/quote]

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