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[quote=Anonymous]My DH and I are (I guess, for lack of a better term) foodies.  We like good food, made from mostly unprocessed ingredients, and we try to use local, organic, and humanely-raised products as much as possible.  However, our time and money spending habits are bad.  We shop 3 to 5 times a week at Whole Foods, Giant, Trader Joe's, and, in the growing season, our local farmer's market.  We spend more money than we can afford on high-quality, expensive products.  We spend too much time making multiple runs to the grocery store because we only think 1-3 days ahead and something is usually forgotten, anyway.  The only thing we do “right,” budget-wise, is that we never, ever eat out and order delivery once a month at most.

I want to do a better job of meal planning for the week and reducing our shopping trips, finding good recipies for tasty food that will be less expensive, figure out how to save time and money by doing most of our shopping in one place (join Costco, or a CSA with delivery?).   Please share ways that you are able to save time and money and where/how/when you do your shopping.  I am willing to give up some of the expensive meats, but I don't want any milk or beef from cows treated with hormones (I'm nursing and have a preschooler).  We love good vegetables.  We are totally willing to eat more vegetarian meals, but have to stop ourselves from using ten dollars worth of cheese on cheap homemade pizza dough.

Ideas and strategies, please!  Where do you shop?  Do you like any phone apps or internet sites?  Thanks![/quote]

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