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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What ideas/changes have you made to deal with/react to rising food prices?

For us, I order meats when they are on sale at Omaha Steaks, Kansas City Steaks and Schwanns + keep them in our freezer and have enough food for a month (small fridge/freezer). Then, when my dh goes to store,we do not have any meat costs. I do not eat meat, so we save that way too. Empty-nesters.

What do you do?[/quote]

Don’t throw away ends and pieces from vegetables, meat bones, fish bones- freeze and use for stock.
 
Turning leftovers into soup is a great way to extend your resources.

Add rice and beans to dishes- or noodles.

Make dishes in larger quantities and freeze some for later. Larger packages quantities are usually cheaper per pound. Easy to make and freeze.

Buy half a cow or kill your own deer to save money on meat. Personally I’m not sure Omaha steaks could beat the price of a local farmer or butcher but I’ve never checked.

Eat squirrels.

If you can’t handle that much meat buy large cuts instead of precut. A whole chicken is usually cheaper than a pack of legs and you are left with a beautiful carcass to make soup.

Buy vegetables from the seconds section or in bulk from local farmer in season and process and can or freeze immediately to avoid buying overpriced low-quality frozen or canned store vegetables.

Buy larger bags of staples like rice, sugar, flour and store properly.

Avoid anything processed, it costs more, make it yourself. Except crackers, haven’t figured those out yet.

Freeze herbs in ice cube trays when they are in season. Put in ziplock bags and take out as needed. Or dry your own herbs, cheaper and lasts longer than buying. If you do buy get in bulk and freeze some or share with neighbors.

Grow a garden. Can, freeze, share, sell extras.

Shop at farms to get better fruit and vegetable prices. Ask for seconds of things like peaches or apples that you can turn into something else like canned pie filling or apple sauce. Can get a bushel of juice apples locally for under $12, usually at least half are edible and rest are good for making other things. Ask about late season apples, if stored in a cool place will last 3-5 months.

Potatoes can be stored in a way that lasts months too, look it up.

Don’t buy individual packages of items. Things like oatmeal or fruit cups, buy the biggest size you can reasonably use and portion out what you need.

Stock up on staples when they are on sale.

Freeze things like butter, oatmeal, flour, etc to extend shelf life. Just bag it good and remember to rotate your stock and clean it out about once a year.

Don’t buy prepackaged, precut, pre marinated, pre anything, do it yourself.

Find a discount grocery store and stock up on good stuff. Not a Costco a discount grocery. Wholesale food service retailers can be useful too, restaurant supply store type places.

Don’t waste good dinner scraps, make an ongoing soup pot and throw them in instead of throwing into the trash. Except bitter vegetables pretty much anything makes good soup. No rules. And the heat will kill the germs so don’t freak out about that.

Get a big freezer and some extra shelves to hold all your goods.

Spend time to save money or spend money to save time.

Always share with your neighbors.[/quote]

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