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[quote=Anonymous]You are buying the wrong things. Things like premade dal are extremely expensive compared to buying lentils and making it yourself. Spring mix is expensive and doesn't last as long as a package of romaine hearts. Artichokes are amazing, but very expensive -- I tend to buy them only on sale. Chicken breast is cheaper if you buy the big package of lots of breasts, and those are smaller and more appropriate of a size anyway. Making your own soup can be extremely inexpensive compared to the Zoups you are buying -- and you say you are cooking so you have at least some cooking skills, and soup is easy (I made a potato cheese soup today because I had potatoes I needed to use, and onions as well, so I basically did a potato leek but onions instead of the leeks because onions were what I had, and making soup is always easy for me because I keep that Better than Bouillon stuff around).

Start paying attention to prices and sales and find things you like that are less expensive. Pork is inexpensive (making a pork roast can give you many options throughout the week and costs very little), as are chicken sausages like those made by Aidells, but there are lots of brands. Pay attention to sales; once you do that you learn that certain things go on sale really often and that also gives you some knowledge about what stuff actually costs (for example my DH eats Chobani fruited yogurt and it is 1.89 per yogurt but goes on sale once every few weeks for 10 for $10, so I buy them then). I often plan food around the weekly circular at my grocery store.

One more thing that has really helped me is ordering for pickup. It keeps me from expensive impulse buys; a few of those can damn near double your weekly food cost.

And you need a Brita. Stop buying water -- all of that single-use plastic is an even better reason than the money you are wasting on it.

Finally, I'll tell you what I keep trying to remind myself of -- the cheapest food you have is the stuff that is already sitting in your pantry/freezer/fridge that needs to be used up. [/quote]

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