This is how you save money on food.

Wow... That's inspiring. I feel somewhat guilty as I often waste food. I often eat out as no one cooks at home. When I eat out, more than often, the serving is too big (even though I always tell them to give me a smaller serving). I end up not finishing it and wasting food. Sometimes, when I am alone, I will save money by eating bread.

Cannot grow my own food. Husband does not want a garden, but I do have some strawberries, raspberries, and about five blueberries. What I do is to make things from scratch except for bread. I buy the cheapest and I also buy day old bread. I buy loose produce, I do not buy salads in packs. If the quality is the same, we buy the no name, but if the quality is better, we buy the one in which the quality is best and sometimes it is the no name price. We fill the spice containers. We go to Stupid- I mean Superstore where it is cheaper in Winnipeg than Walmart. We make double of macaroni casseroles, make my own meatballs, make my own breadcrumbs.

My ways to save money are different, for one we don't have a big garden to grow food in, and we don't have food co-ops over here, in fact i don't even know what one is! I save money by going to a cheaper supermarket and buying meat from the butchers. I also like to make bigger batches of food that can be frozen or eaten over a couple of days ie soups, stews, pies, bolognaise, burgers etc.

The first thing that comes to my mind is pasta salad (I'm in Italy and not sure whether cold pasta is a dish used everywhere) When cooking the pasta for a hot pasta dish I add some extra. When it's cooked I drain it and serve up the portions for the immediate meal and the rest I put immediately under cold water. Then I drain it and put it in a sealed container in the fridge for use up to two days later. Pasta salad can be made with almost anything. I did it with mozzarella cheese cut up unto cubes and roughly chopped tomatoes and added some fresh basil, salt and olive oil and that was my meal this evening at work. Quick and easy and no gas or eletric as the pasta was cooked from before in one saucepan and using the gas or electric once.

Good tips. I can't have a garden where I'm at but I do try to do what I can to save money. I make my own pasta, baked goods, etc. Leftover croissants make the best french toast!

I check on the lowest priced food but if course without compromising the its quality.Another way is to find some coupons.I also dont buy too much food. It is a habit of mine to clear up the fridge first before indulging into another grocery trip. But when the food is already here, I just process it all-slice it imediately & freeze it especially the most perishable ones such as tomatoes, garlic,ginger and bunch of spinach. I also do what you just said, I dont throw away bread, i make them into pudding when they get a bit old. When the bananas get a little mushy,i make smoothies by adding oats,milk & sugar. Those are just some of the things that I do to save money on food.

yup and another thing is planning your meals and only buying what is absolutely neceesary for eating. dont buy a lot of junk food or anything like that, just the bare minimum!

I eat at cheap places...? No, what you suggest would work great - if you have time, energy, and space to grow things. If you can "eat across meals" for example, I'm very allergic to certain foods, but I can eat them once a week - well, that beef stew isn't going to last a week, happily there is someone else who will eat it in the house. I think I'm saving money when we eat at home, like we have this last week since we've been both broke and carless. I've been out to do some shopping early on because we just didn't have what we needed, a friend drove me (we fed him.) And then he took me, with my sick cat to the vet and then later to pick up some vitamines for him (the cat, not the friend.) Today another friend took me to the doctor - happily, I get the car back from the shop - where we put it when we discovered that I was going to be having surgery back on the 25th. I didn't need to have the car, it forced me to stay home and rest.

Hi MH4444, I am very frugal myself with food and make sure I use everything up. I will cook double quantity a lot of the time and freeze so I have another meal, this saves on electric. If we have a rost one day I will use the left over meat to have in a cassorole the following day that type of thing and towards the end o the week whatever is left over usually gets thrown in an omlette as another meal. Not even the leaves of cabbage, or peel of carrots are wasted as I give to the rabbits to eat. Very rare we waste fod in our house. I will also buy reduced items at the end of the day ot the buy one get one free and freeze the extra. Ellie :D

wow!! I like that idea. I think you are right. Re cook the left over and made it into something different by combining other ingredients on it could save you some bucks than simply throw the left overs away. Yes growing food also would help. You can preserve the vegetables by freezing them or by canning which would save your bucks from buying vegetables. Great!!!

hi friend, iam not interset in save money on food way. I like to eat food very much,.we are live only for food. so we eat food very well. take care.have a nice day.

For me, I will eat fruits that are in season so I will not need to spend any extra. In addition, I will try to eat at some cheap food stalls rather than visiting those posh restaurants to fill my stomach. The last and best way, is to return home every night to eat the dinner my mother cooked - it makes me and her happy.

These are nice ideas. However, not everyone can or will garden; that's something that I have had to face in my own studies. The fact is, I don't even garden, and I am a huge supporter of "eat fresh, eat local." I do support local producers, and I think that strengthening community is a big key in solving the current issues of our food system. Waste not, want not is a good approach to food-- not just for the sake of frugality but also for the sake of the environment. According to Sandor Ellix Katz's book, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, every year, U.S. households discard $43 billion worth of food; add in what retailers and farmers waste, and the total comes to a whopping $100 billion worth of food waste each year.

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I use coupons, buy what is on sale, stock up on items if I find a good buy and I try to reduce the number of times I go to the store in a week. I go to farmers' markets when I can and purchase items so that we are keeping a lot of the money in local pockets. I try to use leftovers,but my husband won't eat soup so it is hard to do with some things. I almost always use left over meat though somehow. I have been trying to do a lot more from scratch but it is hard with the time constaints that I am on with the schedule I have for work, home schooling the kids, and all the other stuff that I try to do in a day.

Thanks for these tips. Me and my mom would not hesitate to spend money on food but now, I'd have to think twice if I must buy it or not or if it will be consumed or not. Then, as long as my child wants it, I would buy it at once but now, I would make sure first that she will really eat it all. So the tip is, spend wisely on food because the food you have not bought could be bought and consumed by other people instead of being wasted.

Oh!! that is very good!! I agree with you, left overs can be made into something new by combining other ingredients to make it taste good. That is better than throwing it all away. Yes, making your own products like gardening would help you save a lot from buying vegetables. You can freeze your products or canned them and you have enough to use till the next gardening season. Great ideas.

Hi Next year for the first time I will grow a garden . I will then have my salad and veggies . Also, I like to buy meats that are on sale . Pasta thrown into the mix is a good way to save too . Also, my friend told me you can save lots of money if you eat breakfast type of foods for dinner . I say to each their own and what ever works for you !

I'm too lazy to grow anything. Its too hot here in Malaysia. But when i buy food, I only buy what I need. I don't buy more that is needed. Besides that, i also "leech" some food from my parent's place..AHHAHA

I guess that what my bro did when he's abroad for school or working too, but we never done those at home of course :), tfs, it's a nice post :)