Fun frugal food
@GardenGerty (168101)
United States
December 2, 2025 5:07pm CST
Well, with the tariffs and all, avocados are pricey. I have not been buying them at all. Often when I do buy them they are not great quality.
We shopped a tiny bit the other day, and I literally haunt the mark down sections at my store. They mark down fresh produce, and that is often when I buy it, or if it is on sale. I got some romaine lettuce, (marked down) then went to the shelf where they put non refrigerated mark down produce. I saw two bags of cherry tomatoes and salad tomatoes. I wanted the tomatoes. It just so happens that there were also avocados in the bags, and one HUGE onion.
So, for three dollars I made about four cups of guacamole. The avocados actually were perfect, not stringy or over ripe. Just small, but there were five of them. I still have tomatoes left for salads, that came from that same three dollar purchase.
Yes, I get excited about guacamole.
So that is part of what I ate for supper yesterday.
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@LeaPea2417 (39703)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2 Dec
There is a grocery store in my town that has a rack in the produce section that is marked down for vegetables that are getting a tiny bit old. Recently I found three good tomatoes that were a good deal there.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
3 Dec
Yes, that rack stretches my shopping dollar a lot.
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@kaylachan (83569)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Dec
The cost of living is just insane. strike the deals while they are hot.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
3 Dec
I used to feel self conscious about buying all the markdown stuff, but not anymore.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
@kaylachan Often most of my cart was filled with markdowns.
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@kaylachan (83569)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Dec
@GardenGerty I'm glad you don't. I've bought marked down food and it's perfectly fine.
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@snowy22315 (204516)
• United States
2 Dec
Sounds like you got some good avocados usually when they sell them cheap they are over or under ripe.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
3 Dec
You are right on that. I was not expecting them to be good at all. They were perfect.
@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
I think we get ours from Mexico. California raises them, too. Sometimes they are good, other times not so much. 80 cents would be a good price here.
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@LadyDuck (495610)
• Italy
5 Dec
@GardenGerty - Those from Mexico are not as good as those from South America. I bought some coming from Kenya, but they were not good.
@DaddyEvil (170115)
• United States
2 Dec
I haven't seen avocados in our Walmart in a couple of years. I've never seen a mark-down section for veggies here.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
3 Dec
This is in a Dillons. Walmart trashes their expiring things, likely. I know returned clothes when I worked there were deliberately damaged so people could not get it from the dump. What WM would say was that they did not want to be known as the "cheap store".I do buy clothes off their clearance racks, though.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
@DaddyEvil When I worked there, there was a live pet department and the humane society complained about conditions. Walmart then quit donating damaged pet food and just trashed it out of anger at that group of citizens.
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@DaddyEvil (170115)
• United States
3 Dec
@GardenGerty True, they threw out bananas if they started getting spots. I saw them fire one employee for eating a banana when he was supposed to be dumping them in the trash compactor.
We buy clothes off the clearance racks.
Walmart IS usually a cheap store, though. They LIKE to be known as the low-price leader.
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@RasmaSandra (95367)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Dec
When I can get it I don't make it myself I love guacamole.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
I look for it in the manager's discount or markdown sections. Then it is worth it to buy.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
I like to eat tasty foods, but I like them best at a good price.
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@Marilynda1225 (89235)
• United States
3 Dec
You certainly scored big on that grocery haul. Fresh produce (along with everything else) is so expensive that finding a bargain is a win win.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
I hit all the markdown and bargain sections at the store first.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
3 Dec
These were not too bad because they were the kind that were "on the vine".Avocado is yummy for lots of things.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
It is so very good for us while tasting good. I love a good bargain.
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@LindaOHio (216565)
• United States
3 Dec
I'm glad that you were able to find your avocados.
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@GardenGerty (168101)
• United States
5 Dec
Yes, it made for some good healthy eating.
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