How to Save on FoodSave Money on Food this Year
How to Save On Food How to save on food - Learn how to find and cook everything from baked halibut to swine pig to crock pot beans! 10 Core Foods you Don't need To Buy from the Grocery Store
Courtesy of Bitman 1. Pizza -takeout, frozen, whatever. Learn to make pizza perfect dough in about 5 minutes. You need flour, sugar, water, oil, salt and yeast. That's it. Add toppings. Shredded or not, shredded cheese is now the same price as a block of cheese for two pounds of mozzarella, so save your self the work of shredding. If you want to save on food, take out pizza is a big one to eliminate. You can get a bag of pepperoni at Costco that will last you all year for cheap. You can make a big homemade pizza for $4.25, or you can also buy an expensive supreme pizza at a parlor for upwards of $27.00!!!
Buying five 25 lb. bags of flour per year will cost about 40.00. Salt, sugar, yeast and oil for the year? $32.60. How much will you save on food after you learn How to Make Dough for pizza and breads? Net savings plus a wonderful smelling house? $1,123.66. Teach your kids real life math. 3. Vegetables- Buy them at a farmers market, join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group, or better yet grow them yourself. How to save on food from the garden is to learn how to grow vegetables, How to Grow Tomatoes and then can or freeze the harvest.
Not a problem. See how one family canned over 300 Pounds of Fish in One Day. If you want to know how to save on food, just get a big freezer. Dedicate it to a whole or half an organic grass fed beef and fish off the dock. Then locate a swine pig or inquire of the 10 year old kids at your local 4-H fair for a swine pig you can buy after the fair. That's right, these kids know a few things about how to eat breakfast for less! Same goes for beef and lamb.
Courtesy of izik If you can, get fish at the coastal areas during the salmon runs. Better yet, share a charter boat and catch several of your own big fish. The family will never forget the experience! Baked halibut anyone? Since you will get more than you can possibly eat at once, carefully read up on the basics of Freezing Fish. 5. Milk- Yes, you can buy carefully unpasterized cows milk from a dedicated farmer milk boy. These 2nd generation dairy kids make side money providing fresh cows milk to their communities. Check their prices and their cleanliness first. You can get a taste for fresh goat milk as well. OK, if things get really bad in our country we can get a real lesson on how to save on food and milk our own cows.
Courtesy of cwbuecheler 6. Cheese- You can get all types of cheese, like goat and cows milk cheeses from local community grassroots farmers. The taste and price can't be beat. This niche market for local types of cheese is catching on like wildfire, you may even want to try making some extra money (or just saving money) by learning How to Make Cheddar Cheese. Once you get good at it, try your hand at How to Make Feta Cheese 7. Baked goods- I do not expect you to quit your job to stay home and bake all day. You won't have to. Cookies, muffins, doughnuts, biscuits, rolls and fruit breads all have four things in common: They are cheaper to make than to buy, they taste better homemade, they can all be frozen, and you can make them in one day a month and toss them in the freezer. Learn how to bake bread. Talk about convenience food! 8. Herbs- Save money on food and spices too. Plant a windowsill garden of your favorite herbs and cook from the snippets. My family takes bottled water with lunch everyday. I would not consider buying those bottles over and over again. If you need a water filter in your area, then install it and start saving. 10. Canned Beans- Do not buy canned beans, buy dried beans for a big savings. Maybe you are making yummy Crock Pot Baked Beans for dinner tonight. Many recipes can be done in a crock pot even if you forget to soak them first. Crock Pot Meals like chili, soups and stews are essential economical foods for the budget minded family. Conservation and frugal living are horses out of the same stable. They run side by side. The bible once said that the meek shall inherit the earth, but maybe it should have said the frugal shall?
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