How to Save on FoodSave Money on Food this YearHow 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!!! 2. Bread- It is simple to make and rise. If your family eats a loaf a day, (mine does easily!) at 3.25 a loaf, you are going to save 1,186.25 a year! On bread, come on. 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 bake bread? 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 CSA, or better yet grow them yourself. How to save on food from the garden is to learn how to grow vegetables, and then can or freeze the harvest. 4. Cut Meat and Fish- Big quantities equal better price. Paying market prices for meat like top sirloin steak at the grocery store is not necessary. So you have an appetite for top sirloin steak and baked halibut? Not a problem. 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. 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? 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, just start asking around in your area. 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. 10. Canned Beans- Do not buy canned beans, buy dried beans for a big savings. Maybe you are making yummy crock pot beans for dinner tonight. Many recipes can be done in a crock pot even if you forget to soak them first. Crock pot beans, 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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