How do YOU save money on FOOD!?

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April 08, 2009
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I eat out at least four days a week. So now that my finances are, ahem-low, which may be a serious understatement, I've had to get creative with spending. Obviously, we need to buy food, but how can we still eat well and save money?? What are your money saving tips?!

SAVE KETCHUP PACKETS

Granted, ketchup is usually the one condiment left in the fridge when there’s nothing else- wouldn’t it be nice if you saved a few bucks on that ketchup and just used the free stuff???

Same goes for Jam packets, sugar packets, etc.

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PLAN YOUR MEALS IN ADVANCE:

This won’t only help you save money because you know how to plan for what you’re spending, but it’ll help you be MUCH MORE ORGANIZED, and takes the stress off when you get home from a long day of work and don’t know what to eat. Who knows, maybe you’ll lose a few pounds too, instead of driving through Mickey D’s!

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What about being a "FREEGAN?"

Yes, those thrifty people who dig through dumpsters for free food.

What’s a freegan? Here’s what they say:
“Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed.”

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: by coastiefish 04/20/2009 Reply

If you want to save money, buying a rice cooker is taking a step backward. Rice is way to easy to cook without a special piece of equipment to do it in. And happy hour? I suggest cutting it out as often as possible. Trader Joes, cheap? I don’t think I could even get 2 buck chuck past my nose. Rice, pasta and frozen veggies are cheap, and if you are buying meat in bulk then you can throw that in whatever you make. Canned tuna, salmon are cheap enough for that sort of fix. Cereal is now dinner or late night munch. Raw bulk veggies for snacks. Don’t buy anything you don’t need and use coupons!!!

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You know you're going to give your kid a complex if you call them "The Mean Bean" instead of; sweetiepie, sugar face, bear, etc. My nickname stuck- even when I got nicer. AND my affinity for all things BEAN happens to be tremendous; Coffee beans (my coffee feign), Cocoa beans, Vanilla beans, chic...