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We use lots of coupons and make a bunch of food at one time and freeze and reheat. Seems to turn out cheaper that way for us.
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My budget saving food tip has to do with heading to NYC for BEA, You must go to Gray’s Papaya for the $2 smoothies and the hot dogs are cheap too if you are not vegan…you can spend about $3 on lunch.
Thanks for the giveaway…savvyverseandwit at gmail
Buy produce that’s in season. It’s cheaper, often local and delicious!
Oh – I saw this book online the other day and knew I had to have it. So excited for the chance to win it!
I’ve been a vegetarian for a few years but haven’t taken the full leap to Vegan, but I’d love some good reciepes to help me go vegan at least a few meals a week!
My budget saving food tip – brown rice. Seriously. Make a huge pot of brown rice for only $1-$1.50 and use it as the base of your meals. It’s filling, good for you and allows you to serve less protein and still be full.
I love making tagines and other vegetable stew(-like things). A huge pot costs very little and keeps for about a week. It’s super healthy, too, especially if you serve it with something like couscous or brown rice to help get your grains in there.
If you’re ever vegetable shopping in New Zealand, too, you should head for the smaller side-street grocers. The vegetables cost about half as much as the ones at Countdown or New World.
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Budget saving tip- prepare, prepare, prepare! Gone for the day, pack your lunch and snacks in a cooler bag. Have a day that you can spend cooking for the week…. saves time and money! Freeze leftovers for future lunches or quick dinners instead of grabbing something out!
I sure could use this book myself! Put ourselves on a budget and need all the help I can get!
Buy in bulk plain and simple!
Look out for manager’s specials. You can get bread, eggs, and meat really cheap. I also got some really good quality tea for $2 a box!
Pick about 20-30 of your favorite recipes and just rotate them so you don’t have to buy new ingredients all the time for different recipes. It makes shopping easier too because you usually buy the same thing.
I use my pressure cooker to cook beans, all legumes. Also buy by bulk.
Plan your weekly menu based around what is on sale and in season. Freeze leftovers in single meal sizes for those super busy days when you just don’t have time to cook. Invest in a vacuum sealer – your frozen food will stay really fresh for much longer!
Vegans can save money by purchasing produce in season and at local produce stands! Example…I bought tomatoes at $.69 a pound at Tommy’s Produce and similar tomatoes are 1.99 a pound at the grocery store. Another tip…cook dried beans in a pressure cooker (after rinsing well) for 30-40 minutes depending on the bean. No soaking! Quick and inexpensive!
coupons and using dried beans and fresh veggies and grains
Plan all your weekly meals and snacks and only go shopping once a week – it really saves on all the “extras” you pick up when you run to the store for “1 or 2″ items. Stick to your list!
eat locally..last nite had butternut squash soup..numy and under $4.00
Sunday afternoons are spent cooking for the week. That way I have healthy food on hand that my family can eat even when we are hurried–without resorting to junk or processed foods!
Just make sure that your fridge is working properly and that you take care of your veggies. Sealable plastic bags are great but don’t put things away when they’re wet. Make sure they’re dry and wrap herbs up in dry paper towels to absorb their moisture. This will help your veggies last so you won’t have to throw them out before you get a chance to use them
Buy shelf-stable pantry items only when they’re on sale.
Subscribing to a local CSA (farm share) provides a phenomenal value for fresh produce.
i like to buy locallly here in hawaii…its better for everyone!!! :}
I can’t leave just one tip so here are a few: The least processed foods are the healthiest and the cheapest. Leafy greens, such as kale, collard greens, chard, and cabbage, are the healthiest produce you can eat and a good value for your money. Shop the loss leaders at your local chain grocery stores, check out the local 99 cent store, and support ethnic markets, since they usually have a large variety of great tasting food at good prices. Only buy processed foods, such as breakfast cereal, on sale and with a coupon. Make soups with beans, vegetables, and potatoes for a nutritious and cost-saving meal. Be sure to make a large quantity of soup so that there will be plenty of leftovers. I usually keep adding vegetables to the soup as the week goes on.
This is a Biggie as many people don’t seem to know this in the U.S.: Whole Foods has coupons in PDF format you can print right from home and you can print as many as you want. Check often because they change them but the dates are longer on the coupons. Eating organically just got ALOT cheaper!
Cook beans (from scratch!) in bulk and freeze – great leftovers and saves $$
Plan meals so you have a list to take with you to the grocery store. The list helps avoid impulse (expensive and unnecessary) purchases.
Do not buy packaged foods!! Cook your own foods that will freeze and make leftovers.
Do not buy packaged foods! Cook your.own that will freeze and leave leftovers!
No fast food. It runs in to tons of money
Cook dried beans rather than using canned. You save money and consume less sodium.
I like to go shopping for, say, Mexican flavors and ingredients…and then on Sundays I will cook for the week making Vegan tortilla soup, black bean soup, something else Mexican flavored, etc. bc they all use a lot of the same ingredients so I get a lot of power out of a grocery trip by lapping them!
Hope I win! Thanks for the opportunity!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Grow vegetables in your garden, and when you prepare a veggie pie, bake 2 at a time to use your oven at max use, and freeze 1 pie.
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I buy dry beans they r cheaper than canned. Soak and cook them .Then u can freeze them to use later in recipes. Also buy produce when in season.
Grow your own veggies – eat fresh produce when available and freeze/can extras for when not in season!
As enticing as they are, avoiding the prepared foods areas in stores when you can will definitely save you money. (Don’t shop when you’re hungry!) Buying in bulk and cooking your own dried legumes definitely saves money, . as well as cooking lots and freezing for future meals.
May sound simple, but plan ahead. Pack your lunch the night before otherwise things can happen and you’ve got no lunch and you’ll need to spend $$$ and purchase food you don’t want to eat.