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06-11-2016, 04:49 AM | #31 | |
Rose Garden
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Re: If your grocery budget is very small...
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These days I do a weekly grocery shopping run and DH goes to Costco on Fridays. I make a Trader Joe's trip every 6 weeks or so. Thanks to the Master List I've got a pretty good sense of what to buy where. We touch base about what we're buying, and if I know I need something from Costco, I usually just tell DH and let him get it on his weekly trip. He does the same if he wants something from the grocery store. We adhere to a pretty strict budget - DH keeps a spreadsheet and knows exactly what he's going to buy and how much he's going to spend before he leaves the house.
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06-11-2016, 05:50 AM | #32 |
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Re: If your grocery budget is very small...
That sounds amazing! I've written a few prices down from my current receipts. I already know which items I get from Aldi (which isn't many) and wgivh from our local foodland and from Coles. Trouble is we have been looking at ethical shopping and this throws a spanner in the works.
How do you balance ethical shopping and food budget? I think I am going to have to do it by buying less / differently. Save money by going to markets for vegetables. And spending more by choosing a more ethical supermarket Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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06-11-2016, 07:03 AM | #33 |
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Re: If your grocery budget is very small...
I do what I can fit into the budget. We grow our own veggies in the summer and buy a side of beef from a local farm which usually lasts well over a year (18 months, maybe?). DH keeps bees in the backyard. We start there. Costco sells lots of organics for not much more than regular and I try to pay attention to where and how the stores source their products. I buy local before organic and stay away from processed foods, and in general do as much myself as possible. But I can't always afford better products. Sometime I stick with cheaper base items and buy better stuff in condiment amounts.
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06-17-2016, 06:05 PM | #34 |
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Re: If your grocery budget is very small...
I thought of this thread when we made egg roll in a bowl the other night.
http://www.bigtastetrimwaist.com/201...owl-s-e-or-fp/ It works with whatever types of meat. Chicken thighs are especially good. I throw in whatever other veggies are on hand. Chopped carrots, frozen green beans, etc. ---------- Post added at 08:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:01 PM ---------- A lot of good ideas here: http://dontwastethecrumbs.com/
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06-17-2016, 06:36 PM | #35 |
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Re: If your grocery budget is very small...
- Tuna noodle casserole (egg noodles, tuna, cream of mushroom soup, peas and carrots)
- Split pea soup with biscuits (I love a ham hock in there but hams not cheap, but pork bullion is good.) - Twice baked potatoes - Chili burgers (chili on buns)
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06-17-2016, 06:55 PM | #36 | |
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06-17-2016, 07:23 PM | #37 |
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Re: If your grocery budget is very small...
We love split pea soup! We make it with liquid smoke due to not eating meat, but that's another cheap option.
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