Today I had business in a nearby town, so I stopped on the best dollar store on the area and the grocery outlet next door. Then, we had to go look at flooring for the bathroom. The contractors cost not at 700.00. It's laminate, not gold. Guess who's going to put in a new floor. I got a senior discount hair cut.
There wasn't much at dollar tree or the grocery outlet, Freschetta pizza is three dollars with an end of month date. I got a loaf of wholewheat bread for 1.59 and some tomatoes for a dollar. It's a treasure hunt, you never know when you will find a good bargain. I have actually left empty handed before.
We are having roasted root veggies and beer brats for dinner. The bratts , I got in sale at grocery outlet for a buck.
I was looking in Pinterest for recipes. I, always looking for new ideas. That's what keeps economy cooking interesting and not hum drum. You have to be careful, five dollar dimmers can mean five dollars a person. When they start talking about salmon and shrimp, it's time for a concern. We have salmon and shrimp, amd a piece of steak every know and then. The salmon is sometimes canned ( Costco) , sometomes not. The shrimp is from Costco or Safeways. We can have more expensive proteins because we average it with inexpensive meals. If you take an eff dinner at .16 a person, you can have a salmon canned dinner at a dollar a person and average .58. Throw in a few more inexpensive dinners and you can have a piece of salmon or steak and still stay on a small budget.
- Work smart, not hard
- Four plus one is five. Four people, one meal, five bucks.
- Better, Cheaper, faster.
- I ain't as green as I am cabbage lookin.
Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different
Perspective . The emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stable/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis.
It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you buy a loss leader protein, produce you will need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead. This allows you to put well balanced meals on the table consistently for a four dollar a day budget per person.
You spend more time on the planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.
It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you buy a loss leader protein, produce you will need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead. This allows you to put well balanced meals on the table consistently for a four dollar a day budget per person.
You spend more time on the planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.
Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap. My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard. You still get more bang for your buck.
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