Jane's Groceries on the Cheap

Basics : Part 7:  Oh No. that dreaded scratch cooking..... I saved this one for almost the last.  It was one of my last hold outs.    I...

Thanksgiving food is included in our budget calculations.   Meal plans help take the stress out of the question “ What’s for Dinner”.  . ...

Grocery Outlet is a grocery /misc store that carries overstocks.   They do not take coupons., but often you can get good buys.   Sometimes t...

Holiday ads are not the best times for good prices on staples.    Too much of the ad is spent on booze and snack type items.   It is, howeve...

Basics, part 6 : Bulk buying: when is it logical We covered protein, the most expensive part of your food budget.  To recap, picking ...

Basics , part 5:  RBP. What is it  Finding the best prices on food is not such a hard task.   It can be overwhelming, but not of you br...

Winco haul  Carrots 5 lbs 2.28 Celery 1.96 Cranberries 1.96 Turkey breast:  cook from frozen 10.88 Pickled vegetables 2.48 Froz...

We have covered the two little things that you can do to cut your food bill  and contribute to better health too.  We have found ways to get...

         Let’s talk turkey Alberways:   Free with 100.00 purchase OR .39 a lb with card and a 50.00 purchase Hormel spiral ham 1.39 Por...

Little steps : a new concept  Back to basics.  Groceries on the cheap takes a different  look at traditional grocery shopping.   Instea...

Kitchen management is a tool that preps dinner ingredients, does the weekly baking.and tackles the deep cleaning of the kitchen on a rotatio...

In this series, we will take one step at a time. Baby steps. Habits.   For many people making a drastic change that takes a lot of time, do...

Meal Plans are a tool that saves time and frustration.  Our form was made in excell.   There are forms tto buy out there.   We have a matrix...

12 spaghetti.49.     Candy @1.50 Butter R 3.48.     Paid 2.50 Progresso soup R 1.68.  Paid .75 w coupon Cr/mushroom soup. R 1.25 Paid ...

Food for thought: When one goes to the store ,one day at a time and buys something for three dollars that can be bought for a dollar, they a...

Having a small stock and a plan is especially helpful when you have a bleep storm day and the question of what’s for dinner doesn’t rare its...

Tortilla soup I found a tortilla soup recipe on facebook yesterday.    Having family members that are pricky eaters, I adapted it to satis...

QFC is the same as last week.   Honestly, FM (also Kroger ) is better in some ways.   Also note that veterans get 10 percent off on friday a...

I recently saw a u tube post where a mother of seven fed their family for a month with what they had in the house.  Now, its true that they ...