Re: Healthy cheap cuisine budget
- From: "D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:27:02 -0600
"Christine Dabney" <artisan2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:51:53 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
So be it. Just out of curiousity, I went shopping at my ACME (on-line)
and here's what I "came home" with. Not much variety. Sure the sac o'
potatoes would probably last more than a week and some other items less
AND I didn't shop around.
I do shop around, Andy. I shop the sales. I don't buy meat unless it
is on sale. I have boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the freezer
that I got when they were $1.49/pound. The chicken thighs that I also
have in there, I got when they were about 49 cents/pound. I stocked
up then.
Yesterday, I went to the market next door. They had eggplants on sale
for 77cents each. I got one. The green peppers were 2/$1. I got
two.
I rarely ever buy bags of any vegetables. Certainly not potatoes, or
onions. I buy those from the bulk bins, so I can choose which ones I
want. Plus then, I only buy what I need.
A lot of foods I buy in bulk bins. Saves a ton of money. I don't buy
stuff like grape jelly, or wonder bread. If need be, I can bake my
own bread.
Surviving, and even eating well on a budget like this can be done, I
think. It may be peasant cuisine, but hey..peasant cuisine can be
really good.
Christine
Make friends with one of the local farmers at the market and let them know
that you're on a tight budget and looking to cut costs. And see if they'll
sell you some of the produce that's not quite pretty enough to get sold at
full price. Or for stuff that they've picked too much of, and isn't selling
well. At the end of the day, they've got to so something with what's left,
so you might get some good deals.
If there's a local mom-and-pop grocer nearby, you might be able to do the
same thing. When I was a kid, my mom would get soup bones and bruised
veggies from the local grocer when we were broke. She'd cut the damaged
parts off the veggies, and we'd have soup for dinner. Of course, when we had
money, that was where she shopped.
Donna
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