I saw some really good ideas for cutting down on your grocery bill on a blog I follow. It's called Momadvice.com and the post is 35 ways to cut down your grocery bill. I'm not as good as some of you bloggers out there and don't know how to set up a link in this post. I'm also too lazy and tired to try and figure it out :)
So I never knew you could rinse your ground beef and get a lower fat content. You can buy the cheapest ground beef, cook it, rinse it a certain way (site tells you how), and it's like you bought the more expensive lean beef! I'm actually excited to learn this and will be trying it!
I also liked the idea of having a price book. I've gotten good at knowing what the prices are at Walmart of the things we buy the most. Then when I check the circulars from other stores, I can tell if matching the price is worth it or not. I haven't done a scientific analysis or anything ,but I'm thinking this saves us money :)
I've also decided to try the make your own mixes route (like syrup, salad dressings, and spice mixes) and make your cleaning supplies. I was surprised how simple her cleaning supplies are. Do they really clean well?
Also, I was checking out a friend's favorite blogs and read a story that is amazing! This lady says she goes shopping twice a year!! And she spends $150 each time!! They grow all their own veggies and fruit, have all these livestock for meat, milk, and eggs. If you'd like to read the story the link is www.handprintsonthewall.org/2008/05/09/the-true-queen-of-frugal.
I thought Wow! I'd kind of like to try that, but then I thought would I really want to live like that? I told Jeremy about it and he doesn't think it's true (about the $150 for each shopping trip)!
How do you save on your grocery bill?
3 comments:
I'm saving on my grocery bill now by having mom and dad go to the store and they've been buying all our groceries and won't take our money when we try to pay them back! lol.
Seriously though I just try to buy the stuff on sale. those ideas you put are really good and I think I'll try them once I start doing more shopping and stuff. the meat thing sounds weird but hey if it works it works. I wonder who thought of that first
I just buy whatever. I am really bad a grocery store budgeting. I wish I was better. But, I use to have friends that would look at the sell ads every week and then plan their weekly menu around the sales.
Making a menu really helps, I get everything I need for the whole week in one trip so it keeps me from running to the store during the week for 1 item and coming out with 10. I don't really get the beef thing, yes you can rinse off the fat and you have a lower fat content but you also have half as much meat because you were paying for so much fat. I would rather pay more money but get actual meat.
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