Today we’re going to take a look at some great articles from around the web that help you save money on your food costs.
But first, I’d like to thank the Greener Pastures financial blog.
They have including our article How to Buy Bread and Bakery Products So Cheap You’ll Think You’re Stealing in the most recent Carnival of Pecuniary Delights personal finance carnival.
And now, articles from around the blogosphere that help you cut your grocery and food costs.
Enhance Your Inexpensive Meals with These Simple Tips
Eating inexpensive meals doesn’t mean you have to eat like a pauper. A reader at the financial tips website, TipHero, has written a great article describing Ten Ways to Enhance Inexpensive Meals.
Among her tips:
Grow your own gourmet produce. Accent meals with interesting serving pieces like soda and parfait glasses which you can buy cheaply at garage sales. Make delicious homemade bread to complement your meals, or use nice tablecloths and dim lights to change the dining atmosphere.
To read all of her great tips visit the TipHero website.
Discover Healthy Breakfast Ideas for a Dollar or Less
Recently, we wrote about 7 Smart Money Saving Breakfast Ideas. Well the folks at the Smart Spending blog have made us aware of an article appearing on WebMD.com that identifies 10 Healthy Breakfast Ideas for a Buck.
Save Money by Using What’s Left Over in Your Cupboard
Save money with this great article from WiseBread.com: Survivor Island Meal Plans: Use it or Lose It in 5 Easy Steps. It is a game plan for using what’s already in your kitchen cupboards to make interesting meals and stretch your food budget.
According to the author,
The Survivor Island Meal Plan is simple. With the exception of a few perishables you might be forced to buy (milk, bread, etc.), you use ONLY what you have in your home for the next week’s meals (or longer.)
Learn How Supermarkets Get You to Buy More
The CBS News – Early Show website has an interesting article on How Supermarkets Lure You To Buy More.
Among the tricks – placing things in the weekly store sales flyer that may not actually be on sale.
Discover How to Save Money Grocery Shopping
The blog Gather Little by Little has a money saving article entitled, 13 Ways to Save When Grocery Shopping!”. Among the tips,
-You can make your own cooking spray by putting vegetable oil in a spray bottle.
-There’s no nutritional difference between white eggs and brown eggs, which are more expensive.
-If you buy fresh greens by weight, give them a good shake before you put them in your grocery cart. An amazing amount of excess water (and weight) can be hidden between the leaves.
For a complete list of money savings read the entire article here.
Well that’s it for this week’s edition of Money Saving Food Tips From Around the Web. If you know of any great money saving food articles or websites let us know. Have a great week.
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Interesting – somehow I had the idea that brown eggs were better than white. I think the ones I buy just happen to be from free range chickens, which I do consider to be worth spending a few extra cents. Thanks for the tip!