Comments on: Saturday Grocery Round up http://livingwellonless.com/2008/08/16/saturday-grocery-round-up-2/ Simply Frugal. Simply Healthy. Simply Happy. Sun, 20 May 2012 14:38:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kacie http://livingwellonless.com/2008/08/16/saturday-grocery-round-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Kacie Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:12:05 +0000 http://livingwellforless.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-67 One thing that helped me cut my grocery budget was to start posting my weekly meal plans online in "meal planning monday" hosted by orgjunkie.com and looking at what other bloggers are serving up for the week. I stick to my meal plan and only buy things that we'll consume that week. It does make sense to buy certain things in bulk though, such as your coffee and mozz purchases. I've also found benefit to calculating the cost of any particular recipe. Some meals are a lot cheaper than I would have expected, and some are much more expensive. In recent months, we haven't been too big on meat, and just stuck with cheaper cuts such as ground beef or chicken breasts on sale. Maybe you could even post your shopping list and maybe we can help you come up with lower-costing substitutions. One thing that helped me cut my grocery budget was to start posting my weekly meal plans online in “meal planning monday” hosted by orgjunkie.com and looking at what other bloggers are serving up for the week.

I stick to my meal plan and only buy things that we’ll consume that week.

It does make sense to buy certain things in bulk though, such as your coffee and mozz purchases.

I’ve also found benefit to calculating the cost of any particular recipe. Some meals are a lot cheaper than I would have expected, and some are much more expensive.

In recent months, we haven’t been too big on meat, and just stuck with cheaper cuts such as ground beef or chicken breasts on sale.

Maybe you could even post your shopping list and maybe we can help you come up with lower-costing substitutions.

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