One of the largest expenses for a home other than for rent and car payment is your food budget. Food can be expensive but is one area where the expenses can be cut. By trimming your food budget, you can save money that can be used in other areas to help ends meet.
Pack you lunch for work. If you normally spend five to ten dollars per day on fast food, taking your own lunch can easily save over $1200 per year on what you spend for food.
Stop going out to eat regularly as a family. A family of four can easily spend eighty to one hundred dollars on one meal if tips are included. By learning to cook your own meals, you not only save money, you can eat much more nutritious meals. For each meal you eat at home you may save seventy to ninety dollars.
To save money on the food budget, you will want to plan a menu and stick with it, sort of. You may need to make substitutions at the grocery store in order to save the most money. This allows you to be able to take advantage of any sales you find while shopping.
Stop wasting food. Cook only the amount your family will eat at one meal, unless you are willing to take left over food for your lunch at work the next day. When planning a meal, plan those foods that use the fresh produce early in the week so there is less chance of food going bad before you use it. Plan to use frozen or canned produce later in the week. After shopping, freeze any meats that you will not be using in the next couple of days. Use your microwave's defrost cycle to thaw those meats when needed.
Eating on a budget does not mean that you have to have bad food. - 30289
Pack you lunch for work. If you normally spend five to ten dollars per day on fast food, taking your own lunch can easily save over $1200 per year on what you spend for food.
Stop going out to eat regularly as a family. A family of four can easily spend eighty to one hundred dollars on one meal if tips are included. By learning to cook your own meals, you not only save money, you can eat much more nutritious meals. For each meal you eat at home you may save seventy to ninety dollars.
To save money on the food budget, you will want to plan a menu and stick with it, sort of. You may need to make substitutions at the grocery store in order to save the most money. This allows you to be able to take advantage of any sales you find while shopping.
Stop wasting food. Cook only the amount your family will eat at one meal, unless you are willing to take left over food for your lunch at work the next day. When planning a meal, plan those foods that use the fresh produce early in the week so there is less chance of food going bad before you use it. Plan to use frozen or canned produce later in the week. After shopping, freeze any meats that you will not be using in the next couple of days. Use your microwave's defrost cycle to thaw those meats when needed.
Eating on a budget does not mean that you have to have bad food. - 30289
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One of the largest expenses for a home other than for rent and car payment is your Food Budget. Food can be expensive but is one area where the expenses can be cut. By trimming your Food Budget as well as Grocery Budget, you can save money that can be used in other areas to help ends meet.
