If you have been watching the news, especially the economic news, experts have been saying that the recession is technically over. Ok, but employers are not hiring and you may have been lucky enough to keep your job, but with a reduction in salary, you really are stretched financially. How can you save money? You need to watch your food budget. How should you do this?
So, how do you get a food budget and stick to it while not spending a lot of time on this exercise? There are two ways you can do this. You can do it the slow, old fashioned way and look into kitchen for what food you already have in your kitchen. Second, go to your cookbooks and see what you can make with what you already have in the kitchen by looking at. Write down with a pen and paper the ingredients you need to buy and head to the grocery store with your shopping list. That's a good method, but it's very time consuming and not very efficient. Why not use the help of the internet?
With all the different websites to help you find awesome recipes, you might as well use them. Simply search "recipes by ingredients" and select from the list of recipe websites.
Now that you've found a website to find recipes based on the ingredients you already have, it's time to jump onto the site and give it a whirl. When on the recipe website, type in the ingredients or groceries you already have at home and search for what recipes you can make with those ingredients. It's that easy!
I like to do this routine each Sunday for the entire week. I add in all the ingredients I already have at home and then select 5 recipes for the week. This will generate a list of groceries I need to buy for these 5 recipes. Most sites will allow you to print out this list to take to the grocery store.
I usually spend around $50 for the both of us (my wife and I) for the week (Monday through Friday). We take our lunch every day to work (this is very important!!!). This means we spend around $200 per month and this saves us probably around $100 each month or $1,200 per year in savings. These sites are free, so give them a shot! - 30241
So, how do you get a food budget and stick to it while not spending a lot of time on this exercise? There are two ways you can do this. You can do it the slow, old fashioned way and look into kitchen for what food you already have in your kitchen. Second, go to your cookbooks and see what you can make with what you already have in the kitchen by looking at. Write down with a pen and paper the ingredients you need to buy and head to the grocery store with your shopping list. That's a good method, but it's very time consuming and not very efficient. Why not use the help of the internet?
With all the different websites to help you find awesome recipes, you might as well use them. Simply search "recipes by ingredients" and select from the list of recipe websites.
Now that you've found a website to find recipes based on the ingredients you already have, it's time to jump onto the site and give it a whirl. When on the recipe website, type in the ingredients or groceries you already have at home and search for what recipes you can make with those ingredients. It's that easy!
I like to do this routine each Sunday for the entire week. I add in all the ingredients I already have at home and then select 5 recipes for the week. This will generate a list of groceries I need to buy for these 5 recipes. Most sites will allow you to print out this list to take to the grocery store.
I usually spend around $50 for the both of us (my wife and I) for the week (Monday through Friday). We take our lunch every day to work (this is very important!!!). This means we spend around $200 per month and this saves us probably around $100 each month or $1,200 per year in savings. These sites are free, so give them a shot! - 30241
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Try this useful site if you are looking for a food budget or are on a strict grocery budget.
