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<blockquote data-quote="brassyblonde900" data-source="post: 1888868" data-attributes="member: 445897">To make your food affordable requires some degree of flexibility.I have no interest in organic anything. What for is my ready answer.Now to&nbsp; how you can buy your food a bit more affordably.Vegetables&nbsp; - Eating in season, buying frozen for soups, shopping yellow label specials (This is when they are marked down)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; shopping in low cost supermarkets and farmers markets with a reputation for providing value for moneyMeats - Buying the cheapest cuts (usually the fattiest) you can afford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -Finding your local wholesale market and maybe joining forces with&nbsp; friends or family and buying bulk and sharing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; between you&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -Buying frozen meats which presents excellent value for money&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -Looking out for special offers and taking advantage of thoseFats and Oils - Its been a while since I bought any fat/oil for my cooking, I save the fat from my boiling, roasts and grills&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; and use them for sautéing vegetables and frying eggs etc. (Funny I was telling a friend who wanted to know what fat &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I use just this afternoon how I cool and save the fat from my cooked meats, to be used for my frying and grilling etc.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; When I cook chicken I still have enough fat to last a while because I don&#039;t skin the chicken I cook it with skin on which&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; gives me all the fat I need for a lot of cooking/frying of other things.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Freezing also stretches what you have already bought. A lot of meats and vegetables and even fat from cooking can freeze well and therefore do not go to waste.Store brands represent excellent value for money. Go to ethnic shops, you get great prices for a lot of things. For example, Ghee is a cheap food if you buy it from an Asian shop. Mainstream grocery stores charge over the odds for it and I have always wondered why.I hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brassyblonde900, post: 1888868, member: 445897"] To make your food affordable requires some degree of flexibility. I have no interest in organic anything. What for is my ready answer. Now to how you can buy your food a bit more affordably. Vegetables - Eating in season, buying frozen for soups, shopping yellow label specials (This is when they are marked down) shopping in low cost supermarkets and farmers markets with a reputation for providing value for money Meats - Buying the cheapest cuts (usually the fattiest) you can afford -Finding your local wholesale market and maybe joining forces with friends or family and buying bulk and sharing between you -Buying frozen meats which presents excellent value for money -Looking out for special offers and taking advantage of those Fats and Oils - Its been a while since I bought any fat/oil for my cooking, I save the fat from my boiling, roasts and grills and use them for sautéing vegetables and frying eggs etc. (Funny I was telling a friend who wanted to know what fat I use just this afternoon how I cool and save the fat from my cooked meats, to be used for my frying and grilling etc. When I cook chicken I still have enough fat to last a while because I don't skin the chicken I cook it with skin on which gives me all the fat I need for a lot of cooking/frying of other things. Freezing also stretches what you have already bought. A lot of meats and vegetables and even fat from cooking can freeze well and therefore do not go to waste. Store brands represent excellent value for money. Go to ethnic shops, you get great prices for a lot of things. For example, Ghee is a cheap food if you buy it from an Asian shop. Mainstream grocery stores charge over the odds for it and I have always wondered why. I hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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