Healthy Eating on a Budget

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Because I run both this blog and Lazy Man and Money, you know that this is going to catch my attention. A Momma and the Boys Living on a Budget has a series of articles about eating healthy on a budget. I try practice most of these. Here’s a run down of the suggestions and what I do and don’t do…

1) Plan Meals Around the Sale - I don’t do a lot of planning in this way - it’s far too much work for this Lazy Man. I just purchase what is on sale and get home and see what I can make of what’s around the house. I add a couple of non-sale items of staples, which helps me create a multitude of meals. It helps that I’m not really all that picky about how the foods combine as long I like their tastes separately.

2) Use your Freezer - This is the best tip ever. I never have enough freezer space though. I wish we had a little bit bigger of a home, so I could get a dedicated freezer and use that. My favorite freezer trick? By shredded cheese in bulk and just put it in the freezer. Sure you can break it into smaller bags, but it’s not necessary as it usually breaks apart nicely. You can need it from there into a nice “sprinklable” form.

3) Use a Crockpot - It’s been tried a few times and we’ll try again, but the meat always gets dried out and tastes like rubber. For now, this isn’t a big part of our plan

4) Make Homemade Hamburger Helper Mixes - I love Hamburger Helper, but I stock up when there is a big sale. Occasionally, I’ll buy the store generic brand. I’m sure I could save more by doing it myself though. This is something I should look into.

5) Matching Coupons to Weekly Sales - This is typically done with something like The Grocery Game. I don’t do this and don’t typically use coupons. One reason is that I don’t get a newspaper to acquire the coupons in the first place. Another reason is that I find that most of the time coupons just get you back to the store’s generic price of the same product. I often buy those generic products which typically don’t have coupons for them.

6) Start or Join a Coupon Train - See above, getting and using coupons is just not easy enough for me. If it’s a more expensive purchase like FiberSure, I’ll look on Ebay. I found some coupons there that saved me a few dollars.

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