Comments on: A Frugal Healthy Grocery Budget http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/ a food snuggery Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:47:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Natalie http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5474 Natalie Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:13:08 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5474 Sheri- Great idea! Sheri- Great idea!

]]> By: Sheri http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5465 Sheri Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:18:10 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5465 I like your ideas. I would add to buy anything that you use alot of bulk. For example I buy Tinkyada pasta 10 pounds at a time from Azure Standard for $2.30 a pound instead of the $3.99 they want at my grocery store. I also buy quinoa, teff and sorghum there 25 pounds at a time. Thanks for you tip on Agave Nectar from Amazon. I had never thought to check there and it is substantially less expensive there than anywhere else. I like your ideas.
I would add to buy anything that you use alot of bulk. For example I buy Tinkyada pasta 10 pounds at a time from Azure Standard for $2.30 a pound instead of the $3.99 they want at my grocery store. I also buy quinoa, teff and sorghum there 25 pounds at a time.
Thanks for you tip on Agave Nectar from Amazon. I had never thought to check there and it is substantially less expensive there than anywhere else.

]]> By: Menu Plan Tuesday « Conviviality http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5112 Menu Plan Tuesday « Conviviality Tue, 27 May 2008 19:45:42 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5112 [...] as what I benefit from (almost) always having on hand. I’m enjoying other bloggers (such as Gluten Free Mommy, Gluten Free Cooking School and Book of Yum) posting on how they manage their food bills since this [...] [...] as what I benefit from (almost) always having on hand. I’m enjoying other bloggers (such as Gluten Free Mommy, Gluten Free Cooking School and Book of Yum) posting on how they manage their food bills since this [...]

]]> By: Elana http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5080 Elana Sun, 25 May 2008 18:01:36 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5080 Great post, I will be linking to it! Great post, I will be linking to it!

]]> By: Vittoria http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5070 Vittoria Sun, 25 May 2008 01:15:12 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5070 All your ideas are great. When I lived in the midwest I did lots of those things. Now that I'm in NYC doing all my shopping at one time just isn't feasable (having only two hands and the subway) so I hit one store at a time with a list of what I need from each. I do the majority of my meal prep, breakfast and bag lunches, on the weekend. I keep staples around and when my boy friend and I have a chance to eat dinner together I'll stop and pick up something additional on the way home. Your sight and ideas are great! All your ideas are great. When I lived in the midwest I did lots of those things. Now that I’m in NYC doing all my shopping at one time just isn’t feasable (having only two hands and the subway) so I hit one store at a time with a list of what I need from each. I do the majority of my meal prep, breakfast and bag lunches, on the weekend. I keep staples around and when my boy friend and I have a chance to eat dinner together I’ll stop and pick up something additional on the way home. Your sight and ideas are great!

]]> By: seamaiden http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5055 seamaiden Fri, 23 May 2008 21:26:18 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5055 I just started a feature over at my blog called "Easy and Frugal Gluten-Free Cooking." http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/easy-and-frugal-gluten-free-cooking-1-potato-latkes-and-spaghetti-squash-lasagna-recipes-1864.html International markets are also a great, inexpensive place to pick up fresh produce and even proteins. We can't stand the taste of the tap water here, but we got a tap filter and it definitely ends up being cheaper than bottled water- as well as being friendlier for the environment. :) Great post! -Sea I just started a feature over at my blog called “Easy and Frugal Gluten-Free Cooking.”

http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/easy-and-frugal-gluten-free-cooking-1-potato-latkes-and-spaghetti-squash-lasagna-recipes-1864.html

International markets are also a great, inexpensive place to pick up fresh produce and even proteins.

We can’t stand the taste of the tap water here, but we got a tap filter and it definitely ends up being cheaper than bottled water- as well as being friendlier for the environment. :)

Great post!

-Sea

]]> By: socorro http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5053 socorro Fri, 23 May 2008 20:48:04 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5053 Start CVS 'ing its amazing how much you can save with those Extrabucks! Start CVS ‘ing its amazing how much you can save with those Extrabucks!

]]> By: Jen http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5049 Jen Fri, 23 May 2008 17:05:42 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5049 There is a great money-saving forum called Savvy Dollar that has really helped me a lot. Lots of people posting weekly deals...basically, lots of people doing the work for you. :) www.savvydollar.org There is a great money-saving forum called Savvy Dollar that has really helped me a lot. Lots of people posting weekly deals…basically, lots of people doing the work for you. :)

http://www.savvydollar.org

]]> By: Caroline http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 Caroline Fri, 23 May 2008 13:48:04 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5046 This is a great post. I am not the smartest grocery shopper. I definitely need to start planning this way because our food bill is killing us, especially being gluten-free. I need to get organized! Thanks for the info! This is a great post. I am not the smartest grocery shopper. I definitely need to start planning this way because our food bill is killing us, especially being gluten-free.

I need to get organized! Thanks for the info!

]]> By: Mary Frances http://glutenfreemommy.com/a-frugal-healthy-grocery-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 Mary Frances Fri, 23 May 2008 03:53:24 +0000 http://glutenfreemommy.com/?p=443#comment-5042 I like you idea of shopping for produce, then planning your meal, then doing the remainder of your shopping. Since produce is the majority of what we eat, that should really allow me to plan around the vegetables and fruit that are in season and, thus, at the lowest prices. I too decided that the Grocery Game was not worth the trouble. However I have just started doing the coupon shopping at CVS so that I can reduce the amount of my grocery budget going to toiletries. Thanks for the link love and have a great weekend =) I like you idea of shopping for produce, then planning your meal, then doing the remainder of your shopping. Since produce is the majority of what we eat, that should really allow me to plan around the vegetables and fruit that are in season and, thus, at the lowest prices.

I too decided that the Grocery Game was not worth the trouble. However I have just started doing the coupon shopping at CVS so that I can reduce the amount of my grocery budget going to toiletries.

Thanks for the link love and have a great weekend =)

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