Posted on 09/15/2022 9:54:04 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
Share the things you do to combat food inflation.
“””Public BOGO.”””
Ditto here. Only it is Publix.
Also, ALDI has prices that are better than most grocers.
I’m curious, how do you make your own ‘electrolyte’ drinks?
you have to buy stuff when its on sale absolutely....last week Fred Meyer’s had pork shoulder butts at $.99 a pound....they haven’t been that cheap for a few yrs...hubby uses it to make his sausages...
bake and cook from scratch...not only healthier, but cheaper...
WalMart is the place for basics ....there brand is a lot cheaper and as good in most cases..
Almost everything is more in Publix....Fresh produce is probably better
“Ditto here. Only it is Publix.
Also, ALDI has prices that are better than most grocers.”
Spellchecker but I corrected in new post.
Wife and I hit Aldi on the way home from Costco. On Thursdays we make out the list for Publix and Walmart.
Wife does the Asian market. Sometime I go for her but I take photos before leaving to show to the clerk.
I’ve pretty much stopped going out to eat since most of the restaurant (especially fast food) food is unhealthy. I do make an occasional exceptions for the Mom & Pop Lebanese places where the food is mostly fresh cooked.
Cook at home and try new and different foods.
Not sure if you were serious or joking, but as a general rule, I just eat one meal a day. I'm on track to spend less than $1,600 for food this year in total. Food inflation is just something that doesn't really affect me in any big way.
(Stalag 17)
Another thing you can do is save half the bread dough in the fridge and ‘add to it’ for the next loaf. It works like sourdough... gets more flavorful over time. Bake it in a small cast iron pan with a cast iron pan lid... has more the taste and crunch of a steam oven. And makes the smaller loaf that’s less wasteful. (heat pan and lid first - then add dough - take lid off about 15 minutes later and finish baking.) I did this during the beginning of the pandemic for taste more than anything else. For saving money buy English muffins - they save money, don’t go bad as quickly and Publix put them on ‘buy one get one free’ sale about every 13 weeks. They freeze well.
It’s a little late in the season but a 30’x30’ garden will bury a family in fresh vegetables and plenty for freezing and canning. Buying a tiller and canning supplies is a first year investment though. A freezer and buying beef in bulk can cut you meat expense dramatically. A $200 freezer at Home Depot will easily hold a side of beef. If you’re just shopping, buy promo to promo. Generally most stores rotate their promos. Cheese, meat, cereals, things to be frozen or with a long shelf life should always be bought on deal.
PBJ's got me through 6 years of elementary school (8 kids in the 50's)
**1. Cook from scratch as much as I can;**
That describes my wife in the kitchen. People can’t understand why we both are slim. It’s her smart cooking, and our discipline, both in eating habits and exercise. In our 44 yrs together I can’t remember anything she cooked or baked that wasn’t good.
Always great pies. Her pie crusts are perfection.
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Read FR, lose my appetite...
Yup. Those that bitch about Publix prices simply need to plan ahead, go to the website/circulars, see what’s BOGO and if you can use it. They even show you next week’s circular so you can see if something you want now will be BOGO next week.
Everything we eat is fresh. Nothing packaged. I went to the Culinary Institute not because I wanted to be a professional chef (I’m not), but because I wanted to understand how to make my own dishes.
We grow our own herbs, shop at produce stands if possible, make our own sourdough, and make larger dishes if possible to have a single preparation last more than one meal.
Our trips to the grocery store generally only require purchasing a few items, as I like uncomplicated dishes. It doesn’t take a ton of ingredients to make a nice plate.
Our eating is far healthier and far cheaper than processed food choices. Stay out of the middle on the grocery store. Stick to the perimeter. Most importantly — if you don’t know how — learn to cook well. There’s many online resources. Rouxbe is one. America’s Test Kitchen is another.
You’d be amazed at how cheap — and how deliciously — you can cook once you really know what you’re doing.
Fasting works… for a while anyway.
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