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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 229230" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>What a great thread! Thanks, ML for starting it!! I'm going to have to read through it again and take notes- there are some ideas here that I could incorporate pretty easily!</p><p></p><p>What comes to my mind right away:</p><p></p><p>1) Ground beef- I get the 85 or 90% lean and it's still relatively inexpensive. One week, I might make chilli, another week spaghetti, another meatloaf or tacos. Another good thing is that most these meals can be eaten as leftovers, too.</p><p></p><p>2) I get fruit for snacks- it's not the least expensive thing to do but it's healthy and I cut down the amount of other snacks I'll buy and worry less about a big variety of vegies at dinner. So, I might get a cantaloupe for snacking on and we can have potoatoes and green beans with dinner.</p><p></p><p>3) On my grocery bill, it is the drinks that seem costly. I'm still working on that, but I do compare prices to try to get that expense lower. I drink more water instead of grabbing a can of soda. They have little packets now that hardly cost anything and you can mix the packet of powerd in water to get a desired flavor (lemonade, for instance) but I can't difficult child to actually do it. </p><p></p><p>4) I buy more store brand stuff than I used to. </p><p></p><p>5) We eat more eggs. They're inexpensive for all the nutrition in them.</p><p></p><p>6) Space heaters (electric) are usually big bill raisers. difficult child has one in his room and I have him set the timer on it for 1 hour instead of letting it run all night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 229230, member: 3699"] What a great thread! Thanks, ML for starting it!! I'm going to have to read through it again and take notes- there are some ideas here that I could incorporate pretty easily! What comes to my mind right away: 1) Ground beef- I get the 85 or 90% lean and it's still relatively inexpensive. One week, I might make chilli, another week spaghetti, another meatloaf or tacos. Another good thing is that most these meals can be eaten as leftovers, too. 2) I get fruit for snacks- it's not the least expensive thing to do but it's healthy and I cut down the amount of other snacks I'll buy and worry less about a big variety of vegies at dinner. So, I might get a cantaloupe for snacking on and we can have potoatoes and green beans with dinner. 3) On my grocery bill, it is the drinks that seem costly. I'm still working on that, but I do compare prices to try to get that expense lower. I drink more water instead of grabbing a can of soda. They have little packets now that hardly cost anything and you can mix the packet of powerd in water to get a desired flavor (lemonade, for instance) but I can't difficult child to actually do it. 4) I buy more store brand stuff than I used to. 5) We eat more eggs. They're inexpensive for all the nutrition in them. 6) Space heaters (electric) are usually big bill raisers. difficult child has one in his room and I have him set the timer on it for 1 hour instead of letting it run all night. [/QUOTE]
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