Frugal Food Saving
June 23rd, 2008 | 
Author: Plan Your Lunches – Daily
By packing your lunches every day, a family of three can save about forty-five dollars a week or around $2,340 a year. This is based on a nutritious lunch that includes sandwich, water, fruit, carrot or celery sticks and yogurt. You will not only find yourself saving money, but feeling healthier and fuller.
Plan Your Home Cooked Meals – Weekly
Home cooked meals are great, and cooking them does not have to be an unpleasant task. One method is taking two hours on a Saturday or Sunday, cooking three main dishes and three vegetables. Then section the food into different microwavable containers to make separate meals. It’s usually enough to last three days. In the evenings instead of cooking or eating out, put a container in the microwave and within seconds you have a home cooked meal. You end up cooking about two or three time per week. You save time, money, and get variety.
Plan Your Road Trip Snacks
When you go to the park, visit friends, the movies or just away from home -bring our own snacks. It saves an average of twenty to thirty dollars a week or $1,300 a year. Also, when visiting family and friends you don’t inconvenience them by having them feel like they need to feed you, and you know your food was prepared with clean hands in a clean place.
Plan Your Dining Out
When you do eat out, plan and budget for those occasions. By planning ahead and allowing for the cost of the meal, you find yourself able to enjoy it more and not worry. Do try to limit these outings to once a month as they can add up quickly. One dinner for four could easily cover a week’s food budget for the same family.
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It’s always a question of wanting to save on food, because there’s tons of different possibilities…people are just lazy!
These plans are worth to implement if you want to save money and want to maintain a good health.
Very helpful! Thanks! My family is ALWAYS looking to save money!
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many thanks, every penny counts
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Very useful article. Thank you for all your inputs.
I just recently went to a personal trainer and he said that the best thing to do was to eat 5-6 meals a day, of course much much smaller portions, but still the same thing.
very nice .. keep sharing
thanks for this, great stuff indeedalidodali!
You need to write a new blog post, dude – It’s been like a whole year since you’ve posted anything here! Come on!
People spent too much money for their food. I guess lots of money can be saved here.
Well, under the present economy, your efforts to save is more than admirable.
One piece of advice: update more often to feed us loyal readers.
some great ways to save money there.
could be very useful for me, thanks for posting them
Really helpful tips, I didn’t realise quite how much of a difference it would make $2,000 really is a lot of money.
I always to to live by the quote “The very first step to building wealth is to spend less than you make” – Brian Koslow. So these tips will definitely help me out. Thanks.
Thank you for this advice. I know of another blogger who is cutting back on food costs right now and she would really appreciate this information. I will forward this post to her. Thanks for the great information!
It will really help me to save much on food. thanks
thanks, in these credit crunch times, this is perfect
this will help me save the pennies!.. thanks alot for this
Great post!! Get started today by taking at least one frugal step to increase the financial security of your family… Gardening is a great way to grow your own pesticide free, organic vegetables that taste better and cost a fraction of the price of supermarket produce….
thanks for this!.. need to tighten up that belt!
The importance of home-cooked food, whether or not you are on a diet or a weight loss program, can never be overemphasized…. Moreover, home-cooked food is fresh, unlike restaurant food, where there are chances that you may be served food that has been sitting in a warmer a good part of the day….
I think cooking for the week ahead is definitely the way to go.
Hi,
A very relevant article to the current context , With the uncertainty in the market and economies falling apart we need to plan our finances very carefully.
With the problems in today’s economy, being frugal and thrifty is of the utmost importance. It’s always good to save whenever possible and store that money for an emergency.
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I have an internship here during the summer and I am able to save around fifty dollars a week when I take my own lunch! Great tips though!
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