Comments on: Getting Food Out of the Box http://frugalhacks.com/2008/03/05/getting-food-out-of-the-box/ Good stewardship in action. How do you do it? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: jp http://frugalhacks.com/2008/03/05/getting-food-out-of-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 jp Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:59:24 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=508#comment-1888 Your post is great. Thanks for posting it! I try to cook more healthy (most natural as I can) food for myself and everyone in my home. I am not a Christian, so I don't really follow the clean meat or anything like that. I just buy the best quality and natural food as I can, because it is not cheap at all. I find myself cooking so much of food for less and here is how I do it - Get a help from somebody in your home with me making your own mixes and keep all in the storage for later use. It really makes your cooking more easier and quicker. Making my own bisquick mix is so much cheaper too. Cook veggie meals (no meat at all) a bit more often. I learned to like it by doing this way. Any leftovers of veggie meals will be great for stews or soups. While I cook the more pricy or more hard work meals, make a bit more of leftovers (maybe enough for two or four) and freeze for the next time you want to make the same meal. It is great for the foods that are on sale. For meat, try to limit the amount of meat on your plates. It saves me the money this way. I usually divide all meat into halves, even for a one pound of ground beef, and freeze a half. This way helped me to make a habit to eat more veggies or pastas than the meat. I try to stock more spices and other ingredients in my pantry, so this way will help me to cook more food for less. I do stock a lot of organic dry foods, so I feel a bit better. Haha. For dairy products, I always buy organic milk and free roam eggs. Same for most lettuce and other veggies. Your post is great. Thanks for posting it!

I try to cook more healthy (most natural as I can) food for myself and everyone in my home. I am not a Christian, so I don’t really follow the clean meat or anything like that. I just buy the best quality and natural food as I can, because it is not cheap at all.

I find myself cooking so much of food for less and here is how I do it -

Get a help from somebody in your home with me making your own mixes and keep all in the storage for later use. It really makes your cooking more easier and quicker. Making my own bisquick mix is so much cheaper too.

Cook veggie meals (no meat at all) a bit more often. I learned to like it by doing this way. Any leftovers of veggie meals will be great for stews or soups.

While I cook the more pricy or more hard work meals, make a bit more of leftovers (maybe enough for two or four) and freeze for the next time you want to make the same meal. It is great for the foods that are on sale.

For meat, try to limit the amount of meat on your plates. It saves me the money this way. I usually divide all meat into halves, even for a one pound of ground beef, and freeze a half. This way helped me to make a habit to eat more veggies or pastas than the meat.

I try to stock more spices and other ingredients in my pantry, so this way will help me to cook more food for less. I do stock a lot of organic dry foods, so I feel a bit better. Haha.

For dairy products, I always buy organic milk and free roam eggs. Same for most lettuce and other veggies.

]]> By: Amy http://frugalhacks.com/2008/03/05/getting-food-out-of-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 Amy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:41:08 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=508#comment-1766 Although we don't eat organic, we do try to eat very healthy and I appreciate any perspective on this issue that sheds more light on healthy eating. Thank you! Although we don’t eat organic, we do try to eat very healthy and I appreciate any perspective on this issue that sheds more light on healthy eating. Thank you!

]]> By: Lisa http://frugalhacks.com/2008/03/05/getting-food-out-of-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Lisa Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:35:24 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=508#comment-1765 Nice article. I try to eat organic as well. It is expensive, for sure. I don't like the labeling games the marketing folks play on us, either. I just joined an organic CSA for the summer for the first time. No marketing, good veggies. If you would like some links to on-line printable organic coupons, click on my name. Don't mean to be plugging my blog, it's just that they are good coupons! Lisa Nice article. I try to eat organic as well. It is expensive, for sure. I don’t like the labeling games the marketing folks play on us, either. I just joined an organic CSA for the summer for the first time. No marketing, good veggies.

If you would like some links to on-line printable organic coupons, click on my name. Don’t mean to be plugging my blog, it’s just that they are good coupons!

Lisa

]]> By: Jen@BigBinder http://frugalhacks.com/2008/03/05/getting-food-out-of-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Jen@BigBinder Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:56:33 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=508#comment-1764 What a perfect post. If I were a better blogger, I would find an award to give you, but I don't know how to do that stuff... so as a mom (frugal, Christian, and tryin' to be healthy) I appreciate this information, along with the context you have put it in with your experience VERY MUCH!! Thank you! What a perfect post. If I were a better blogger, I would find an award to give you, but I don’t know how to do that stuff… so as a mom (frugal, Christian, and tryin’ to be healthy) I appreciate this information, along with the context you have put it in with your experience VERY MUCH!! Thank you!

]]> By: bakinchick http://frugalhacks.com/2008/03/05/getting-food-out-of-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 bakinchick Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:40:16 +0000 http://frugalhacks.com/?p=508#comment-1763 What a timely article! Before heading to the gym tonight, I stopped by the grocery store for salad makings. Four categories of produce (only one organic purchase!)-- lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and a pepper -- cost me $12.53! (And yes, yes, I know I need to be patient and wait for in-season local produce. Early spring is so hard for me...) It is discouraging because I know that by combining coupons and sales, I could probably make that $12.53 stretch into a 3-4 meals of processed junk, and instead it's going to make one lowly salad. I have to remind myself to take the long view... Thanks for the encouragement to make the (long-term) frugal choices. What a timely article! Before heading to the gym tonight, I stopped by the grocery store for salad makings. Four categories of produce (only one organic purchase!)– lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and a pepper — cost me $12.53!

(And yes, yes, I know I need to be patient and wait for in-season local produce. Early spring is so hard for me…)

It is discouraging because I know that by combining coupons and sales, I could probably make that $12.53 stretch into a 3-4 meals of processed junk, and instead it’s going to make one lowly salad. I have to remind myself to take the long view…

Thanks for the encouragement to make the (long-term) frugal choices.

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