How To Stretch Your Grocery Dollar (Even After Your Shopping Trip)



A lot of this blog is about stretching your savings.  It's important.  A penny saved is a penny earned!

But another crucially important part of saving money is stretching what you've already bought.  I get SOOOO mad at myself when I find an awesome deal on food, buy a ton of it, bring it home & end up losing most of it.  It's usually my fault & could've been prevented.  Even if I had saved 75%...it becomes a 100% unnecessary expense with 0% nourishment of my family.  Anger!

Most of us already have our own ways of stretching our grocery dollar at home.  Some people have instituted "Meatless Monday" at their house.  This saves money and helps their cholesterol.  I haven't convinced my husband yet, but I'm working on it.

Some of us have fun, quirky tips & tricks to stretch recipes by substituting less expensive ingredients, switching out cuts of meat, etc.

This morning I ran across a post about how most of our depression-era Grandmas would stretch their pantry ingredients.  This article is different than most I've read.  This article deals with a problem that I face on a regular basis.

We (as couponers, stockpilers, whatever you call us) usually buy a lot of food at once.  We find a spectacular deal on an item & stock up with enough of that item to last us until it goes on sale again.  ...Or we buy as much of it as we can possibly afford that week if it's something we know our family likes.

Enter the problem:

We over-bought & some of it is starting to go bad.  Oops! 

"Maybe I didn't need that entire case of oranges after all."
"I wish I had done a better job rotating my 5 million boxes of cereal so the older ones didn't get stale."

I hope I'm the only one this has happened to, but I imagine that I'm not alone here.  That's why I decided to post a link to the article below.  It shares tips on how to save food that's going bad, how to revive food that's past its prime & how to prevent items from going bad as quickly as they naturally would.

It's a decent list.  Decent enough to make me take time out of my peaceful Sunday morning & post it on a blog I haven't touched in a long time!  Enjoy.

14 Frugal Food Rescuing Tips From Grandma

No, I'm not getting compensated.  But even if I was, I'd still be honest about what I do & don't think you should spend time reading.   Because your Time IS Money & I get that!  :) 

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