I can't believe I left this very important tip out on my last post. Stop buying convenience items - particularly in the produce department.
I believe that anyone who reads my blog knows how to dice an onion, mince garlic, and chop a bell pepper or tomato. When you buy the pre-diced, chopped, minced items you are paying a steep premium. A container of pre-diced onion costs around $2 and guess what? There's about 50 cents worth of onion in there. Same for all of the pre-diced, chopped items. It only takes a couple of minutes to do these tasks yourself and in the course of a year, you will save lots.
Happy eating.
K
You could always on a Sunday morning (or whatever) cut up whatever veggies, onions & such you would have maybe bought pre-cut and stick them in baggies (or tupperwares - another money saver & environmentally friendly). Then it's all ready for you during the week.
ReplyDeleteAlso - I thought I'd post this as I'm doing it - stale crusty bread & some crackers can be ground up in a blender/Cuisinart for bread crumbs. I always feel crappy when I let bread get hard and yucky - so hooray!
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