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You guys are cracking me up...frugalizing, I love it!

 

And the asian markets...I love those places really, it is a great

place to take the kids, the packages are all so entertaining & the

kids love guessing what is in them. We do get veggies there & for

some reason they are usually reasonably priced. I have to go in the

next few days to get moon cakes (yeah, I'm Jewish, but we've and

adopted chinese daughter so we do some asian holidays too) - it is

always an adventure trying to figure out what we are getting - I try

and go with someone who can translate for me!

 

Back to frugalizing...dh and I have been veggie since college, no

money then at all and for quite sometime after while we paid loans

and had babies...we still are tight financially many months. It is

tough & we use coupons and watch sales. Melissa, I was a military

brat - I went shopping at the commissary with my mom about 2 years

ago and was surprised at the variety of food they had, including

veggie options - not lots, but more than I remember as a kid!

ANYWAY - Mel, my advice to you would be to plan meals ahead of time

and shop for the meals, combined with coupons, that way you don't

buy stuff you don't use. A big freezer is helpful cuz you can make

big batches (like of marinara - making your own is a huge $ saver as

someone mentioned) - cooking your own beans & freezing, etc. Also,

I stretch meals by adding starches - ie rice, pasta, potato.

Sometimes I do it when I make it, sometimes I just add the starch to

the leftovers to make them go further...ie., chili one night, chili

with big potato chunks another night..or over rice, etc. I agree

with the soup comment - I find that a great way to stretch a budget

& served with bread easily makes a meal, you can toss additional

potatoes in the following day.

 

Someone mentioned the hydrogeonated (sp) oils...I am cutting out the

HFCS & am disgusted at how it is in everything lately, especially

the breads & cereals that are on sale...phooey!

 

m