Comments on: Reducing The Grocery Bill

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:28:20 +0000

Drew,
The reason that i did not mention it is because I was focusing on how I personally would save money. Gardening is not really an option the way I landscaped my yard. You are totally right though! That is an awesome way to get some reasonably priced grub!

By: Drew Baye

Drew Baye — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:04:46 +0000

I’m surprised you didn’t mention growing your own! While this may not be practical for everybody, we always had a garden growing up, and had tomatoes, green beans, peas, pumpkins, squash, carrots, etc. I currently live in FL, and we have an orange tree in our back yard, and my in-laws have avocado and orange trees in theirs.

You could trap or kill your own too, depending on where you live and what the laws are.

I would go further on your first point and recommend dropping all alcohol consumption. The amount of money a person can waste on alcohol during a typical weekend could buy a lot of quality food.

I also agree with the recommendations for ethic grocery stores. My wife is Filipino and we shop at area Filipino food stores regularly and have been able to get pretty good deals on pork and other meats through them.

By: nonegiven

nonegiven — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:24:34 +0000

You can usually get a bag of chicken leg quarters cheaper per pound than whole chickens.

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:15:54 +0000

Dr. Dan,
Gald we are on the same page here!

Chris,
That is not a bad idea. I prefer fresh spinach but I think I might follow suit here.

By: Dynamic Stage of Weight Loss « At Darwin’s Table

Dynamic Stage of Weight Loss « At Darwin’s Table — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:52:01 +0000

[...] its the same old stuff but Im trying to live cheap. Which reminds me read this post from the Son of Grok on ways to eat cheap on Paleo if you havn’t [...]

By: Chris - ZTF

Chris - ZTF — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:25:52 +0000

I find keeping a huge bag of frozen spinach knocking about saves me loads of money. I can use it with omelets in the morning or make a big batch with olive oil and garlic to have beside my meat for lunch or dinner. Also if you make a big batch it serves as a paleo base to dishes which normally require rice (chilli, curry etc) as it lays a nice bed for the main meal……

Getting what’s on sale is also a great thing to do, it makes all the difference!

By: Dr Dan

Dr Dan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:44:45 +0000

Good advice. I seemed to check each point so we obviously follow the same budgeting tips.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:54:42 +0000

I’m a fan of the grassfed beef as well. In addition to the health and environmental benefits (which are well outlined elsewhere) I think it just tastes better.

The flavor is a little more “gamey” and takes a little getting used to, but it grows on you quickly. I had a few weeks between running out of the 1/2 cow in my freezer and waiting for another one to be ready and discovered that grocery store beef tasted flavorless and bland now.

As an aside, SOG is probably right with the weight. The $2.19/lb is probably the hanging, pre-processing price. I paid $3lb on the rail, and find it comes to about $4.50-5/lb after cutting depending on the specifics (i.e. how much you have ground for burger, etc..)

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:00:57 +0000

Trailgrrl,
I buy local grassfed 1/4 which is actually about $4.50 per pound (expensive but worth it IMO and I support local agra). My last quarter was actually quite small at 123#’s… they usually weigh more.

By: TrailGrrl

TrailGrrl — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:47:47 +0000

Does anyone have any experience buying 1/4 cow? It would be around $2.19/lb… $400.