22 Smart Ways To Save Money On Food

10.

“Figure out what you want to eat for the week. Write it down and only buy the ingredients for those meals.”

—leahjm

“Also, have an idea of how many packages of those perishable ingredients contain. If you can only buy a large bundle of say, green onions, even though your recipe calls for way less than that, find other meals that share the ingredients you buy to help make those ingredients go further. It will help you save money and eliminate food waste.”

—robert_dunder

“You’d be surprised how much this helps! I used to always buy basics, like carrots, onions, canned tomatoes, etc., thinking they go with everything and I will always need them (‘good idea to have them just in case’). There were times I would be constantly throwing away food that had rotted from disuse. When I started making a weekly meal plan, I was surprised at how few ingredients I actually needed! I remember one whole month, I didn’t buy carrots or ground beef because the meals we came up with just didn’t need them.”

—trilingualmom