We spent WAY too much on food this month...help?

dana316

I need some recipes.  We spent WAY WAY WAY too much on food this month (groceries and eating out).

I need some quick, easy, healthy recipes...I've got to do better on this meal planning thing.  With baby coming, I really need to stash some cash, and spending money like my last name is Rockefeller is not working.

So, gimme your best recipes, please.  Or as Caroline says "peez, mama, you wehcome" :-)

 

naflmj

I can't help because I am in the same boat...I'd love to here the recommendations!

emmyloustu

OMG, us too! OUT.OF.CONTROL!!!!

perry7285

we are also trying to cut our food costs. a couple of things that are helping us:

-www.allrecipes.com has 15-minute meals. often these meals are simple and have relatively few ingredients.

-we throw away a ton of food and are trying to put a stop to that. i'm hoping we can get more organized about having leftover nights. we've also decided that since we have a green grocer two blocks away and DS loves to go, we're going to buy our produce each day to make sure we buy only what we will use. when we were stocking up on produce once or twice a week, we threw lots away.

-shop at multiple stores. we get our produce from one store where it is cheapest, most other stuff from target, and then we go to another store to look for sales on meat. it is a PITA, but does save a lot of money 

Mrs.LisaP

I try to post my weekly meal plans in my blog...here is a link to all of my meal planning posts, maybe you can get some new reciepes. Its a constant struggle for me too.

https://tryingtohavebabyp.blogspot.com/search/label/Meal%20Planning

krissybegs

Mrs. Lisa - this is awesome, I see some new recipes in the future and god knows I need them.  Thanks!

kittylove

We do a ton of BBQ chicken with diffrent sauces/ seasonings in this time of the yr, plus grilled veggies. Not only easy but cheap(ish) and yummy.