Comments on: Keeping Costs Down in a Real Food Kitchen http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html Naturally inspired living for homemakers Mon, 06 May 2013 16:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-118999 Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:45:33 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=21471#comment-118999 Oh my - how I LOVE Vitacost! Oh my - how I LOVE Vitacost!

]]> By: Rachael http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-118948 Rachael Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:58:17 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=21471#comment-118948 I LOVE this! So many people tell me that it's too expensive, but I find my spending at an all-time low. I take advantage of Amazon and Vitacost, and I have back-ups of the items I use regularly in the freezer. The only things I get at stores or markets are perishables, and I have great sources for each item. Cook from scratch, prepare foods in advance so you don't ever go to McDonald's, and EAT REAL FOOD. :) I LOVE this! So many people tell me that it's too expensive, but I find my spending at an all-time low. I take advantage of Amazon and Vitacost, and I have back-ups of the items I use regularly in the freezer. The only things I get at stores or markets are perishables, and I have great sources for each item.

Cook from scratch, prepare foods in advance so you don't ever go to McDonald's, and EAT REAL FOOD. :)

]]> By: Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-108360 Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:52:30 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=21471#comment-108360 Amish stores ROCK! I'm so blessed to have one 20 minutes away! :-) And thanks for the great comment - I like when people agree with me. LOL Amish stores ROCK! I'm so blessed to have one 20 minutes away! :-) And thanks for the great comment - I like when people agree with me. LOL

]]> By: melissa alder http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-107958 melissa alder Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:58:55 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=21471#comment-107958 I shop at a Mennonite store and they have alot of cheap stuff. I buy stuff like flour, sugar and potatoes, onions and such in bulk. They also sell outdated stuff really cheap like pastas, juices and stuff like that. I generally just buy pasta and their bacon which I think is made from scratch? They also have other good stuff for cheap. I am to feed us better too. We eat venison which my husband hunts and he is teaching me how to hunt too. We grow a garden every year and we even have another Mennonite store where we get twenty pounds of tomatoes for ten dollars. We canned alot of tomatoes last year and this year decided it would be cheaper just to buy then instead of grow them. Our tomatoes don't get as big as theirs do. We are however going to plant lettuce, carrots, broccoli, turnips, greenbeans and some other stuff I can't remember. LOL. I also make our bread and am trying to get into making our own pizzas and stuff like that. Anyhow, my point is any little bit that you can do to help yourself eat better is going ot help you in the long run. I totally agree withy you Stacey. I shop at a Mennonite store and they have alot of cheap stuff. I buy stuff like flour, sugar and potatoes, onions and such in bulk. They also sell outdated stuff really cheap like pastas, juices and stuff like that. I generally just buy pasta and their bacon which I think is made from scratch? They also have other good stuff for cheap. I am to feed us better too. We eat venison which my husband hunts and he is teaching me how to hunt too. We grow a garden every year and we even have another Mennonite store where we get twenty pounds of tomatoes for ten dollars. We canned alot of tomatoes last year and this year decided it would be cheaper just to buy then instead of grow them. Our tomatoes don't get as big as theirs do. We are however going to plant lettuce, carrots, broccoli, turnips, greenbeans and some other stuff I can't remember. LOL. I also make our bread and am trying to get into making our own pizzas and stuff like that. Anyhow, my point is any little bit that you can do to help yourself eat better is going ot help you in the long run. I totally agree withy you Stacey.

]]> By: Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-107769 Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:13:41 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=21471#comment-107769 I sometimes forget those costs. :-) I don't have them because we hunt on family land - and because if we get meat from friends, they're also hunting on family land. I sometimes forget those costs. :-) I don't have them because we hunt on family land - and because if we get meat from friends, they're also hunting on family land.

]]> By: Alicia http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-107746 Alicia Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:50:05 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=21471#comment-107746 These are all great ideas! I just wanted to point one thing out about the wild game meat. We are also big venison eaters, but you are leaving out a lot of hidden costs to them. There is a fee for your hunting liscense that varies depending on you state. Also, unless you own your own land that it is leagal to hunt on (again, laws vary by state), you have to pay deer lease fees, which can get pretty high. We have to "tag out," which means get the maximum number of deer, in order for it to be worth it each year. You will hear no complaining from my husband though! These are all great ideas! I just wanted to point one thing out about the wild game meat. We are also big venison eaters, but you are leaving out a lot of hidden costs to them. There is a fee for your hunting liscense that varies depending on you state. Also, unless you own your own land that it is leagal to hunt on (again, laws vary by state), you have to pay deer lease fees, which can get pretty high. We have to "tag out," which means get the maximum number of deer, in order for it to be worth it each year. You will hear no complaining from my husband though!

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]]> By: Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2013/01/keeping-costs-down-in-a-real-food-kitchen.html/comment-page-1#comment-107228 Stacy @Stacy Makes Cents Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:09:44 +0000 http://www.keeperofthehome.org/?p=21471#comment-107228 You're welcome! Thanks for commenting. :-) You're welcome! Thanks for commenting. :-)

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