I have some potatoes in the fridge and have no idea when I bought them. I have a box of butternut squash that I bought at the beginning of December LAST YEAR in preparation for removing my wisdom tooth that still has not been eaten.
I have also gone grocery shopping EVERY Sunday this year….so why am I buying more food when I still have food left from last year? Part of the reason is boredom with what I eat. I have particular tastes so I tend to buy what I like and buy it in bulk. This means that I end up eating the same things over and over and quickly become bored…so I buy something new.
Lather, Rinse and Repeat.
I know that the only thing I need to get on a weekly basis is fresh fruit so I have to really work on eating what I have in boxes and cans before buying perishables like potatoes (which might be growing in the fridge right now). It has been a long while since I got some coupons for food that I buy all the time. I think the last one was the coupon for Carnation evaporated milk that made it cheaper than the Great Value milk I normally get.
I have been getting coupons for yogurt and I love that since I eat a yogurt every other day as part of my meal plan. I used to see coupons for the Gorton’s bagged shrimp that I use but those have been really rare lately.
I am going to revise my meal plan to include the things I have in the pantry now…like rice (which I don’t really like) so that I can clear out all the food in the pantry before I buy anything else.
Good idea! That’ll give you some variety as well… I love going through my pantry after a while because there’s all these things that you forgot you had and it’s like finding buried treasure! Not to mention a free meal!
nice idea, but dont forget about support from families and friends.
sometimes because of them we burn our buck 😀 hahaa…
oh and buying meat in bulk can save money while providing better quality. *_^
On the positive side I have managed to avoid purchasing any chips, cookies, candy, crackers, or ice cream. I did have lots of chips and cookies when I visited my mom for super bowl weekend though. And I used some of my Register Rewards at Walgreens to get more soda. My rationalization at the time was that I wasn’t spending any money on the soda so it didn’t count as a purchase. That is obviously cheating though.
On the negative side I abandoned the goal of only eating out once a week. I’ve been having restaurant food almost every day. And I have been having soda with those restaurant meals.
Interesting idea. Weekly plan of food purchasing and purchase foods depends on the uses.
You can make an interesting vegetable curry with the butternuts, and use some of the rice here too. The gravy makes the rice more palatable. Then you can also split the butternuts in half and roast them in tin foil in the oven, with some olive oil and garlic drizzled over them. Once the flesh is soft you can come up with a yummy filling to put in the hole left by scooping out the pips.
Food waste is such a huge problem that also wastes a lot of our money. Just being practical when grocery shopping and not buying when hungry can save from throwing away tons of food. Buying bulk food can be deceiving as you suggest as you can spend lots of money on food that you will never eat.
That’s a good plan 🙂 very good managing skills. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.