Pantry cooking, or cooking with ingredients that you already have on hand instead of making a trip to the store, is a great way to save money and lower your grocery budget. Buying food when it is on sale and stockpiling inexpensive food to use later means that you’ll never have to pay full price for any food item. Do this on a regular basis, and you can easily cut your food bill in half without coupons. With coupons, you can save even more. The only drawback that I see to pantry cooking is that sometimes it can get a … Continue reading →

I try to review the items in my pantry on a weekly basis. It helps me save money by using up what I have before it expires or goes bad. By cooking from the pantry, using  items that were purchased on sale, on in some cases gotten for free, I can reduce my food bill. Paying less for groceries is one of my big goals this year. My list of items to be used up included some frozen strawberries that were starting to get a little frosty, and a couple of ripe bananas. I still have a stock of inexpensive … Continue reading →