Guest guest Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Local Harvest is a great place to find a CSA: www.localharvest.org --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Lorraine <ldemi wrote: Lorraine <ldemi RE: Re: Question on cheaper vegetarian meals Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 12:25 PM Hi Cheri, Oh, I remember spending so much money when we first started being vegetarians - to see what was out there, and because we were just so excited. Now, 20 years later, we're back down to basics - but we do about one meal a week with the fancy stuff/recipes. It's fun, and once a week can still be affordable. One other tip for making the grocery list - I organize it by food group, so I make sure we have grains (bread, rice, pasta, cereal, waffles), and protein (tofu, eggs, nuts, seeds, peanut butter, soy milk), and dairy, veggies, fruits, etc. I end up buying less stuff this way and we have a balance of foods in the house, and ingredients for many different meals. We get our produce from a CSA, if you have one in your area, that's a great way to save money and have fresh, local food. Oh, and with our CSA, if you volunteer to be a drop-off location for the boxes, you get a free box of produce each week! You could try that! Good luck! Lorraine @gro ups.com [@gro ups.com] On Behalf Of PEBBLES N BAM-BAM!!!!! Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:07 AM @gro ups.com Re: Question on cheaper vegetarian meals Nope we dont have a Trader Joe's here. Sure wish we did. I hear everyone speaking so highly of this place. I usually look at my pantry see what we have on hand. Then use coupons also when we have them. There are a few sites I use to get coupons from. I do a menu and write out a shopping list. For some reason I am still coming in with $120 on groceries. I think with us being new vegetarians we have been trying all the new things. All the faux meats bocca and morning star has. Trying all these fancy recipes. We just need to get back down to basics. Just trying to come up what should be staples in the house. What are some basic meatless meals. I am sure we can do it. Thank you for all the ideas. These are all great things to keep an eye on and improve on. Cheri @gro <% 40. com> ups.com, " PEBBLES N BAM-BAM!!!!! " <warrensangels@ ...> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Not to get to personal here. To give a bit of why I am asking. My > husband was making plenty to cover our family expensives before. We > were going through a certain food program called angel food. Now that > we are vegetarian. We do not want to buy the food boxes when there is > meat in them. So we have been shopping at regualr grocery store. We > were easily spending $180 a month for all our groceries with the food > boxes. Now we are finding ourselves easily spending $120-$150 a week at > the store. How do you make cheaper meals for your families if you do? I > need to get this cost down alot. My hubby is the only income coming in > to our home. His hours have been cut now and will stay this way for > some time. He is no longer getting incentive like he was. So our income > coming in has been cut about $600 a month. This is a big amount for a > family of 4. Thank you for any advice or information. Love being able > to come to other parents who have same lifestyle as we do. Thank you > all in advance. > > Cheri > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 These are really neat. I never knew there was anything like this out there. I just checked out the website. Looks like there are some right around me. Will have to check this out. Thanks for the information. Thanks for the explanation also Lorraine. , robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: > > Local Harvest is a great place to find a CSA: www.localharvest.org > > > --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Lorraine <ldemi wrote: > > Lorraine <ldemi > RE: Re: Question on cheaper vegetarian meals > > Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 12:25 PM Hi Cheri, > Oh, I remember spending so much money when we first started being > vegetarians - to see what was out there, and because we were just so > excited. Now, 20 years later, we're back down to basics - but we do > about one meal a week with the fancy stuff/recipes. It's fun, and once > a week can still be affordable. One other tip for making the grocery > list - I organize it by food group, so I make sure we have grains > (bread, rice, pasta, cereal, waffles), and protein (tofu, eggs, nuts, > seeds, peanut butter, soy milk), and dairy, veggies, fruits, etc. I end > up buying less stuff this way and we have a balance of foods in the > house, and ingredients for many different meals. We get our produce > from a CSA, if you have one in your area, that's a great way to save > money and have fresh, local food. Oh, and with our CSA, if you > volunteer to be a drop-off location for the boxes, you get a free box of > produce each week! You could try that! > Good luck! > Lorraine > > > @gro ups.com [@gro ups.com] On > Behalf Of PEBBLES N BAM-BAM!!!!! > Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:07 AM > @gro ups.com > Re: Question on cheaper vegetarian meals > > Nope we dont have a Trader Joe's here. Sure wish we did. I hear > everyone speaking so highly of this place. I usually look at my > pantry see what we have on hand. Then use coupons also when we have > them. There are a few sites I use to get coupons from. I do a menu > and write out a shopping list. For some reason I am still coming in > with $120 on groceries. I think with us being new vegetarians we have > been trying all the new things. All the faux meats bocca and morning > star has. Trying all these fancy recipes. We just need to get back > down to basics. Just trying to come up what should be staples in the > house. What are some basic meatless meals. I am sure we can do it. > Thank you for all the ideas. These are all great things to keep an > eye on and improve on. > > Cheri > > @gro <% 40. com> > ups.com, " PEBBLES N BAM-BAM!!!!! " > <warrensangels@ ...> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Not to get to personal here. To give a bit of why I am asking. My > > husband was making plenty to cover our family expensives before. We > > were going through a certain food program called angel food. Now > that > > we are vegetarian. We do not want to buy the food boxes when there > is > > meat in them. So we have been shopping at regualr grocery store. We > > were easily spending $180 a month for all our groceries with the > food > > boxes. Now we are finding ourselves easily spending $120-$150 a > week at > > the store. How do you make cheaper meals for your families if you > do? I > > need to get this cost down alot. My hubby is the only income coming > in > > to our home. His hours have been cut now and will stay this way for > > some time. He is no longer getting incentive like he was. So our > income > > coming in has been cut about $600 a month. This is a big amount for > a > > family of 4. Thank you for any advice or information. Love being > able > > to come to other parents who have same lifestyle as we do. Thank > you > > all in advance. > > > > Cheri > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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