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8 Small Ways To Save Big On Food Expenses


Make your daily caffeine fix at home, and carry it with you

Grow your own tomatoes and herbs during the warm months

Use that lunch box

Bike ride or carpool to your food market

Stop buying water bottles and start using a canteen

Buy from your grocery's bulk bins

Make your own packaged food like breadcrumbs, soymilk and peanut butter

Check out these DIY cost-saving recipes:

  • Breadcrumbs

  • Soy Milk

  • Peanut Butter

  • Eat one vegetarian or lacto-ovo meal a day

    Here is a list of vegetarian and lacto-ovo recipes providing complete protein:

  • Emeril's Toasted Quinoa

  • Hemp Seed and Brown Rice Salad

  • Buckwheat Pancakes

  • Egg Salad and Watercress Sandwich

  • Legumes + grains—Emeril's Green Lentils and Basmati Rice