Just tip on how to save more money on food if you don't have food coupons

[crAZy4dEAls]

I've tried to extend the meat in hamburgers, hamburger helper and meatloaf by adding beans (mashed beans) and lentils. It adds good protein for the kids.
There is a good websites that tell you how to cook beans in a crock-pot. It's much (much, much) cheaper than buying them in a can.
Now my tacos are 1/2 meat and 1/2 black beans and taste so much better than all meat.
Another great tip is to buy bread at bread discount stores. I buy bread in the summer and bake my own in the winter.

[DaveP]

AirMiles too. I collect them at Sobeys (and a few others) and redeem them for Grocery GCs. Can't tell you how many times they've come in handy when things are tight.

[irsakhan]

is food box avalable in oshawa or brampton too

[watergirl73]

I always check the reduced rack at any grocery store as they have items that have been damaged and they mark them down so cheap. Sometimes I pick up a banana box full of cans of coke for 5.00, granola bars, you name it! I also check the reduced veg rack mainly for mushrooms and peppers or items I can use that night or within the next few days. I have saved alot doing this. Hope that helps.

[Jasminebed]

Stir fries and pasta dishes are a great way to stretch meat. If you don't have a deep freeze, you will save so much by being able to stock up while things are on sale.

Grab a turkey or two when they go on sale. It doesn't have to be Xmas to enjoy turkey, and you can skip a lot of the work of all the trimmings. You get a lot more meat to bone ratio than chicken.

[redhdlois]

I remember not long ago chicken and hamburger were the cheapest to buy!! Now it cost an arm and leg just to make Hambugar helper!! A chicken ceaser salad is cheaper to buy than to make these days! I just cring when I shop for meat!!

I know....chicken is very expensive now. Where are the chicken coupons!!!

[coupon girl]

i buy pink stickered meat-today we had 3 chicken breasts from walmart reduced to 5.10 you cant beat that-bought last month-same as bread pink stickered-i just freeze it

[avoncallingu]

Soups! (or stews) can be made quite economically and are very filling.

[Nikita1]

We make up spagetti sauce through using 1 lb of hamburger and add 2 cans of spagetti sauce. So it is 1/2 a pound per can. Or we use 1/2 a pound for spagetti and the other 1/2 a pound to make hamburger helper so that we have a couple of meals made up at once and have then dinner also for tomorrow night. It works well. For stew I have found out that it is great to make up chicken or turkey stew, add in a bit of curry powder and apple... it makes it sweet and an interesting taste. It just makes it a bit different then normal. My pupa's secret ingredient for beef stew was to add in ketchup for flavouring. For pork roasts, pork stewing meat. breaded cutlets or pork chops I buy the largest roast that are about $8-10 on sale and there is enough meet for 5 small roasts, but then I thaw it and cut it up as needed according to what I am making but it is all the same meat used in various ways. It is CHEAP as a source of meat for sure and just a matter of being creative. The pork cutlet is not quite as tender as pork tenderloin but if I cook it the same way and serve it with apple sauce on the side as usual I have found it works out just as well. If there is any fat on the meat at all though it must be trimmed off if your breading it or it is not great. Thankfully there is almost no fat on these large roasts at all. I also buy hamburger and chicken legs on sale and stock up on whatever is on sale only. Then the same with whole chickens or turkeys. I never buy meat in small packages ever. And I always break it down and rebag it before freezing. It takes some time but it is well worth it. I think I will soon also be looking at using the same pork roasts to mince down and add spices to for making sausage patties as it is pretty easy to do...again it takes a bit of time but I have a grider and will just do it as I need it. The only catch is that pork is best frozen for only about 3 months or so...but by then it is more then likely back on sale anyways. A small deep freezer or in our case 2 is a must though for this to work.