Maximizing Your Grocery Budget
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Guest Host:
Rebecca Roberts
Whether you shop organic at upscale markets or clip coupons at the local supermarket, grocery bills are taking a bigger bite of everyone's budgets. But there are healthy, tasty meals that can be had on a budget. We've got strategies for smarter shopping and meal planning that can save a bundle.
Guests
Jodi Balis
Director of Nutrition Education, Capital Area Food Bank
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Jodi Balis, Director of Nutrition Education at the Capital Area Food Bank, explains healthy, value-conscious strategies for shopping and cooking:
The Capital Area Food Bank's Jodi Balis's Recipes
The Capital Area Food Bank's Jodi Balis offers her "$16 Shopping Bag" list, which is designed to produce 16 meals:
Balis came up with two recipes from the "$16 Shopping Bag" that is designed to produce 16 separate meals:
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I have been combatting rising food prices by reducing my expenses for nonedible items. Given the choice between a less expensive soap, shampoo or detergent, and a less expensive food, the cleaning bill is the first thing to get cut. I wonder how effective similar strategies would be for other low-income grocery customers.
P.S. Frankly, bread and fresh fruit are more expensive than oats, bulgur, and frozen produce. I found that out a decade ago.
I'm so excited at the thought of using the $16 bag, not just to stretch my budget, but because as a single person, I constantly have ingredients leftover from an elaborate meal. When you're 'cooking for one' you're less likely to cook and more likely to microwave something that is sized for one. But being able to reuse ingredients from one meal for another allows me to make a week's worth of lunches (I don't mind a little repetition) and dinners out of one bag, without having to purchase elaborate ingredients or having something leftover that I'll only ever use to cook one specific meal.