"Kitchen"..heart of the home

Here are tips, for food shopping.

1. Review your common food items and track their prices over a few weeks. Compare prices of items at different stores, as well as the prices of other brand alternatives. Reconsider items that are more expensive, and try to identify less-expensive, suitable substitutions.

2. Plan your meals and snacks for the week around what you already have and what is on sale at your stores each week. Clean out and organize your refrigerator so leftovers are in the same place, in clear dishes rather than old margarine tubs, so you can easily see what you have available. Create meals out of leftover ingredients or have lunches from last night's dinner. Cut your food waste to zero.

3. Become a budget cook. Calculate what meals cost overall, and factor in at least a few bargain meals each week. Use simple recipes without complicated, expensive ingredients. Have healthy, inexpensive snacks available for family members so they do not feel deprived or eat the dinner ingredients as a snack!

4. Become an expert on your stores' savings programs. Sign up for the loyalty card with complete mailing information so you will be sent extra coupons. Take advantage of special promotions by reviewing the store ad carefully before you shop. Ask the manager if and when they mark down meats, produce, refrigerated items and baked goods. Time your shopping to get the best selection of bargains. Visit the store's Web site to educate yourself on special clubs and savings programs.

5. Develop an eagle eye for grocery coupons. Use coupons for items you need, and consider changing brands if you can get an item free or practically free with a coupon. Wait until items go on sale before using the coupon. Collect as many coupons as possible, and remember that at least 75 percent of grocery coupons come from the Sunday newspaper circulars. Buy extra copies of the newspaper or get extra circulars from friends or relatives who do not use their circulars. For a family of seven, you would save dramatically with at least five sets of circulars each week. Get more coupons from printable coupon sites, manufacturers' sites, store displays, on product packages and in magazines and mailers.

6. Stock up on items when they hit rock-bottom prices, even if you don't need the item that week. Having multiple coupons for your favorite items will make it possible to stock up for several weeks to avoid paying full price in future weeks. With a large family, having an extra freezer will make it easier to stock up on bargains.

7. Stick to your list, don't shop while you are hungry, and shop alone, if possible.

Measurements 

Oven Temperatures

How to Cook Turkey & Times & Thawing

Turkey Gravy with Pan Drippings

Buying Quality Foods

Rowenta(iron cleaner & etc)

 Angel Food Ministry

(quality food in group purchasing)

  Portable Washer

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