Food

RupertPenny · March 2012

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[QUOTE]To be honest, I don't think I've ever really calculated it. I don't really have a food budget, and just buy what I need/want. Some junk/unhealthy food, some healthy. I try to only plan healthy meals anyway so the junk is mostly snacks. I have noticed though that Whole Foods is way more expensive than other grocery stores. I can't shop there. We try to get stuff from farmer's markets, and we grow a lot of our own salad stuff, which definitely helps on cost because H loves salad.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

<div>Some stuff at whole foods is actually cheaper than what I can get at other stores. They have the cheapest olive oil by far, and a lot of their generic stuff is reasonably priced, as is in season produce (usually). </div>

AllAboutTheBenjamin · March 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food : Yep. My mom recommended a certain brand to me and I told her she was crazy. A lot of stuff tends to be more expensive here in general though.
Posted by NicoleSahara[/QUOTE]

Lol I seriously wanted to try some but I'm not going to pay 7 fucking dollars for a little can of steel cut oats. I'd rather eat instant. And that tastes like ass boogers.

NicoleSahara · March 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food : Lol I seriously wanted to try some but I'm not going to pay 7 fucking dollars for a little can of steel cut oats. I'd rather eat instant. And that tastes like ass boogers.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

Not the peach kind! That's good stuff. Even if a packet is only like 3 bites.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · March 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food : Not the peach kind! That's good stuff. Even if a packet is only like 3 bites.
Posted by NicoleSahara[/QUOTE]

The instant stuff could be Heaven flavored and I still couldn't eat it - it's the runny consistency! BLECH

cheeseandrice · March 2012

Pirate, you're right- of course we could can/jar stuff. But that's not fresh produce, which was my point. I'm guessing 100 years ago people ate a lot of potatoes.

cheeseandrice · March 2012

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[QUOTE]Am I on crack or are steel cut oats way more expensive than regular oatmeal? I can buy a huge cannister of traditional Quaker oatmeal for something like 3.99 and the steel cut oats, in the MUCH smaller cannister, are fucking 6.99.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]

That shiit is misleading. Cooked, the steal cut oats probably yield at least twice as much (volume wise.) They're also about 354x healthier ;)

Nebb · March 2012

Re: Costco meat, here atleast, ive found it to be a better price per weight AND the quality is 10x better. Especially their beef.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · March 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food : That shiit is misleading. Cooked, the steal cut oats probably yield at least twice as much (volume wise.) They're also about 354x healthier ;)
Posted by Steph+J[/QUOTE]

Oh this is interesting info, thanks. Hmm. Now I might be more swayed to try it, lol.

But still. 7 damn dollars. I rarely buy food that expensive.

dannie134 · March 2012

Just coming back to say I wasn't thinking about the frozen pizzas - I was thinking take-out pizza. I've noticed the little ones being cheap, but I guess I just don't check that often - we usually do take-n-bake if we do grocery store pizza.

What are steel cut oats? I've never heard of them.

They just opened a farmer's market on campus at work here, which is awesome. But it does require more thought and planning (for someone who doesn't just look at food and imagine a meal) than, say, making tacos.

[Deleted User] · March 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food : Some stuff at whole foods is actually cheaper than what I can get at other stores. They have the cheapest olive oil by far, and a lot of their generic stuff is reasonably priced, as is in season produce (usually).
Posted by RupertPenny[/QUOTE]

Hmm, I'll have to go look again. I went when they first opened and couldn't believe some of the cereal and produce prices, and haven't been back since. H goes through a lot of vegetable oil though.

cheeseandrice · March 2012

Steel cut oats are the really 'raw' version. Way more fiber and protein than the instant oats. I like the texture a lot more too, fwiw.

AATB, a $6-$7 bag of steel cut oats last me FOREVER. I usually make up about 4-5 servings at once, then just divide them up into smaller containers and pop them in the fridge. All I have to do is reheat, and it's as easy as the instant stuff.

cheeseandrice · March 2012

These are the ones I really like.
http://www.bobsredmill.com/steel-cut-oats.html
(A lot of stuff from that brand is GF, which is why I originally tried them.)

RupertPenny · March 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food : Hmm, I'll have to go look again. I went when they first opened and couldn't believe some of the cereal and produce prices, and haven't been back since. H goes through a lot of vegetable oil though.
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Well veg oil is probably cheaper other places, but I use a lot of evoo and it's only $6 for a large bottle of the generic. At Safeway or Giant the same bottle would be $15-20, so it's a big difference. I will go to WF just for that if I need to. </div><div>
</div><div>Although if I lived in Florida I would probably just go to Publix all the time because I love it.

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ricksang · March 2012

Yuck i cant deal with rhe texture of steel cut oats

adamar15 · March 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Food : Well veg oil is probably cheaper other places, but I use a lot of evoo and it's only $6 for a large bottle of the generic. At Safeway or Giant the same bottle would be $15-20, so it's a big difference. I will go to WF just for that if I need to. Although if I lived in Florida I would probably just go to <strong>Publix</strong> all the time because I love it.
Posted by RupertPenny[/QUOTE]

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Nebb · March 2012

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[QUOTE]Just earlier today I was looking into <a href="http://www.doortodoororganics.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.doortodoororganics.com/</a> on the recommendation of a friend and was amazed at how small the quantities of food they send you are for the prices. I think it can be more expensive to eat healthy, but I also think it can be equal or even cheaper<strong> if you pay attention to what you need, tailor your menus around sales, and put in some extra effort.</strong>
Posted by djhar[/QUOTE]
Thats key, paying attention. Before I got into a groove with our food, we wasted SO much produce. I would be blinded by the big baskets of nectarines, eat 3 and then the rest would go bad and I would get so pissed off. I know how much I can and will eat now and its easier to buy based on that.

Lizzieyounce · March 2012

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[QUOTE]I think one of teh best ways to offset the cost of eating healthy is to garden but I think most people don't want to invest the energy. We started planning our vegetable garden last night after I spent a fortune on produce just for salads this week for lunch.
Posted by Dot Dash[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>I am using the Square Foot Gardening method...the great thing is that it works no matter what your space is like.</div><div>
</div><div>I have a black thumb, but even I was able to get some nice fall veggies from my first garden,and Fi loved it too! We spent Spring Break expanding the garden.</div><div>
</div><div>The initial investment can be as little or as much as you like, but if you consider the cost of produce, even if you only buy seasonally, gardening pays for itself, IMO. Plus you KNOW where the food has come from.</div><div>
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Lizzieyounce · March 2012

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[QUOTE]Yeah, I started focusing on local last fall and I did start having to go back to the grocery store by Christmas. I also ate a lot of of root vegetables and greens because that's what was available. I'm hoping that this summer I can freeze a bunch of stuff for next winter.
Posted by RupertPenny[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>I LOVE buying local veggies on sale in bulk...I blanche and freeze them for off seasons...of flash freeze fruits (berries) for winter months.</div><div>
</div><div>The best birthday gift I've ever gotten was the deep freezer that FI gave me.

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Lizzieyounce · March 2012

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[QUOTE]Am I on crack or are steel cut oats way more expensive than regular oatmeal? I can buy a huge cannister of traditional Quaker oatmeal for something like 3.99 and the steel cut oats, in the MUCH smaller cannister, are fucking 6.99.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>What's the difference in the way the oats are cut? I'm curious, as I've never heard of steel cut oats.</div><div>

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