Don’t spend a fortune eating out on the road. Try these unconventional ways to eat while you are away from home and save your cash for bigger and better things. Main Course Only Pack your own selection of appealing side dishes and ad ons, such as apples, cut carrots, applesauce packs, yogurt tubes, pasta salad, cookies and brownies, grapes, bottled water, etc. Then when you are on the road, pick up main course items only. You’ll avoid spending money on the french fries, the super-sized drinks, the shakes and other extra items. To be really frugal, order a bulk entry, … Continue reading →

Sure we could go out to Target and load up on pre-wrapped and pre-boxed snacks for the kids, but that quickly gets expensive. Plus those snacks can get boring pretty quickly. This is why manufacturers are constantly reinventing the packaging, or the colors or the flavors of their standard snacks in order to spark new interest in their products. With the kids being close to being out of school, we are going to need some seriously cheap snacks around here for them and for their friends. They have to be cheap, too. With summer, I can be more flexible, since … Continue reading →

With the high prices of food these days, it makes sense to put the effort in to get as much of your food for as little as possible. One practice that will help you to do this is foraging. Depending on the area in which you live, foraging could be a real option for you, allowing you to get some of your food for free. Urban foraging is gathering food that grows naturally in your area. Of course, if you live in a rural or semi-rural area, you will have more options and variety than if you live in a … Continue reading →

When you see specials or items on the dollar menu, you might think that fast food can be pretty cheap, even when compared with purchasing groceries and cooking at home. The next time you go out for fast food, though, take a look at the big picture. You may find that your fast food bill, the total amount, is larger than you thought. Most of the time when we grab fast food, we look at individual prices on items. A couple of dollars for a snack wrap or a $3.79 kids meal doesn’t seem like much. The problem though is … Continue reading →