Ways to Stretch Your Food Dollars

If it is necessary to cut your grocery bill, there are ways 
you can do that and still give your family a healthy diet: 


Buy fruits and vegetables when they are most plentiful and therefore less expensive. 

Use all the edible portions of the food you buy, such as the leafy tops of vegetables. 

Compare prices of fresh, frozen and canned foods and buy whichever gives you the most for your money. 

Use more evaporated milk and nonfat dry milk in place of fluid milk for cooking, on cereals and in milk drinks. 

Buy less expensive cuts and grades of meat. 
They are as nutritious as the more expensive cuts. 
Use variety meats such as liver. 

Use protein foods other than meat and fish such as: cheese, eggs, 
dry beans and peas; when they cost less per pound. 

Limit the purchase of more expensive ready-baked items. 
If time permits, do more home baking. 

Watch the markets for reductions on foods which the grocer doesn't want to hold over a weekend, 
and buy whatever food you can use (or freeze) before it spoils