HEALTHY EATING ON A BUDGET | 20 Money-Saving Grocery Shopping Hacks

If you're looking for tips on eating healthy on a budget, here are 20 money saving grocery shopping hacks! What tips do you have for saving money on groceries? Share below :)

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Meghan Livingstone, CNP
Certified Holistic Nutritionist

[sandihumeniuk]

One of my favourite money saving tips is collecting all the veggie scraps as you are preparing vegetables, throwing them in a bag in the freezer. When the bag is full, I make a veggie broth to use in other soups and stews. I even refreeze the broth afterwards in smaller portions when needed in recipes. I do the same with bones after I roasted a chicken. (Apologies if it’s already been said in previous comments)

[haliejones]

These are great tips something else that helps me save money is store pickup. I’m not being tempted to buy things we don’t need

[gregorydaines]

Dried beans can also be pressure cooked to cut down cooking time. 20-30 mins on pressure cook. Saves money in energy too.

[ashlynnkaplan]

It’s amazing how many people don’t know how to shop and buy purely out of convenience. These are all wonderful tips that the average young person today likely doesn’t know. I’ve received comments in the grocery store line from people surprised at how much I was able to buy for the total cost and how healthy I eat. Something that stuck with me when an older couple was teaching me how to shop for groceries after my mom died was “shop the perimeter”. Basically, I start at the perimeter of the store and shop produce, meat, dairy, some deli, some bakery, and just a few of the center aisles after I shopped the perimeter. This pattern alone has changed the way I eat and how much I spend. Price comparisons from store to store is another one. Back when I could get a week worth of groceries for $125 for a family of four, I took that amount on three separate weeks and shopped three different stores in my area. It was amazing to see the difference of how much I was able to buy or how little. We only buy seasonal fruits and veggies fresh and everything else is frozen. I do look at and shop the prepackaged stuff in the frozen aisle and the convenience Whole Foods to get meal ideas! I use the other side of my list to write them down. We also opt for less coveted cuts of meat and have always bought whole chickens because… Hello! You can make bone broth after you eat the meat! Keep sharing all these wonderful tips, I hope you’re having a wonderful summer, you and your family!

[lynnkavanagh]

My suggestion is purchasing your protein & planning to use the leftovers in another meal. For example when we have a pot roast, we always get a roast that will yield enough leftovers to make roast beef hash. Another leftover is homemade spaghetti sauce & I make lasagna with the leftovers . You can do the same with chicken, bake extra to turn into a casserole or use in a salad or soup. Also you can easily freeze these to have another day. There are a lot of meals you can make with spaghetti sauce. One other thing is double your recipes, like chili, soups etc & freeze the extra to have for another day. Then all you need to do is thaw it & heat it up. So after almost 50 years of cooking for my family, these are ways that I have learned that will save a few dollars & make my time in the kitchen more efficient.

[lela]

Great list!

My extra tip no. 1 would be to learn in what way you can use the parts of your food that you would normally put into compost or the trash. E.g. cauliflower leaves and stems can be used in the same way as the florets, they just may have to be cooked a minute longer. Same goes for broccoli, fennel etc. The stems of more soft/delicate herbs, think parsley, basil, coriander, can be used as well - just make sure you chop them up really well.

Extra tip no. 2: regrow lettuce and spring onions. Just save the last two to three inches, put the freshly cut bottom into water until roots start to form and then put it into some soil. I usually get three more rounds out of every head of salad and bunch of spring onions that I buy.

[cltinturkey]

You alluded to this, but you could make a simple price chart for your most-purchased fruits and vegetables, and even other items. Write them on an index card or your phone alphabetically and create a little chart of their prices at the stores you visit. That will help you to spot a great price quickly and stock up. You can alter your little chart as needed. I find it useful.

[sagenozko]

The only other tip I would say is ship Monday and Wednesdays for best sale days. Get to know your produce person at the store. And be very mindful of which grocery stores you shop in. I have one shop for produce, once for house hold goods, one for nuts in bulk. They are all just within a mile or so of one another but prices are very different at each one

[sagenozko]

I watch a TON of you tube videos. This by far was the most practical and really helpful. I do all do these tips but to hear them again in one video is nice. And I think so many people need help with their budgets and food shopping. Thank you for getting out the message we can eat good healthy food on a budget ❤️

[makalsiashepherd]

Thank you so much for sharing, i really enjoyed this video. These tips are so practical and applicable and will go a long way. I have been implementing a lot of them for some time now and i am encouraged to apply some others mentioned. I am very frugal and my fave tips were eat in season and buy cheaper foods. This is one of the things that drew me to your channel. Your love and passion for nutrition meal planning, lifestyle and certainly finances especually these days with rising costs.

[fabiocaetanofigueiredo]

Your tips are going to help so many many people - God bless you and yours for taking some of your time to do this 🙏

[bobbytherese]

All great advice!! My tip would also be to give yourself time to learn how to implement these changes! It may seem overwhelming at the beginning, but at some point you get into a good routine that suits your life and diet, and start to know what good prices are for different types of food and you can be confident in your choices. The inflation has kind of forced me to learn how to save money on food while still managing to take into account the other things I care about when it comes to food: quality, health, and ethics. Besides saving money I am more creative in my cooking, trying new things, and eating more seasonal too! It is awesome. I feel like I have learned skills for life!

[JuliAnnaRoberto]

Megan, you are a meal prep queen 👸🏻Love it 💞

[CitrouilleCitron]

Hi ! Thanks for this video.
I would add : use ALL your ingredients !
- You talked about chicken and bones: use the bones to make a broth.
- Use the scraps of the vegetables to make broth too.
- Cook the stems of brocolis and cauliflower.
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We waste a lot of food without noticing it 😉
Love from France <3

[TazmaniaVibes]

This is great! My kids are so fussy and meals can be so frustrating but meal plans have made my life easier 🙌🏽

[florvillatoro]

I love it, I wrote all of them to put it on my fridge for a while. Thank you.

[dulcepires]

Great tips, thanks! Like things are, and continuing to rise prices, we really have to look at all of this.

[cathylynnpietranton]

Thank you Meghan for sharing these helpful tips. ❤

[gabyamaral]

Wow! Thank you! I felt so lost when it came to healthy meal prep on a budget. This video helped out!

[corrinnacorrinna]

I can my own foods. It's very cost effective & you know what is in your foods. I also make my own broths & stocks & grow my own herbs. Oats make a great filler for meatloaf, meat balls, Salisbury steak/gravy. You can do a lot with potatoes, brown beans, and cornmeal. Chicken & dumplings are cheap.