Comments on: 8 Ways to Lower Your Grocery Bill http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:47:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dana http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html/comment-page-1#comment-3001 Dana Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:34:14 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1660#comment-3001 Can't do vegetarian. Makes me crazy. Also, if the bottom of your food pyramid is fruits and veggies, you're not getting enough energy from that. You have to make up the deficit either with starches or fats. Can't do starches. Diabetes runs in my family and I'm exhibiting symptoms of metabolic syndrome. My brain runs much better & is happier on the fats, and I don't get the blood sugar spikes and crashes (I have learned by now what those "feel" like). So I can't ditch the meat and dairy. I do, however, make an effort to source healthier versions of same. I don't go by fat content, but by whether they were raised closer to how they'd live in nature. Now that said, if you reconfigure your food intake so that your insulin isn't constantly up... amazingly, you don't get as hungry. I never could pull that off on a plant-based diet; I was always scrounging in the kitchen for another snack. Nightmare. You don't save much on food if you find yourself wanting to eat more of it. And I know "they" all say to eat more fiber for satiety but that doesn't seem to work for me. When I was vegetarian I was eating whole-grain and *still hungry.* Plus, I don't fancy scouring out my insides on a regular basis with edible Brillo pads. If you're living frugally anyway then it doesn't matter what your food pyramid is based upon. It's worth it to me to eat in a more species-appropriate way. No matter what PETA says, we are not herbivores. That's why we have fingernails and canine teeth instead of hooves or four stomachs--primates are bug-eaters, and our particular type of primate just happened to discover we could eat other stuff without dying, too. Bugs are animals, and are high in fat. There you go. (I know... I know... weird comment to leave a stranger. LOL) Can’t do vegetarian. Makes me crazy. Also, if the bottom of your food pyramid is fruits and veggies, you’re not getting enough energy from that. You have to make up the deficit either with starches or fats. Can’t do starches. Diabetes runs in my family and I’m exhibiting symptoms of metabolic syndrome.

My brain runs much better & is happier on the fats, and I don’t get the blood sugar spikes and crashes (I have learned by now what those “feel” like). So I can’t ditch the meat and dairy. I do, however, make an effort to source healthier versions of same. I don’t go by fat content, but by whether they were raised closer to how they’d live in nature.

Now that said, if you reconfigure your food intake so that your insulin isn’t constantly up… amazingly, you don’t get as hungry. I never could pull that off on a plant-based diet; I was always scrounging in the kitchen for another snack. Nightmare. You don’t save much on food if you find yourself wanting to eat more of it. And I know “they” all say to eat more fiber for satiety but that doesn’t seem to work for me. When I was vegetarian I was eating whole-grain and *still hungry.* Plus, I don’t fancy scouring out my insides on a regular basis with edible Brillo pads.

If you’re living frugally anyway then it doesn’t matter what your food pyramid is based upon. It’s worth it to me to eat in a more species-appropriate way. No matter what PETA says, we are not herbivores. That’s why we have fingernails and canine teeth instead of hooves or four stomachs–primates are bug-eaters, and our particular type of primate just happened to discover we could eat other stuff without dying, too. Bugs are animals, and are high in fat. There you go.

(I know… I know… weird comment to leave a stranger. LOL)

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]]> By: Rosemary http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html/comment-page-1#comment-1776 Rosemary Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:30:01 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1660#comment-1776 Thank you for the great tips. I am very excited that they are building an Aldi just 2 miles away! Thank you for the great tips. I am very excited that they are building an Aldi just 2 miles away!

]]> By: Annie Rasmussen http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html/comment-page-1#comment-1763 Annie Rasmussen Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:21:14 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1660#comment-1763 Way to write a post that is so memorable! I want to immediately print it out, stick it on my fridge, and laugh about it daily. You make me proud to "be really weird about wastefulness." Thank you! Way to write a post that is so memorable! I want to immediately print it out, stick it on my fridge, and laugh about it daily. You make me proud to “be really weird about wastefulness.” Thank you!

]]> By: alice44 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html/comment-page-1#comment-1760 alice44 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:41:23 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1660#comment-1760 Guess I will google Aldi. I shop at a small local place for meat and veg (and could never make your meat price cut off except possibly on "Southern Grown Chicken" a non-starter). The nearest Walmart, which may or may not carry food, is a 30 minute drive. Guess I will google Aldi. I shop at a small local place for meat and veg (and could never make your meat price cut off except possibly on “Southern Grown Chicken” a non-starter). The nearest Walmart, which may or may not carry food, is a 30 minute drive.

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]]> By: Ivory Soap http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html/comment-page-1#comment-1735 Ivory Soap Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:46:22 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1660#comment-1735 @jana just hit the search on our site. you'll find it!!! But ask me if you have any questions. @jana just hit the search on our site. you’ll find it!!! But ask me if you have any questions.

]]> By: Jana http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html/comment-page-1#comment-1723 Jana Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:19:20 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1660#comment-1723 How do you make laundry soap? It is so expensive in the store to buy the brands! How do you make laundry soap? It is so expensive in the store to buy the brands!

]]> By: Handcrafter http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2009/08/8-ways-to-lower-your-grocery-bill.html/comment-page-1#comment-1721 Handcrafter Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:06:37 +0000 http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/?p=1660#comment-1721 Aldi rocks! When I was first married Aldi wasn't so great; their produce selection was horrible and quality questionable, they had no fresh meat and the general quality of their food was less than wonderful, even the cereals tasted awful. If I went there I could stock up on a few pantry items, but then I had to go to a"real grocery store" to get the meat and produce to make meals. At the time I was going to school and working full time so I didn't have time to make the multiple trips. Oh what a difference a couple of decades makes. Now Aldi is my primary grocery store. Their produce selection is at least 4X's what it was before and the overall quality is as good or better than that at the supermarkets. I only go to the other stores for specialty items that they don't carry. I can't comment on their meats though, because although we are carnivores, we now get our meats from my brothers-in-law. I get beef from one BIL for about 1/2 the cost at the stores (cut, packaged and frozen by the processor) and we paid only $ .6o/lb for a whole hog (we spent 2 days at my sister's house butchering, making sausage and packaging- I even rendered the lard to make soap). As far as waste goes- When I let something go to waste- money, food or some other item; I feel like I have failed or maybe a better word is lost- like in a game. And my competitive nature makes me strive to not let it happen again. I guess I'm weird like that. Aldi rocks! When I was first married Aldi wasn’t so great; their produce selection was horrible and quality questionable, they had no fresh meat and the general quality of their food was less than wonderful, even the cereals tasted awful. If I went there I could stock up on a few pantry items, but then I had to go to a”real grocery store” to get the meat and produce to make meals. At the time I was going to school and working full time so I didn’t have time to make the multiple trips.
Oh what a difference a couple of decades makes. Now Aldi is my primary grocery store. Their produce selection is at least 4X’s what it was before and the overall quality is as good or better than that at the supermarkets. I only go to the other stores for specialty items that they don’t carry.
I can’t comment on their meats though, because although we are carnivores, we now get our meats from my brothers-in-law. I get beef from one BIL for about 1/2 the cost at the stores (cut, packaged and frozen by the processor) and we paid only $ .6o/lb for a whole hog (we spent 2 days at my sister’s house butchering, making sausage and packaging- I even rendered the lard to make soap).
As far as waste goes- When I let something go to waste- money, food or some other item; I feel like I have failed or maybe a better word is lost- like in a game. And my competitive nature makes me strive to not let it happen again. I guess I’m weird like that.

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