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Second hand bread machine. Super cheap, well worth it. I can make the bread (can't eat wheat, rye or barley) for way less. $5 or more a loaf in the stores. Costs me abut $2 to make.
I make and freeze dinners and lunches. And broth. I can't eat normal broth cubes so I throw all my veg ends into a bag in the freezer, and make veg broth one every 6 weeks. I buy pork bones from a great store that sells them for only 1.90 a kilo (2.2 pounds) and they are pretty meaty so I make bone broth every other month. I save all bread ends or lone dry slices in a bag in the freezer for stuffing or coating. I always save any bones, bacon fat or pork skin in the freezer.
I know where I can buy a huge 2 kilo bag of white fish for $10 - it's not the whitefish people choose, because they don't recognize the name of the fish, so they won't eat it. The fishing boats sell them cheap.
I shop at the Vietnamese vegetable stands, the food is way cheaper.
I make my own espresso in a stove top espresso maker that cost $15 at a garage sale. They sell them in our hard wear store for $35. So not that expensive to start with. I make it into americanos and put in travel mug on the train to school.
I walk the extra stops to make the zone fare cheaper for the train.
I buy bulk brown rice, bulk oatmeal, bulk coffee creamer, bulk sugar etc... Anything dried I buy bulk.
I swing past the veg store on the extra bit of walking on the way home from school to see what the "on its way out" veg and fruit rack have on it. If it's fruit I can eat, it will be a bag for $1. I'll freeze it and use it in yogurt or crumble or oatmeal or make fruit bread. If it's veg it's a $1 for a bag and I'll freeze it to use in stews or soups.
I use the veg, the meaty bone broth, veg broth to make a stew and use the bacon fat in dumplings.
If I'm really short at the end of the month, I'll use the bacon fat in making dense pancakes for dinner.
Ps, I freeze the bacon fat in ice cube trays. I let it cool, then scoop it in. That way it's easy to access without unfreezing the whole thing. I also get bacon fat off my two close friends and neighbours - they don't use it and I can't afford bacon very often.
Last edited by imperfect_cupcake; 11-12-2015 at 04:46 PM.
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