Stretching your food budget is not difficult. There are a wide variety of ways in which to save money on food. No special skill or equipment is necessary. Just get back to basics and give these key money-saving tips a try.

Convenience Can Be Costly
Avoid convenience foods and cook from scratch. Many packaged side dishes contain nothing but inexpensive fillers, such as noodles or rice, and flavouring or sauce mix. Save money by cooking plain noodles or rice and making your own flavourings or sauce from herbs, spices and other simple ingredients already in the kitchen. (more…)