subject: Simple Ways To Still Afford Great Food [print this page] Just because our economy is suffering from a really bad recession doesn't mean you have to give up on enjoying and being able to afford your favorite food. There are several things you can do to be able to stick to a budget but still manage to feed yourself well. You don't have to suffer cheap ramen noodles and coffee. You can still enjoy good food while saving some money.
When you want to be able to prepare fine dining food, you will need to use high grade ingredients. However, this does not mean you have to shell out a lot of money for these ingredients. There are ways to get these at a lower price. For one, you can get them whole instead of cut and pre-packed. Take chickens for example, you can save money if you buy the whole chicken instead of buying it already cut up for you. This will definitely save you some money in the long run.
Just because you are on a tight budget in this recession, will this mean that you will have to stop drinking your favorite delicious cup of fancy coffee? To get the same great quality of coffee even while you are scrimping, cut back on everything and just leave the coffee beans. What this means for you is that you use your kitchen grinder to grind out your coffee beans and then make use of a cheap French press to get them brewed. This will actually make for a more flavorful coffee and will cost you anywhere between 10 to 30 bucks for the French press. If you are really looking for an espresso machine, there are cheaper ones out there that you can get for about $150. This is way cheaper than most home espresso machines that's being currently sold on the market today. Spend your money only to get freshly roasted coffee beans that you grind on your own. This will brew you a fresh and delicious ucp of coffee. Also, remember to get your coffee beans directly from a local coffee roaster or an online retailer that can ship freshly roasted beans to you. Make sure that you use up these beans within two weeks once they have been roasted or else they will taste stale.
Really good bottles of wine can be bought in stores for about seven dollars each. You can save money if the bottle of wine you buy is from a less reknowned brand. The quality will be the same as the premium brand but you pay less. The only probably reason that we can think of to splurge on an expensive bottle of wine is if you have an emotional investment in the brand.
If you're trying to stick to a healthy diet and keep a tight budget at the same time, you have probably discovered that seafood is expensive. However, it's hard to avoid seafoods because these have very few calories and is very good for the body. Therefore, what can be done so that you can still afford this? The best thing to do is to buy your seafood frozen. Fresh seafood in groceries have probably been pre-frozen anyway. Another type of cheap seafood you can get are the canned sardines or tuna, and the farm-raised ones, like tilapia and catfish.
