This was doable as long as I planned to buy dog food, diapers, and toiletries during the second half of the month. My solution to this problem was to bring a calculator and pencil along on the shopping trip. When something goes into the cart I write the price down on the back of my pantry list.

If I get to the end of my shopping trip and realize that I need to put some things back, they are, at least, easy to find. When I find a pantry item at a good price, I like to stock up. My pantry shopping list can though. The first time that you shop with the list, jot down the price of each pantry item that you purchase in the price column.

Every time that you shop, check the prices again. When you find a lower price, just mark through the old one, write down the new price and update your list when you get home. Trips to the store during the week are my budgeting downfall. I never save any money for these trips, so pretty much anything we have to buy between big shopping trips is outside of our budget.

And we always buy more than we on into the store for. The only solution that I see to this problem is to do a better job of planning meals and making my grocery list.

Monitoring the receipts should give me some answers, and possible some new strategies for saving. For me this has been a pretty easy strategy because I tend to shop around the edges of the grocery store, where most products are sold by the pound.

Think produce and meat well not meat for us, but you get the idea. If I find a great deal on a food that will store well like potatoes I stock up. Otherwise I just try to keep in mind the foods that are usually under my price limit and plan meals around them.

Before I even sit down to plan my weekly menu, I peruse the pantry, refrigerator and freezer to see what foods I have on hand.

Usually I find that there is some sort of produce that needs to be used, or a pantry staple that has been lingering in the cupboard. In short, the more that fresh foods are processed the more they cost — boneless, skinless chicken breasts cost more per pound than a whole chicken.

So, if you want to reduce your grocery costs, start prepping your own food. Before we switched to a vegetarian diet I would often buy large packs of bone-in chicken breasts and then spend 30 minutes or so deboning all of them and packaging them for the freezer.

 Check the Lessons Index for a few lessons on veggie prep. Okay, this one may be tough. Stop spending money on food that is bad for you.  My philosophy on this is that my grocery dollars are precious and they need to provide as much nutrition as possible. We have almost completely eliminated junk foods and sweets from our diets.

If we do have them, we make them at home. Not eating junk food is a habit that we worked on over time. Instead we eliminated things from our diet as we were ready to give them up.

For instance I stopped eating ice cream when dairy foods started causing a lot of tummy issues. We are currently working towards reducing our chip and beer consumption. I associated vegetarian meals, especially those filled with beans, with poverty. The main reason that we decided to stick with a vegetarian diet after we completed a day trial was that the food was so much more flavorful than what we were accustomed to.

All that said, beans and tofu are much cheaper than meat. Â Even if you just eat vegetarian for a few days a week you should see some cost savings. Â Be adventurous and explore some new recipes and you might just surprise yourself. I should caveat this by saying that soy and rice based dairy products are usually more expensive than cow based.

We still eat cow cheese and sour cream, but we have greatly reduce the amount of these foods in our diet. Over time our taste buds have adjusted and we find it easier to use smaller amounts.

After reading the first post you should have a good idea of what you will be eating for each meal this first week. The next step is to make your grocery list.

I usually use PRODUCE, FROZEN, DAIRY, MEAT, CANNED GOODS, DRY GOODS, and HOUSEHOLD. Now, go through the list of your meals and write down each ingredient that you need to buy. Remember, on this first shopping trip the goal is to read as few labels as possible.

If they are not and they contain any processed products I would strongly recommend that you change your menu to not include these foods. If there are some essentials that you need to replace — like mayo, ketchup, etc. Wheat is so ubiquitous in the Standard American Diet that we often forget that we are eating it.

Here are a few foods that you may not realize contain wheat. The best tips that I can give you for the grocery store are to stick to the outside aisles and whole, unprocessed foods.

Follow your grocery list and look forward to feeling better during the coming week. Also check to see if you they have a special location for gluten free foods, or if they shelve them near their gluten-filled counterparts.

But I really do want you to feel better quickly, and the easiest way to accomplish that is to get ALL of the gluten out of your diet.

In this last post, Heather gives us a peak into her pantry. PBJ sandwiches for rest of family, 5-bean casserole, baked beans, macaroni salad with Tinkyada pasta , leftovers. Â Here are some of the sites where I shop, as well as a few that other readers have recommended:.

They are also helpful when you are planning meals. Many grocery stores provide lists of the gluten free products that they carry.

Be sure to check these lists frequently for updates. Pingback: Getting Started on a Gluten Free Diet Gluten Free Cooking School. Just a bit hit or miss on what they stock. com to see some suggested foods to include in a weeks gluten free balanced diet.

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I've always tried to be a savvy shopper and make eating gluten free as affordable as possible and I want to share these tips with you.

The good news is that while the free from aisle's prices are enough to make you wince, there are tonnes of ways to bring your food bill down without missing out!

Lots of you have told me you'd really like some tips for cutting the cost of being gluten free so I really hope this piece will help you.

I don't believe that having something like coeliac disease or an allergy or intolerance should mean you have to pay a premium for basic foods. Let's face it, if you try to just straight-swap everything you're cutting out of your diet when you go gluten free, it's going to be a shock at the checkout.

Even the cheapest gluten free bread costs 36p a slice compared to 8p a slice for the cheapest 'normal' bread. So without further ado, I'm sharing my top tips for eating gluten free on a diet and saving some cash in the process.

A lot of these tips also work if you're not gluten free too or have a different allergy or intolerance so I really hope these will help anyone struggling.

The biggest thing you can do to cut costs with coeliac disease is to think outside of the box and learn to read ingredients lists. Once you learn what is gluten free and what's not, it makes it SO much easier to shop outside of the free from aisle!

For example, in Tesco a g bag of gluten free pasta will set you back £1. However, a bag of 1kg Basmati Rice, which is naturally gluten free, will cost you £1. Grab a 2. The list could go on-and-on, but in buying these naturally-gluten free whole foods, you'll get a more nutritious meal AND save money.

There are all sorts of ways to get creative with food instead of relying on all the foods you ate pre-diagnosis. Love pasta? Why not buy some potatoes and make your own gluten free gnocchi? It's easy to make, tastes amazing and will save you a considerable amount compared to buying bags of free from pasta.

An important caveat of the free from aisle is that it is a FREE FROM area and not just a GLUTEN FREE area. Aside from baked goods and things like gluten free pasta, you'll actually be able to find perfectly safe gluten free alternatives in the rest of the supermarket.

For example, Sacla's vegan pesto is £2. But if you can eat dairy the Sainsbury's own normal pesto costs £1 a jar which is less than half the price, and still gluten free.

Tesco's Free From Tomato and Herb Sauce is g and costs £1 it's gluten and dairy free but they also sell the Hearty Food Co pasta sauce for 39p a jar g.

This version is gluten and dairy free from the ingredients anyway and will save you 61p a time - not bad when it all adds up. If you're only avoiding one allergen like gluten, just be aware that you may be paying for a more expensive dairy or egg free alternative you don't actually need.

I'm always raiding the bargain corner and finding food close to it's use-by date in a yellow sticker bargain is a great feeling. I tend to have a few rules when looking for yellow sticker bargains to avoid food waste and ensure I can capitalise on it properly. Grab any fresh meat and fish that takes your fancy and freeze it if you don't want to eat it right away.

This can be frozen right up until and including it's use-by date and I always grab things like fish fillets, steaks, gluten free meatballs and chicken breasts. It can sometimes be less than half the price and it means when you need those items you can defrost them and use them saving lots of money.

I tend to buy reduced fruit and veg I know I'll use in the next day-or-so - I don't tend to abide by 'use by' dates for products like this. A good 'sniff test' usually does the trick and until it's mouldy it tends to get eaten in our household! I always used to avoid the 'normal' bread aisle but I often find reduced gluten free bread is put in with the reduced bakery items.

As it's all sealed I don't have a problem with this, and I take any reduced loaves of bread I want home and freeze them, defrosting a slice or two when needed. When I get super busy or tired I rely on grabbing a gluten free ready meal or pizza from the supermarket and this was starting to cost me a fortune.

Now if I'm making something like chilli con carne , chicken curry , bolognese or a pasta sauce like my puttanesca recipe , I always make extra to freeze. That way next time I'm feeling lazy I can just heat it up in the microwave and I have a delicious and nutritious meal that didn't cost the earth.

And making things in bulk actually makes it cheaper per portion, despite the bigger initial outlay. This means per portion the cost has gone down immensely and I'll be saving myself a load of effort the next time I'm feeling tired. If you need some inspiration, I have a tonne of gluten free batch cooking recipes here to inspire you.

My Mum used to always tell me off for just going into the supermarket and deciding there and then what to have for dinner every night.

If you plan your meals for the week in advance, you'll only buy the ingredients for what you actually need. I try my best to sit down on a Sunday and plan out what we're going to eat at least for the next few days if it's a crazy week.

Having the ingredients in the fridge will stop me nipping in to buy a pizza after a long day's work or - even worse - shopping when I am hungry.