4 Easy Ways to Feed Your Family Well…..Without Filing for Bankruptcy!

4 Easy Ways to Feed your Family Well…..Without Filing for Bankruptcy!

Eating well is a fundamental component of your mental, emotional and physical health. There’s no doubt about it, you want to give your family the best. Even though you know that it’s the single most important thing you can do to keep your family in tip-top shape, eating well (read: eating Paleo) can make it hard.

There’s no “running through the McDonald’s drive-thru” for you.

Every single meal has to be pre-planned and your ingredients meticulously selected.  Does that mean you’re doomed to spend hours at the grocery store, reading food labels until your eyes hurt? Will you be forever resigned to paying top dollar for the ingredients your family deserve?

The simple answer is NO.

A little thinking outside the box can go a long way. When feeding your family the more emphasis you put on buying real food and cooking meals at home the healthier your meals will be, the better you’ll feel, and the more money you’ll save.

Read these creative tips and let your dollar and time, stretch out.

1. Friend your local farmers

Use your local farmer’s market and ask to be placed on a list for after-hours shopping. Usually, farmers reduce their prices when the height of the daily shopping rush is over. Rather than toss out produce, they rather sell it at a cheaper price.  If you commit to buy on a weekly basis, you can get the best produce at the cheapest price, in bulk. 

2. Sign up for a food delivery online food program

Believe it or not, online food shopping is not that extravagant.  All things purchased in bulk are usually a very good price, some even offering free shipping on recurrent ordering.  Take, for example, a service like Thrive Market, which has a nice assortment of Paleo and other healthy products for a discount. You can get what you need delivered right to your door; talk about saving time and money!

3. Become a “prepper”

Once you get your cheaper bulk items, prepare meals and snacks ahead of time. Divide the snack packs by family member so that there is no chance to waste food, or let it go to waste.  Many people vacuum seal meats purchased in larger amounts and keep them in the freezer. Others like to split big boxes of crackers, potato chips or candy and save them in containers to preserve their freshness. Therefore, canning, vacuum sealing, dry packaging and freezing are outstanding ways to preserve food. 

4. The ancient art of couponing

You do not have to be one of those extreme couponers and purchase 20 packs of toilet paper. Just sign up for push-offers via e

mail where you get the coupons delivered to you. Become a member of all supermarket programs and plan your shopping ahead.  You simply need to enter your phone number to get the discounts. Also, when you become a member of a loyalty club, the discounts that come your way are way deeper and will help you save much more money than the average customer. Sign up for as many as you wish, and do not forget to enter your information as you pay.

Here’s the bottom line: Just because you eat well doesn’t mean you’re doomed to be slave to the grocery store.

Check out Thrive Market and your local farmer’s market to jump start your journey to eating well, feeling good and saving money. Let us know how they work for you!