Grocery

 

 

Thanks for coming by the Grocery! 

 

Here you’ll find all kinds of information about shopping, healthy eating, food preparation, and even a spot to share your favorite recipes. 

 

Click on any of the topics on the right to gain some good information and share everything from ideas to recipes:

  • Dieting
  • My Favorite Eats!
  • Nutrition Information for Boomers
  • Prepping Food in Advance Saves Time and Money

 

EATING ON A BUDGET

 

Most Boomers have funds, but they are not unlimited.  We still have to live on a budget.  One of the biggest problems with eating on a budget is food waste.  Often, our schedules are so busy that we come into the kitchen at night and grab and prepare whatever food is fastest and easiest, while the raw meat, fresh fruits, celery, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, carrots, potatoes and other health foods get yet another day older.  The cost of each item of fresh produce you toss in the trash has to be added in to the cost of what you actually eat, making your groceries more expensive.

 

Prep Your Food

 

Take a look at the page on this website called “Prepping Food Saves Time and Money” for ideas.  Then do yourself a favor.  Set aside an hour or two on the weekend to get your food in a state of readiness that makes weekday cooking less burdensome, especially if you are still working.  This doesn’t mean putting four casseroles in the freezer.  That’s boring.  This means getting your fresh meat and produce through the first one or more steps of preparation right when you bring it home.  No doubt food experts will tell you to purchase produce, wash it and use it on the same day.  But let’s get real…that isn’t going to happen.  But the less time you have to spend on food prep when you come home at night, the more likely you are to eat a well-balanced meal, and use the fresh foods you have bought.

 

Clip Coupons

 

It’s boring, but if you save $5, you can treat yourself to a designer coffee with virtually no guilt, and live the high life for 20 minutes.   But seriously, saving $5 a week may not sound like much, but that adds up to over $250 a year, which means you can eat two or three weeks a year for free, just by using a few coupons.

 

Shop on Senior Discount Days

 

If you qualify, this can save you as much as 10%…then you eat free for one month per year.  I propose they call them Boomer discount days, but nobody listens to an After-Boomer.  Don’t like shopping around all those gray-haired people who clog the aisles with their walkers?  Go early, or go late…or be tolerant…you might be driving one of those one day.

 

Check on other senior discounts that may be available to people as young as 55, especially at places you dine frequently.