If your grocery bill is high, you need to cook from home more. And start a garden. Most people can garden year-ronud from containers, indoors, fi you don't have access to an in ground plot for your garden. Tomatoes, green beans, peas, lettuce, spinach are all great thigns to grow indoors. If you have the space, you can grow (and preserve by canning, drying or freezing) anything you'd need for a whole year. Obviously fresh vegetables in the middle of winter will need to be bought UNLESS you grow them indoors. but for recipes, using home canned or frozen things will save you money.
Learn how to make your own ingredients and snacks, like yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese, seasonings, sauces, etc. My latest blog (Scratch Cooking scratchcooking.wordpress.com) may be of some help, but it was just started. Bookmark it and there will be more in the coming days and weeks.
You can make your own cookies, crackers, popcorn, breads, muffins, bagels, sub loaves, just about anything you can buy in a store. The basic ingredients you will be buying will be milk, eggs, dairy, meat, vegetables an dpantry items.
If you buy frozen or boxed meals, decide what yoru favorites are and google for recipes to do it yourself. Make your own freezer meals, plenty of meals freeze then reheat up just fine, making a no-cook night for you.
You can save an incredible amount of money just by cooking things yourself!
Do you live in a city with public transportation? It may be cheaper to ride a bus rather than drive your vehicles. Bundle your errands so you aren't zig-zagging around town or leaving your house often.
I'm sure others will post more, but I wanted to share with you a few ideas I had. I pray your situation will improve and that you are able to cut costs where you need to, to be able to get by!
