In the spirit of the times, if not exactly in the spirit of local food, at “Culinate”:http://www.culinate.com/articles/sift/cheap_eats_blogged there’s a link to this list of “Top 100 Blogs for the Frugal Gourmet”:http://www.culinaryschoolguide.org/blog/2009/top-100-blogs-for-the-frugal-gourmet/. Of note, seven items in the “Healthy and Green” section, and a blog I had previously flagged for mention here, “30 Bucks a Week”:http://thirtyaweek.wordpress.com/, though admittedly it’s a little different doing that in Brooklyn than it is in Mobile.
I tend to be wary of many cheap shopping proponents, since frequently the food that’s recommended is highly processed and of low nutritional value. See instead some articles I’d previously recommended from the NY Times, “Healthy Foods for Under $1″:http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/healthy-foods-for-under-1/ and from Epicurious, “Top 10 Money-Saving Ingredients”:http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/everydaycooking/family/budget_ingredients?mbid=RF.
Also at Culinate, “Cheap meals: How to think beyond coupons”:http://www.culinate.com/articles/culinate8/cheap_meals, a piece about the types of meals to plan to save money, rather than specific ingredients or shopping tactics. At our house most of these meals are in the regular rotation.
In a similar vein, in January “Culinate”:http://www.culinate.com/articles/sift/one-pot_meals provided a link to “65 Cheap, Healthy, One-Dish Meals with Good Leftover Potential”:http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/2009/01/65-cheap-healthy-one-dish-meals-with.html at the Cheap Healthy Good blog.
Cheap Eats
In the spirit of the times, if not exactly in the spirit of local food, at “Culinate”:http://www.culinate.com/articles/sift/cheap_eats_blogged there’s a link to this list of “Top 100 Blogs for the Frugal Gourmet”:http://www.culinaryschoolguide.org/blog/2009/top-100-blogs-for-the-frugal-gourmet/. Of note, seven items in the “Healthy and Green” section, and a blog I had previously flagged for mention here, “30 Bucks a Week”:http://thirtyaweek.wordpress.com/, though admittedly it’s a little different doing that in Brooklyn than it is in Mobile.
I tend to be wary of many cheap shopping proponents, since frequently the food that’s recommended is highly processed and of low nutritional value. See instead some articles I’d previously recommended from the NY Times, “Healthy Foods for Under $1″:http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/healthy-foods-for-under-1/ and from Epicurious, “Top 10 Money-Saving Ingredients”:http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/everydaycooking/family/budget_ingredients?mbid=RF.
Also at Culinate, “Cheap meals: How to think beyond coupons”:http://www.culinate.com/articles/culinate8/cheap_meals, a piece about the types of meals to plan to save money, rather than specific ingredients or shopping tactics. At our house most of these meals are in the regular rotation.
In a similar vein, in January “Culinate”:http://www.culinate.com/articles/sift/one-pot_meals provided a link to “65 Cheap, Healthy, One-Dish Meals with Good Leftover Potential”:http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/2009/01/65-cheap-healthy-one-dish-meals-with.html at the Cheap Healthy Good blog.