Secret Must Haves Of A Frugal Kitchen

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The heart of the home is the kitchen.

It’s where you gather, where you cook, where you converse and where you share your life.

The kitchen is also the best place to start saving money and living more frugally.

How much was your last grocery shopping bill?

The average family of four can spend an upwards of $800 a month on groceries and 1/3 of that is processed, prepackaged foods.

So how do you get that amount down? How do you save money at the grocery store?

Make a list and grocery budget and stick to it
Download the money saving app Ibotta
Shop your store sales and bulk buys
Try your local discount retailers
Shop local, farm to table
Grow your own food
Learn to meal plan
Eat more vegetarian type meals
Stock your pantry with beans, rice and other staples
Invest in frugal kitchen must haves that make you want to cook

Home cooking is the best way to save money.

No more prepackaged meals, no more take out, no more dinners out three nights a week.

The easiest way to save money is to cook your meals at home and to have fresh fruit, vegetables and homemade snacks available.

And I am talking from experience. We used to eat out twice a week and hit the drive thru for coffee every morning. The cost adds up.

You can learn about all the stuff we stopped doing to save money. We saved over $1000 a month by cutting all this stuff out.

So what if you don’t like to cook? Or what if you don’t know what to cook?

Don’t stress about. You can invest in a great meal planning program that can provide you with easy to follow, fun, yummy recipes.

If you aren’t big on cooking, get your partner involved or your kids or stick to 5 ingredient meals or invest in some of the frugal kitchen must haves below that will cook your food for you.