Quote Originally Posted by NoNo View Post
I read this last week: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36507576...and_nutrition/

Interesting that "ethnic" cooking turned out to be the cheapest. I know I cook about twice a week and just eat leftovers, but I know several people that refuse to eat them. I don't know how you can be so wasteful. Personally, I know I could spend less, but I have no problem spending more for something I know is high quality, i.e. organic or grass-fed.
$68.00+ per wk. for feeding a family of 4 at even today's lowest prices, is still very tight. Assuming they don't have a garden either.

I know I could buy from Chinatown 1-2 fresh veggies, 1 of them a Chinese green veggie, freshly made Asian light pasta, some onions, garlic bulb, ginger root along with some fresh mushrooms, fresh water chestnuts and enough fruit for 2 people for 2-3 snacks..that could be approx. @$12.00CAN and it would last for up to 3 days.

It does mean some 1-2 repetitive dishes on consecutive days. But life doesn't always have to be dynamic/exciting every single day. And children won't suffer if they don't mind eating a similar dish for 2 consecutive days. Tough love.

And it doesn't have to be leftovers frequently.

I eat leftovers at most 1-2 times per week or less. Certain styles of cooking do not taste well as leftovers or at least, the nutrition is leached out even more, the 2nd time round.

With canned pasta sauce from store, I used to use only some of it for a meal and add in some fresh tomatoes, some half-cooked cooked chicken meat, etc. ....so that the pasta sauce would 'stretch' and also there would be a different dish in itself, not just the pasta tomato sauce.

skhill- Agree that some areas are awful for local residents to access groceries if they didn't have a car (nor did/could they bike at all). Am reminded of this whenever we cycle out in some rural areas and some poorer villages.