Why you need to take a hard look at your grocery bill and restaurant budget and how to to crush these potentially huge drains on your money.
Episode Summary
America’s food obsession: We’re fat and broke
How Brad’s family saves money on food
- Being smart with ingredients. Buy in season
- How often does Brad’s family go out to eat?
- Go out for lunch instead of dinner
- Emergency meals in an extra freezer
- Being efficient shopping at one store. Cut down on business
- Plan out the 2-3 meals you want to cook for the week
- Index of Top 50 recipes (A++ recipes) to cook
- Getting five nights of dinner out of cooking two meals
Jonathan’s tips
- Cook for multiple nights and don’t waste food
- The waistline test and the fridge test
- Food budget programs
- Make food prep psychologically easy. Simplicity is key
- The Ultimate Costco Meal Plan and 10 items Jonathan buys
- Find out your price per unit on your staple foods
- 31 loaves of bread from one 25-pound bag of flour, 18 cents per loaf
- Jonathan doesn’t eat out at restaurants where he needs to leave a tip (goes to Chipotle and Panera)
- Health consequences – don’t overeat
- To cut down on portions, plan for leftovers
- Take willpower out of decision-making
- Small tweaks to make your life better over the years
- A healthy lifestyle saves money on healthcare
Related: How To Start Buying Your Groceries Online
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