tips for saving money on food- as students

phoebe-does:

1. buy in bulk from middle eastern stores
   I buy all my legumes, lentils and such from middle eastern shops. This helps me make filling meals for cheap
2. make soup.
   Honestly when I’m in a bind… SOUP! Very easy with simple ingredients you can make tomato soup, pumpkin soup, sweet potato soup. Use some veggie stock without MSG and make some tasty stuff!
3. buy fish tinned!
   honestly so much cheaper than the stuff in the deli. You can get tuna, salmon and a couple of other types I’m fairly sure.
4. buy your veg from the frozen section
   I buy a massive variety of frozen veg and defrost them to bulk my meals~
5. ask and find out when your local shops start their sales
   honestly, it’s worth it. Ask the people who work there when things go on sale, what will go on sale.
6. for fresh fruit ask to buy in bulk bananas about to go off in the back!
   Life saver. They’re most likely going to throw that stuff out! Ask if you can buy it on sale, freeze anything you don’t use immediately and use in smoothies, pancakes, banana bread!
7. grow your own veggie patch
   life saver. Whether you only have space for herbs or you have an entire garden, plant whatever you can!
8. buy prepackaged food before closing
   if you have to buy from food vendors, eg. a bakery, Chinese etc, buy at the end of the day before closing so that stuff has gone on sale.