1) Grow your own herbs: growing vegetables can be hard if you don’t have a garden and we generally eat more than we can grow. But herb pots can easily sit on a window ledge, don’t cost much to buy or maintain, and add so much flavour and nutrition to meals. Start with basil, mint, rosemary and parsley.
2) Make smoothie’s instead of juices. Juices waste more, but smoothies use all the food, include the fibre and fill you up a lot more than juices do.
3) Seeds and nuts keep for long periods of time so buying in bulk from wholesalers will save a tone of money. Also, some fruits can be bought in bulk cartons, chopped up and frozen for smoothies.
4) Get to know your local farmers at the market, talk to them, tell them you want to support them and they will usually support you back. Perhaps you can volunteer to help them out one morning or help pick and sort vegetables in exchange for a bag of fresh produce.
5) Sprouting seeds are really cheap and go a long way. Sprouts are great in salads, in wraps or sandwiches, are extremely good for you, and so easy to grow.
6) Make your own almond milk. All you have to do is blend water with a handful of almonds in a blender. For sweetening; you can add a date or goji berries. It’s grainier, but much cheaper than buying it all the time.
7) Stock up at Health Food conventions or fairs. For some items you consume regularly, like coconut oil, you can get massive discounted rates. Don’t be afraid to negotiate with them for larger cartons.
8) Eat what’s in season. We have become accustomed to eating whatever we want whenever we want, but off-season food costs more. Plan your meals around whatever is in season at the time and you will save loads of money.
