My grocery bill is steadily climbing and I am not sure what to do. I make too much for SNAP. Any tips or tricks? It’s just me in my household, so would buying in bulk be worth it?
Edit: I want to thank everyone for their responses. I have a lot to think about.
Dried, Canned, Frozen, Fresh in that order of preference for us anyways. Off-screen half size chest freezer we’ve finally just finished the frozen sour cherries from the backyard tree last year that’s now budding for spring. Besides that it usually has a bunch of frozen baked potatoes from my backyard again, pork cuts that were on sale, Mennonite colony DIY chicken. Vacuum packing keeps away the freezer burn. I have the choice of three discount grocery/markets near me where I can buy fresh produce it’s just b-grade/misshapen. I’ve been slowly adding more backyard planters too but I focus on fruit tree/berry bushes since I’m a shite veggie gardener. Too lazy for the upkeep so just hardy stuff that I can’t easily kill from neglect in our short growing season, hardiness zone 3B. Potatoes are easy at least but we ran out half way through winter.
Bonus: This week’s slop pots. Metal pot used textured vegetable protein: https://i.postimg.cc/xdm5S0c8/signal-2026-05-14-144201.jpg
Canned is usually the worst option in terms of both nutrition and palatability.
Nice set up 🤙
I can’t believe I’m excited about my own stock pile , I hope we get rocked by an asteroid soon