You could get cheap food from a dollar menu, or you could prepare nourishing, real food inexpensively with Stephanie Langford’s Real Food on a Real Budget. I cannot think of a book more perfect for readers of Kitchen Stewardship (unless I ever come out with one…). 
In Real Food on a Real Budget, Stephanie will walk you through the importance of having a budget, how to determine and categorize yours, and how to stick to it (use cash!). There are charts to help you find the best deals, lots of options to meal plan with grace, and fabulous “wisdom from women” sidebars to share others’ real-life experiences with real food on a budget. You definitely want this natural living mommy blogger to teach you how to manage your whole foods kitchen!
Stephanie’s style is easy-going and poetic, skimmable but not lacking a certain writer’s flare. She will wow you with her super charged tips for making cooking from scratch easier, plus how to find (and where to store) bulk foods and even the beauty of growing your own from a reformed black thumb. (See a sample chapter here.)
The book ends with the biggest home run of all: hand-holding on what you should be eating and the humble philosophy of simplicity that we need much more of in our current culture. Be creative. Make your kitchen a labour of love, says Stephanie Langford. You CAN cook Real Food on a Real Budget!
And You CAN Win It!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED; WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED MONDAY.
Enter the giveaway for one Real Food on a Real Budget eBook ($24.97 value, on sale right now for $18.97). They are also in paperback for $25.97 with free shipping right now, and Stephanie will even let you upgrade from the “e” version to the paperback. This is a great option if you think that you just want a look, and then realize that the 280 pages are so incredible that you have to hold them in your hands but don’t want to print that much! (Someday that will be an option, but it hasn’t been debugged yet. If it sounds like something for you, be sure to keep up with Stephanie so you know when it happens.)
Note: There’s another budget giveaway going on this week, for You Need a Budget software.
Please leave a separate comment for each of the following giveaway entries:
- Tell us your best money-saving tip for a real food/whole foods kitchen.
- Subscribe in a reader or via email to Kitchen Stewardship (or tell me if you already do).
- Subscribe to Keeper of the Home - you’ll love her!
- “Like” Kitchen Stewardship and Keeper of the Home on Facebook.
- Follow me on Twitter, Follow Stephanie on Twitter, and Tweet about the giveaway:
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Be sure to tell me everything you did in your comments, a separate comment for each. There are a possible 6 entries!
I will use random.org’s integer generator to choose the winner. The giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere. Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, May 28rd, and I’ll post the winners by the following Tuesday.
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Disclosure: I received a review copy of Stephanie’s book and one for you, but these words are my honest opinion. Plus, I love Stephanie to death and I’d say anything good about her that I could think of…only because it’s all true. Got that? I am also her affiliate and will earn a portion of each sale of her book with these links.
Check out Kelly the Kitchen Kop‘s Real Food Wednesday for even more tips from across the blogosphere, and Things I Love Thursday at The Diaper Diaries.
My best money-saving tip for a real food/whole foods kitchen: sometimes you can get coupons on organic brands by going to the company’s website or following them on facebook.
.-= Amy´s last blog ..Recipe: Chicken Pad Thai =-.
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.-= Amy´s last blog ..Recipe: Chicken Pad Thai =-.
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.-= Amy´s last blog ..Recipe: Chicken Pad Thai =-.
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.-= Amy´s last blog ..Recipe: Chicken Pad Thai =-.
We are planting our first garden this year to have fresh vegetables for our table.
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I think my best money-saving tip is buying larger amounts of food (it usually costs less $/kg) and then cooking from scratch meals that can be packed in batches and freezed. I do this for home-made meatballs and hamburgers (a 2:1 mixture of meat and whole bread crumbs) and a few other recipes. It’s cheaper, healthier (homemade, less meat) and a time-saver.
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.-= Ana´s last blog ..Spring! =-.
My best tip for saving on whole foods is to GROW YOUR OWN GARDEN!!!
Use as many whole foods as possible. Plan ahead-menu planning, shopping trips, etc.
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Plant yourself a garden! Start small, evaluate each year, and change to suit your needs. You’re in charge, and you know the provenance of what you’re eating. As you get the knack of gardening, you’ll enjoy it more and more and take pride in providing healthful food for your family!
We have our own garden, PLUS help with a community garden
.-= Jessica´s last blog ..Make your own…..Chocolate Syrup! =-.
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My biggest money saving helpers in the kitchen are to menu plan, shop less, and when out of something, use the internet for recipes and ideas to help make do with what is on hand.
.-= Emily @ Little Home´s last blog ..Crispy, Thin Crust Pizza =-.
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The best way we’ve saved money so far is joining a CSA! We did it for the first time this winter and it made me really think about what we would eat for the next week and plan my meals around our fresh produce! And we definitely saved by paying up front instead of me buying produce at the store every week.
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Buying in bulk is a great way to save on real food. I found a little Amish bakery that sells in bulk, I can get stuff like whole wheat flour and raw sugar really cheap!
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Creating a weekly menu is my best tip. And it’s easy if you do it by having a 7 different categories that you eat out of each week. Mine are: casserole, meatless, pasta, meat, pizza, ethnic, new recipe.
I save so much (time and money) by having a plan.
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One of the best ways to save money is to cook/bake from scratch. You can made healthy food much cheaper than what you will pay at the store.
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My biggest money saving tip is to try to go either two weeks or one month without going to the store. Use your pantry and freezer and make it a challenge to see how long you can go coming up with meals to feed your family from there. I did this for one month and it was such a great reward to be able to do it and come up with stuff.
6.I’m going to win @keeperhome ’s new eBook @kitchenstew to teach me how to cook #realfood on a Real Budget
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I don’t really have any money saving ideas. That’s why I need this book. lol
this may not be a great money saving tip, but i purchase in bulk at costco for things like avocado, organic carrots, and organic spinach.
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My best tip for saving money on food is to menu plan! That way I know exactly what and how much I need, and there are no surprises mid-week for another trip to the grocery store.
.-= Nicole´s last blog ..Tot School =-.
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.-= Nicole´s last blog ..Tot School =-.
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.-= Nicole´s last blog ..Tot School =-.
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.-= Nicole´s last blog ..Tot School =-.
I try to use coupons, follow the sales on produce and meat, and make things from scratch whenever possible.
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My tip is to make your own jam/jelly. It’s easier than you’d think! I haven’t bought jam in years, and I love knowing exactly what’s in it. It’s easy to make it with local fruit, too, which is always nice.
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I have always used the store ads to help plan my meals. Coupons are nice, but not many are available for the basics rather than packaged foods. Making meals from scratch has been a constant in my kitchen.