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 is to prepare larger cuts of meat (a chicken, a roast) with lots of side dishes, saving half or more of the meats for other meals (quesadillas, soup, stew, burritos, cottage pie, sandwiches, etc.). In this way, I can stretch $10 to $20 worth of meat into 2 or 3 meals, easily.
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My tip – always use up the pantry/fridge first. I’m amazed at how many meals I can get out of my fridge after I think there’s nothing in there. Often at least 3 more meals, which is 1/7 the food budget for the week!
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Looks like a great book! Enter me, please. I think my favorite tip is to make your own bread in a breadmaker. It tastes SO yummy!
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I subscribe to you via Google Reader!
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I save the parts of vegies that would normally be thrown away or go to the compost pile for making stocks–just put them in the freezer until ready to use. Also, save the crumbs from slicing bread for later use in recipes calling for bread crumbs.
And, I like you on Facebook, too! Don’t you feel special?
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I subscribe via email.
Finally, I just subscribed to Keeper of the Home on my Google Reader, as well. Thanks for the giveaway, Friend!
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Just subscribed to Keeper of the Home via email.
I am a fan of KotH on FB
I am also a fan of KS on FB
I do a lot of my shopping online to get some great deals… my best deal is buying grains as opposed to flour. I invested in a grain grinder a couple of years ago, and now bake my own goodies using whole grains. Saves tons over buying the pre-packaged baked goods.
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My best money saving tip on real food is to join a CSA – fresh fruits/veggies for ~20 weeks. Many offer payment plans to make it more affordable and some insurance companies will reimburse for a portion of the fee! I’m paying about $7 per week for a big box of fruits/veggies!
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My best money saving advice is to search your favorite products websites and look for thier coupons. Many have them!
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Going right now to “like” Keeper of the Home on FB!
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The better I plan, the better we eat. I also like to keep a simple, healthy meal that I can fix up quickly so that I am not tempted to eat an unhealthy alternative.
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Money saving tip: plan ahead! Without a menu or food plan you end up scrambling and buying more expensive and less healthy fast food alternatives.
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I think the best money saving tip is to see just how easy it is to make things from scratch and make do with the items you normally have in your pantry/fridge without buying specialty items. Keep it simple and frugalness will follow
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$ saving tip – cook from scratch! and plan your meals around sale items if possible to save even more
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