Home and Food
You can keep your home safe and serve healthy food – even if times are tough.
Good meals are an important part of your day. But cutting costs is important.
This information can help you serve good food within your budget:
- Save money at the grocery store.
- Buy healthy food and still keep costs down.
- Prepare good meals with healthy – and low cost – food.
You can save money – and still eat great food.
Recipes you can use – find by ingredient or category.
- Healthy – inexpensive – meals for your family.
- From the USDA, in English or Spanish, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Recipe Finder
See – and hear – these great ideas to save money shopping for healthy food.
Super Market Savings: 16 Tips That Total Big Bucks
- Make a list
- Stay flexible
- Use coupons well
- Stock up – on the right stuff
Eating out is a habit that's expensive and hard to break.
- Cooking at home can be just as fast, cheaper - and fun!
- Plan, shop, and share the meal with your family.
NET Television senior producer Mike Tobias, from the "Recession Survival Guide" program, highlights real tips on "Cutting Food Costs" with Lancaster County Extension Educator Alice Henneman.
