Frugal Village: How to get cheap produce
Sara Noel, who writes the Frugal Village column, focused one of her recent pieces on How to get cheap produce.
Posted: June 30th, 2009 under Groceries.
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Comment from Carol M
Time: December 31, 2009, 11:54 am
This caught my attention. Produce is ridiculously priced here, and has been since the local gardens closed, not that this was a great gardening year. One source that I didn’t see mentioned is to shop the produce bargain/marked down bin at the grocery store. I’ve gotten 5 lb bags of organic Yukons for 99 cents, bags with 2 heads of lettuce for $1 total, 8 lbs bags of loose potatoes $1, bags of salad $1, etc. If you are a cook, this is a great source for fresh produce. Just don’t overbuy, or be sure to freeze the surplus. I spent $5 recently on 16 softball sized peppers (Italian frying, green, orange, yellow) I reserved 5 for stuffed peppers and slivered the rest and froze them. Super cheap pizza topping, easy to chop further to add to omelettes/casseroles/spaghetti sauce etc.
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