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Stretching Your Food $

Stretching Your Food $. Leader Lesson. Your Best Money Saving Tip. Discuss your best money saving tips for grocery shopping with the 3-4 people around you Everyone decide which is the best tip and share it with the rest of the group. Throwing Money Away.

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Stretching Your Food $

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  1. Stretching Your Food $ Leader Lesson

  2. Your Best Money Saving Tip • Discuss your best money saving tips for grocery shopping with the 3-4 people around you • Everyone decide which is the best tip and share it with the rest of the group Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  3. Throwing Money Away • Food waste is determined by the behavior of consumers • Each person wastes 273 lbs. of food annually • $165.6 billion annual total • $390 per year, $1.07 per day • Households purchase $936 of food they do not eat each year • Countries with sufficient food supply and households waste more than others • Meat, poultry, and fish – 41% • Vegetables and fruit – 17% • Dairy – 14% Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  4. Managing the Food Budget • Meal planning • Smart shopping • Improving storage • Planting your own • Cooking smart Sources: http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org http://www.ChooseMyPlate.gov Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  5. Meal planning to fit the budget • Look over the weekly specials in the newspaper • Use a meal planner to decide what you will prepare • Make a list of the ingredients you will need • Clip any coupons for the items that are on your list • Don’t forget to take the list to the store with you • Make sure you have staples you use on a regular basis Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  6. Meal planning to fit the budget-cONT. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service • Include fresh, frozen, canned and dried forms • Develop a weekly or monthly menu plan (Example handout) Source: http://homemadebycarmona.blogspot.com/2013/01/menu-planner.html

  7. Shopping smart • Buy in season—taste better, often less expensive • Buy more when on sale—use it or store it • Don’t shop when hungry—harder to stick to the list • Make fewer store visits • Shop alone • Comparison shop • Compare cost per serving, bigger is not always better • Compare store brands to national • Keep it simple—buy food in simplest form • Pre-cut, pre-washed, ready-to-eat and processed will cost more Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  8. Shopping options • Superstores • Prices not necessarily the lowest, too large for some shoppers • Supermarkets/grocery stores • Offer store brands, sales, variety of forms (fresh, frozen, canned, dried, convenience) • Farmers’ markets • Fresh, seasonal and local, prices may/may not be lower • Convenience stores • Costly, less selection • Specialty stores • May be more costly Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  9. Improving storage • Fresh, in general • Use within a few days (or consider another method of storage) • Some can and/or should be left at room temperature to ripen, then refrigerated • Frozen • Store at 0°F or less • Use before the “use by” date on the package for best quality • As a rule, use within 6 months Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  10. Improving storage • Canned • Check the “use by” date on cans for best quality • Most have a shelf life of about 2 years • Store in cool, dry, dark place • Dried • Store in a cool, dry, dark place • Some dried foods may be refrigerated- check the package • Use before the “use by” date on the package for best quality • Most will last from 4 months to a year • Freezing will extend shelf life Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  11. Planting your own • Consider using some yard space to grow food • Remember the food isn’t free (seeds and/or plants, water, fertilizer, equipment…) • Food is fresh, nutritious and flavorful & may prompt kids to eat more produce • No yard? Grow a few edibles in pots • Tomatoes • Herbs • Lettuces • Peppers Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  12. Cooking smart • Prepare more so you have leftovers. Use them for lunch, or create a new dish. • Replace half the meat. Substituting half the meat in a recipe with beans and/or vegetables will reduce fat and increase fiber, as well as save you money. • Keep canned and frozen fruits and vegetables on hand for a quick-fix meal. • Use fruits and vegetables as snacks. It’s easy to have fruits and vegetables available as ‘grab and go’ snacks Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  13. Resources • Eat Healthy . Be Active Community Workshops curriculum at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/downloads/EatHealthyBeActiveCommunityWorkshops.pdf • Fruits and Veggies More Matters at http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ • USDA ChooseMyPlate at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

  14. Thank you for coming. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

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