Comments on: Grocery Shopping Trips http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:31:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: $5 Dinner Mom http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-2507 $5 Dinner Mom Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:51:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-2507 Thanks for all the tips everyone! I appreciate you sharing your experiences and your tricks :)<br/><br/>Erin Thanks for all the tips everyone! I appreciate you sharing your experiences and your tricks :)

Erin

]]> By: 4ddintx http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-2497 4ddintx Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:58:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-2497 PS. We don't have a Trader Joes nearby and most of our grocery stores don't sell much GF stuff. PS. We don’t have a Trader Joes nearby and most of our grocery stores don’t sell much GF stuff.

]]> By: 4ddintx http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-2496 4ddintx Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:57:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-2496 My family has been GF for about 6 years now--at the time we had 3 children, but now have 6, so that's 8 people eating GF at home (hubby eats what he wants at work).<br/><br/>Some money saving hints that have helped me--buy tapioca starch and potato starch at the local oriental store. They are closer to $1 per pound than to $3 for the stuff at the health food store.<br/><br/>We buy rice flour in bulk on-line or get my health food store to order us a bulk bag. $1 per pound is so much better than the price of the little bags.<br/><br/>We don't use the mixes because it's not cost effective for so many of us. There are lots of good bread recipes out there, especially if you have a bread machine (That is really clean and only used for GF stuff).<br/><br/>We order a fair amount from Amazon.com or from vitacost.com. They have amazing deals on GF stuff. It costs a lot up front, but once you get started, you rotate it through your budget. The stuff at Amazon (pasta, crackers, mixes, cereal) is eligible for free shipping, but you have to buy a whole case.<br/><br/>We use a lot of corn tortillas. They are great lunches for wraps, quesadillas, pizzadillas (cheese, tomato sauce, pepperoni), and can even be cut in strips and used as a noodle substitute in lasagna. <br/><br/>Hope these ideas help someone else not break the bank, but keep their family healthy! My family has been GF for about 6 years now–at the time we had 3 children, but now have 6, so that’s 8 people eating GF at home (hubby eats what he wants at work).

Some money saving hints that have helped me–buy tapioca starch and potato starch at the local oriental store. They are closer to $1 per pound than to $3 for the stuff at the health food store.

We buy rice flour in bulk on-line or get my health food store to order us a bulk bag. $1 per pound is so much better than the price of the little bags.

We don’t use the mixes because it’s not cost effective for so many of us. There are lots of good bread recipes out there, especially if you have a bread machine (That is really clean and only used for GF stuff).

We order a fair amount from Amazon.com or from vitacost.com. They have amazing deals on GF stuff. It costs a lot up front, but once you get started, you rotate it through your budget. The stuff at Amazon (pasta, crackers, mixes, cereal) is eligible for free shipping, but you have to buy a whole case.

We use a lot of corn tortillas. They are great lunches for wraps, quesadillas, pizzadillas (cheese, tomato sauce, pepperoni), and can even be cut in strips and used as a noodle substitute in lasagna.

Hope these ideas help someone else not break the bank, but keep their family healthy!

]]> By: Org Junkie http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-2466 Org Junkie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:38:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-2466 My middle son (9) is allergic to dairy, gluten, soy, eggs, fish and nuts and has been since birth. I'm pretty good at making things for him from scratch but any way I look at it it is still so expensive. I live in the middle of nowhere though way up in northern Canada so I have to pay to have most things shipped in. I envy those that have more selection right in their very own grocery stores. My middle son (9) is allergic to dairy, gluten, soy, eggs, fish and nuts and has been since birth. I’m pretty good at making things for him from scratch but any way I look at it it is still so expensive. I live in the middle of nowhere though way up in northern Canada so I have to pay to have most things shipped in. I envy those that have more selection right in their very own grocery stores.

]]> By: FromThe Creek http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-2454 FromThe Creek Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:11:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-2454 My son is also GF and I have found that making the Bob's Red Mill Homemade Wonderful Bread mix is the best. But leave the vinegar out it actually stunts the yeast...do that with many GF recipes that call for vinegar and yeast. My son loves this bread and I can find it on sale most of the time at Kroger. The other stuff is only good for toast...too hard!<br/><br/>Christy My son is also GF and I have found that making the Bob’s Red Mill Homemade Wonderful Bread mix is the best. But leave the vinegar out it actually stunts the yeast…do that with many GF recipes that call for vinegar and yeast. My son loves this bread and I can find it on sale most of the time at Kroger. The other stuff is only good for toast…too hard!

Christy

]]> By: Betty and Boo's Mommy http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-2453 Betty and Boo's Mommy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:37:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-2453 My son was on the GFCF for more than two years, and I remember my MIL making a very similar casserole for him with the bread one Christmas. From what I recall, he liked it. <br/><br/>Love your blog! My son was on the GFCF for more than two years, and I remember my MIL making a very similar casserole for him with the bread one Christmas. From what I recall, he liked it.

Love your blog!

]]> By: Betty and Boo's Mommy http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-5856 Betty and Boo's Mommy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:37:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-5856 My son was on the GFCF for more than two years, and I remember my MIL making a very similar casserole for him with the bread one Christmas. From what I recall, he liked it. BR/BR/Love your blog! My son was on the GFCF for more than two years, and I remember my MIL making a very similar casserole for him with the bread one Christmas. From what I recall, he liked it. BR/BR/Love your blog!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.5dollardinners.com/2008/12/grocery-shopping-trips.html/comment-page-1#comment-2451 Anonymous Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:23:00 +0000 http://erin.uncorrupted.info/?p=232#comment-2451 I'm not seeming to find the "coupon widget" - what side should it be on? Top - middle - bottom? thanks! I’m not seeming to find the “coupon widget” – what side should it be on? Top – middle – bottom? thanks!

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