Nutrition...feeding a family +5

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No, I've never seen produce on Wag Jag, but lots of meat. I bought a 5lb box of sustainably fished Orange Roughy for $35 not long ago and it's fabulous! Watch the salmon though as often, it's Chum which, in my opinion, is kinda nasty stuff. We now just get ethically raised meat from small farms, but I've had wings, steaks, ribs and all were good. Sometimes they have on frozen fruit in bulk, which is great! I'm waiting for those to come up again so I can pounce! We make smoothies every morning for breakfast, which is fast, cheap and healthy. You have to go right onto the site to get at the grocery page. Also, we only go out to dinner now when I have a Groupon or something to support it. Take advantage of those little things so you don't feel like you're living in poverty. I've had some tough stretches, especially after my husband moved on to greener pastures, so I've gotten pretty good at living lean.

http://www.wagjag.com/category/grocery

Another idea we've adopted here is every couple of months, do a 'fiscal fast'. I saw a guy do it on 'Extreme Cheapskates'. While I'm not willing to go to the measures many of those people do, the Fiscal Fast was a good idea. Every 2 months, spend no money for 1 full week....NO MONEY! I'm in the middle of one now. It's hard, but forces you to use up stuff that would otherwise sit there another 6 months.

I have also started making almond milk. While it's not terribly cheap, it's added protein to our smoothies and the almond meal goes into most of my baked goods, giving them a punch of protein too. 2 cups of almonds will yield about 5-6 cups of milk and 2 cups of meal. The meal can be frozen for future use and makes muffins and things soooo much tastier and moist. They just don't go stale! $50 worth of almonds does my family (me, 2 teen boys, boyfriend on wknds) for about 6 weeks).

My children are horrified by how cheap I've become