Take a look at what you have purchased grocery wise in the last month. Are you purchasing a lot of prepackaged items such as seasoning mixes, sauces, condiments and salad dressings? If so, these are things it can be easily cut out of your grocery budget.

Spend some time with your cookbooks, or scouring online recipe databases. You will be able to find inexpensive alternatives for everything from your favorite salad dressing to your preferred shake and bake chicken coating mixes.

And the money you will save can be astounding. You can often make these mixes for pennies compared to the dollars you are spending on them at the store. well when you get started it can initially see more expensive, you need to consider that a single herb you require for salad dressing might last you for years.

And never forget the you can purchase seasonings involved for making your mixes. You can easily take your measuring spoons with you so the you are purchasing exactly the amount of seasoning you need. You'll be surprised at how much is some seasonings you can get even for a single penny