299: Food Spending Eating Away at Your FI Plans? Here's How to Eat for Cheap

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🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Budget meals, cheap eats, and deliciously discounted recipes are all in this episode of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast. As many of you financial freedom chasers know, one of the biggest monthly expenses on your budget tends to be food costs. Whether that be going out or grocery shopping to feed yourself, your spouse, your kids, and anyone else in your family— eating well isn’t cheap…or so most people think. Beth Moncel is here to tell you that the preconceived notion of good food = expensive food, isn’t exactly right. Beth started her blog, Budget Bytes, over a decade ago during the great recession, when many families struggled to put food on the table. With a degree in nutrition, Beth knew that she could scientifically design recipes that not only filled up her family but helped her do so on a budget. If you’re constantly going over your food budget, this is the episode to listen to. Beth gives a masterclass on food budget savers vs. sinkers, pantry staples and go-to recipes, meal planning, eating out, and whether or not you should shop on an empty stomach. Prepare to upgrade your dinner time while keeping more cash in your pocket! In This Episode We Cover Common mistakes budgeters make when trying to plan weekly meals The biggest budget busters you’ll find in your local grocery store and what to buy instead Beth’s go-to recipes that also act as pantry clean-out meals for less food waste Meal planning and how to start with simple, filling recipes you won’t get tired of Shopping without coupons and why the best ingredients are often the cheapest Calculating the exact cost of your meals and tweaking recipes for frugal shoppers And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Mindy's Twitter Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Subscribe to The “On The Market” YouTube Channel Listen to The “On The Market” Podcast: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, BiggerPockets Check Out Mindy’s 2022 Live Spending Tracker and Budget BiggerPockets Money Podcast 251 with Preston Cooper Flipp.com Website BudgetBytes.com Connect with David Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bigger Pockets Money Pipe Cash Show number 299 where we talk to Beth
0:04.6	Montsell from budgetbites.com and learn how to fix our food budget.
0:09.1	So I built my meals around those ingredients and tried to avoid things that are pre-packaged
0:14.5	or the more expensive ingredients like meat, nuts and cheese.
0:17.7	You can still use those but you have to just be very careful about how you use them and
0:22.0	not go overboard in your recipes.
0:24.5	So zang in the recipes around those inexpensive ingredients to bulk up the recipe and keep
0:29.0	you full while keeping the cross to the rest of the road.
0:32.0	Hello, hello, hello, my name is Mindy Jensen and with me today is my eating like a king co-host David
0:38.4	Comey. Hi, how are you? David and I are here to make financial independence less scary.
0:43.8	That's just for somebody else to introduce you to every movie story because you truly believe
0:48.5	financial freedom is attainable for everyone no matter when or where you're starting.
0:52.4	Whether you want to retire early and travel the world, go on to make big-time investments in
0:55.9	assets like real estate or start your own business. We will help you reach your financial goals
1:00.4	and get money out of the way so that you can launch yourself towards your dreams.
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