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_{Dieting isn't your only option. Here are a bunch of good ideas:}

_{• Use coupons at the supermarket, or at least focus your purchases on}

_{items that are on sale.}

_{• Cook twice as much as you need, and freeze half. Then, when you}

_{you can simply heat up something from the freezer.}

_{• Discover homemade soup. It's cheap to make, tasty to eat, filling,}

_{and economical.}

_{• Cook from scratch now and then. It's often cheaper than using prepared}

_{foods. (For example, spaghetti sauce is easy to make and you}

_{can make and freeze a lot of it.)}

_{• Cover your pots when you cook. Doing so consumes less energy.}

_{• Re-engineer leftovers into new meals.}

_{• Make banana bread with aging bananas. (You can pop these bananas}

_{into the freezer until you have time to thaw and use them.)}

_{• Use special plastic bags with holes in them to prolong the life of your}

_veggies.

_{• Use powdered milk in baked goods — there's little taste difference}

_{and a great dollar difference.}

_{• Rework your recipes. If one calls for 1 pound of beef and you only have}

_{half a pound, you might prepare the recipe with what you have, instead}

_{of running out to buy more. With many recipes, you might save}

_{money by strategically substituting or eliminating some ingredients.}

_{• Don't waste food.}

_{• Take up gardening. You can grow some of your own food.}

_{• Become a little more vegetarian in your eating. Meat is often the}

_{most expensive part of a meal. Enjoy meatless meals more often,}

_{or reduce the amount of meat in each meal.}