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Save Money on Pasta, Rice & Sauces Copyright © by Michelle Jones, Founder of GrocerySavingTips.com Tip # 1 - In general, pasta and rice dishes are filling and inexpensive, prepare them for your family at least once a week. (If you're not following a low carb lifestyle.) Tip # 2 - Buy the larger packages of pastas (spaghetti, macaroni, rigatoni, penne, shells, etc...) and use only what you need for your recipe. Then store remaining pasta in airtight containers, they're also really pretty in decorative glass jars on the counter! Tip # 3a - Stock up during sales, pasta and rice can go on sale REALLY CHEAP! (And it stores very well, I've never had any go bad.) Tip # 3b - Just don't buy all of the same type of pasta or you'll find yourself a few months down the road wondering why you have 4 boxes of medium shells but no spaghetti! ;o) Tip # 4 - Buy store brand pastas when using with sauces or a lot of ingredients, no one will notice the difference. You can use them all the time, but some of the other brands do taste better. Tip # 5 - Make your own pasta sauce at home. Cook up a double batch each time and freeze half in an airtight container to use later in the month. Tip # 6 - Don't waste your money on prepackaged gravies, make your own at home...
Tip # 7 - Look for additional recipes (in cookbooks and online) for any other gravies or sauces you normally purchase ready-made, just think of all the preservatives you'll be doing without. Not to mention the money you'll save! * * * Readers' Tips... Contact Michelle to Submit a Tip "Freeze cooked brown rice. Instant brown rice makes eating healthy easier, but costs much more per pound than bulk brown rice. You can buy bulk brown rice, cook it for the hour it requires, cool it, then divide it into meal-size portions and freeze in plastic bags. Then just open the bag and defrost in the microwave when you want to use the rice." - Melanie "If you do once a month cooking or just cook larger quantities and freeze them there are a few items that don't freeze well. One of them is actually cooked pasta. You don't need much time to cook the stuff anyway, and this way they won't go mushy. A tip for cooked rice - it freezes really well BUT don't freeze it with gravy or anything like that. Just freeze it in individual portions (as needed) and either store it next to the dish it is intended to go with, or write it down, so that you know it is." - Viv
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