5 Ways to eat Organically on a budget

5 Ways to eat Organically on a budget

5. Eat seasonally 

Simple as that. Just eat what is in season. It will be so much cheaper.  

4. Costco 

Costco is the #1 nation wide seller in organics.  Some things at Costco you can't even buy non organically.  If you have not checked them out for Organics, please do so.  Yes, they have membership fees. But you will get that money back fast with the savings.  They have so many organics from produce, meat, dairy, all the way to canned foods and vitamin kids gummies.

3. Grow your own / Canning 

Starting a garden of your own can seem like a lot of work, but its SO MUCH cheaper than always having to pay someone else to grow the produce you want to eat.  Start with simple things to grow like tomatoes and spices.  And canning is making a come back.  Canning is NOT hard but it does take a lot of time.  Start out simple with some salsa with things you grew in your garden.  There is some initial start up costs (jars, lids, tongs, etc) but in the long run it's worth it.

 2. Eat less meat

Meat is one of the most expensive parts to any meal.  We buy our whole chickens from a local farm for just under $20 a bird.  Hard to swallow that price.  However if we can use that bird for 3 to 4 meals then it's not so bad.  Also when I would cook a meal like tacos, I was using 2.5 pounds of meat.  I started cutting way back now we are down to 1 pound for tacos.  I fill the hard shell tacos before moving them to table and then there is lots more room for the veggies.  Try to do Meatless Mondays, and soon it will be easy and you will be enjoying many meatless meals you love.  

1. Get a CSA box 

I was skeptical about getting a CSA box. It seemed like a big price tag for a summers worth of produce that I was not even picking out.  I was a really picky eater when it came to produce, so I thought for sure I would end up trashing half of what was given to us.  Plus I am a crazy planner and I like to plan my meals out for the month so not knowing what is coming at first put a cramp in that.  However I am so pleasantly surprised.  I feel so good about supporting a local farm in raising locally grown organic produce.  If anything comes in the box that I have not cooked with before I just type it in on Pintrest and get all kinds of yummy ideas on how to cook it.