Or you may pay a premium when buying "organic" produce, but when you use it to make your own baby food, you've saved tons of money!
Of course, the best deals are the ones that "stack" hidden savings with the more visible type, e.g., you may get a great deal on all-natural applesauce and feed it to your baby (if it only consists of apples and maybe Vitamin C) instead of buying "baby" applesauce in jars.
I made my own baby food last week and I'm pretty proud of myself. Yes, I paid full price for organic apples (one of the "dirty dozen"), but I saved a bunch by avoiding those cute little jars (and it tasted purdy awesome!).
I took a short cut with the carrots and used the "baby-style" ones (not "organic"), so all I had to do was dump them into a pan with some water and let 'em go!
Honestly, peeling 3 pounds of apples wasn't really worth my time. Next time, I'm just going to go "label shopping" and get the adult applesauce with just apples in it.
A friend mentioned that frozen vegetables whirred in the blender makes great baby food. I definitely plan on trying that!
By the way, yesterday, I cut hubby's hair for the first time. I think I did a pretty good job! What's your best "hidden savings" tip? I'd love to hear it!
3 comments:
my best hidden savings tip is to NOT buy organic!!!! It's like drinking the water in Mexico - sure, if we go drink it we get to spend the next few weeks on the throne, but they can drink it just fine... why you ask? Immunities! It's a great thing. If you feed your kid the same processed stuff we all grew up on - you're kid is going to be fine... just like we are. Just my two cents to save you hundreds :-)
Depends, organic and natural- interchangeable. Also regarding food "we" grew up on- you have to counter the idea that wide spread use of antibiotics in meat really hit home about 10 years ago, after we grew up. This is causing a real problem: resistance. Therefore, humans are consuming massive amounts of needless antibiotics that hinder the immune system and have caused the antibiotic resistant staph infections to rise. tada!
ANYWAY-
I have found buying a large quantity of fresh fruits by the peck - cutting them up and adding a little sugar then freezing makes great smoothies and other drinks/sauces for later. Also making your own 100% juice, if the price is right.
Also Vaseline is a great 101 uses for make up application, chapped and small cuts- burns etc...
Thanks for the ideas, guys! In general, I don't really care about organic, but the momma tiger in me would pay anything if people said it was "safer." ("Don't we need the 'safest' carseat for double the price?") I would like to get on the free-range/antibiotic free meat bandwagon if for no other reason than the sake of being more humane. That's a great thing about coupons: they can free up $$ to splurge on foods you couldn't afford otherwise.
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