My big sister's trick for stretching groceries finally clicked for me
In my experience, I never paid much mind to how we spent on meals each week. My sister has this way of looking at store ads first before making her list. She'll get a big thing of potatoes and carrots, then roast them with sausage one night, turn leftovers into a hash the next. It got my whole crew, meaning my kids and me, to pitch in and chop stuff together. We honestly save a good chunk of cash now, maybe twenty bucks a week. Your mileage may vary, but for our house, it made dinner less of a stress. Take this with a grain of salt, but trying her method might help you too.