A good way to save on food to stock up on local fruit.

Fruits and vegetable change all year around according to the season and you are guranteed a good variety of cheap as well as healthy alternatives to snack on rather than junk food Try to vary your cooking methods to produce a variety of dishes or you could get bored immediately

Meat is important and your brain does need a regular amount to get your cells working.

But the best cuts of meat can be expensive and make sure you have a larger stock of the cheaper varieties which can be cooked in different type of dishes like lean ground beef, ground turkey, and boneless skinless chicken breasts which are healthy as well as readily storable .