• Use grocery shopping as a friend bonding time
• Hold out for deals and know how much you will be able to eat before shopping
• Shop at more stores for better deals
• Look at your calendar and know if you need to buy a week's worth of groceries or not. Don't autopilot each week.
• Eat before going shopping. Hungry shoppers spend much more
• Buy spices whole and grind them at home - it's cheaper and tastes fresher
• Organization is the best tip for budgeting.
• Freeze vegetables like kale, which can be used for green smoothies
• Put a white board on the fridge and write what is going to go bad on it to guide the meal planning

• All a party needs is a good host so don't worry about how much you spend
• Get to know thy happy hour!
• Always be one meal ahead, prep the next one while waiting for water to boil. Soak beans or marinate tempeh.
• Prep stuff all at once that you'll use in multiple meals so it's all on hand
• You can make mashed potatoes in 7 minutes in a pressure cooker. Stock in 30 minutes. 40 minutes for beam from scratch. 

Thanks to @bookie85 and @greenvegnliving for sharing this!


If you were at VVC and have more to add to this, please comment below and I'll update the post!