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* Buy in bulk.
Buying food items in quantity
allows you to purchase at the very best prices. Buy exactly the
amount you want of each bulk item at your natural food store,
or, for convenience, shop online. Frontier Natural Products Co-op's
Web site, www.frontiercoop.com offers a wide array of bulk items,
including herbs and spices; baking ingredients like cocoa, milk
powder, baking soda, baking powder and active dry yeast; and
other cooking ingredients like tapioca, grains, teas and dried
vegetables.
* Rely on local, seasonal
produce.
Growing your own is ideal, or
you may want to join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
program, which will enable you to harvest fresh produce while
supporting your local farmer. And of course you'll want to schedule
a regular trip to the farmer's market to pick up what's in season
-- to serve fresh or to put up for later months. Shopping for
seasonal produce will provide the freshest and most economical
buys at your local food store.
* Look for more frugal substitutions.
Replacing soda and other expensive
drinks with homemade iced tea, for example, can provide savings
as well as increased nourishment. Vary the tea -- green, herbal,
black -- as well as the sweetener, if desired. And be sure to
try your hand at developing your own custom blends; try a variety
of teas, or mix tea with lemonade or juice.
Enjoy the taste and aroma of
this delicious, economical tea:
Spiced Green Apple Tea
(Eight servings)
Ingredients:
1 quart apple juice
1 quart green tea
1 cup Frontier Cider Mate
Directions:
Combine juice and Frontier Cider
Mate in a pot. Bring just to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for
20 minutes. Add green tea and strain. |
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