If you are cooking for less than the number of people specified in the recipe, you can make some of the recipes, like Doc's Chili, for the entire recipe size and freeze the excess amount in zipper-lock freezer bags for up to 3 months at a time.

1. Click the "My Diet" tab in the global top navigation bar of the main Club site.
2. In the section's sub-navigation bar, click "Shopping List."

8. It is cheaper to buy a dozen eggs and waste the egg yolks than to buy egg-white-only products.

9. Plan your menu around the food you already have by swapping out menu options on your Meal Plan.

Another thing I have done is to make 2-3 meals a week for dinner and rotate, one on the first day and the second one on the next day, and then alternate. You can use the Meal Plan's "swap" feature to alternate veggies and fruits around to make the meals more interesting. Frozen veggies are great to sauté and cook in with the omelet recipes, too.

If you want to try something new, try the bean dishes on the menu plan and on the site's recipe list. They are healthy but low cost, and taste really good to me.

Here is what I've learned about shopping healthy:

1. For fresh fruits/veggies, buy the ones in season in your area on the accepted food list on the website. Supplement the fresh ones with frozen fruits and veggies; that way they last a little longer. Apples and bananas are usually low-cost fruits year round. Also, supermarkets sometimes have day-old produce or bread; they may not be as good as fresh, but they're still good produce/bread for less than the usual price, and all that is wrong with them is a small bruise or two. You do need to check them, though, before buying them.

2. Some of the other Club members have mentioned that buying food items from warehouse food clubs in bulk helps, if you have a freezer.

3. Buy 2 cereals you like, not all the ones listed.

4. Try some meatless meals and see what you like. Beans are low cost, low cal, and high fiber, so they can help you to not be hungry. Just rinse the canned ones well. Sodium may be high if on a sodium-free or low-sodium plan from your doctor. Also, you can soak the dried ones for 24 hours, after boiling them for 1-3 hours.

5. Make your whole-grain bread yourself or in a bread machine. The price of the ingredients is equal to the cost of 1 wholegrain loaf; with the flour you buy, you can make more than 1 loaf of bread.

6. Try making main meals with soups, stews, and salads. This way, you are getting quantity as well as higher-fiber items, dependent on what you put in the salad.