ʻO ka meaʻai maikaʻi ka mea nui o ke ola olakino a me ka hauʻoli. Mālama ka meaʻai maikaʻi iā ʻoe e loaʻa kahi kino olakino, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke: hana i kēlā me kēia lā, pāʻani me kāu poʻe keiki, hoʻoikaika kino, a ʻoi aku ka hiamoe maikaʻi. Hoʻomaka ka meaʻai maikaʻi me kahi kahua paʻa i kāu papaʻai. He paʻakikī ke loaʻa ʻana o kahi papaʻai olakino ke kau aku ʻoe ma kahi moʻohelu kālā koʻikoʻi akā aia kekahi mau kaʻina e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke lawe e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe iho a me kou ʻohana no ka kūleʻa.

1. E hoʻonohonoho i kahi papa ʻaina wiki a pili me ia. E hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi kūʻai mea kūʻai a puni nā meaʻai āu i hoʻopili ai i kāu papaʻai. Hoʻopili me kāu papa inoa kūʻai kūʻai. Loaʻa ke kumukūʻai e lele aku a kūʻai i nā huahana impulse.

E hoʻokomo wau i kahi laʻana o ka papaʻai papaʻai a me nā papa helu kūʻai kūʻai ma ka hope o kēia pou.

2. Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻoe i ka papa ʻaina, e hoʻolālā no nā pāʻina e nui ai ka nui. ʻO nā koena o nā pāʻina e hōʻoia iā ʻoe i ka meaʻai no kekahi mau lā a kōkua i ka ʻoki ʻana i ka meaʻai māmā a i ʻole ka holo ʻana i waho no ka meaʻai wikiwiki. Mālama kēia i kou manawa mai ka kuke ʻana i kahi meaʻai hou i kēlā me kēia lā.

Ex:

· Kopa

· ʻO Casseroles

· ʻAi crockpot

3. E koho i nā meaʻai e hoʻopili i nā meaʻai momona. E hoʻāʻo a pale i nā mea i pūʻolo a me nā huahana. He maikaʻi ke hoʻohana i nā mea hana kēpau no ka ʻai akā e nānā mau i nā kini paʻakai haʻahaʻa a me nā kō kō haʻahaʻa inā loaʻa lākou. Hele nā ​​mea ʻai maikaʻi i nā pāʻina ma mua o nā meaʻai i hoʻoponopono ʻia a maʻalahi ka liʻiliʻi. E kūʻai pono i nā huahana i ka manawa e kōkua ai i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai.

Ex:

· Kūʻai i nā poloka tī ma kahi o ka tī wili no ka mea ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi a me ka hana liʻiliʻi.

· ʻOi aku ka pipiʻi o kahi ipu nui o ka oatmeal ma mua o ka pahu o ka cereal i hana ʻia.

· ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai o kahi ʻeke laiki ma mua o kahi ʻeke o nā ʻāpana i hana ʻia a hiki i kahi kīʻaha ʻaoʻao piha hou aʻe.

4. Kūʻai i nā ʻoki liʻiliʻi o ka ʻiʻo no kekahi mau pā. Hiki ke pipiʻi loa ka ʻiʻo a me ka iʻa akā inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā ana i ka hana ʻana i kahi sup, ʻai, a i ʻole casserole ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole ia he mea nui no ka mea e hui ʻia me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe. E hoʻāʻo hoʻi a hoʻololi i nā ʻano protein like ʻole me nā ʻiʻo. Hoʻohana i nā pīni, nā hua, a me nā iʻa i kēkē ʻia e kōkua i ke ʻoki ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o ka protein akā e hoʻololi hoʻi i nā pono olakino mai nā meaʻai like ʻole.

5. E nānā no nā coupons ma nā pepa kūloko a i ʻole ma ka hale kūʻai. E hoʻolālā i kāu mau meaʻai a me nā huakaʻi kūʻai hale kūʻai e pili ana i nā mea i ke kūʻai aku a i ʻole nā ​​coupons. E nānā i nā mea kūikawā a puni ka hale kūʻai. ʻO ke kālai ʻana i nā kumukūʻai i hoʻokahi wahi e kōkua iā ʻoe e hiki ai ke hoʻolilo i kāu meaʻai māmā a mālama paha iā ʻoe iho.

Hoʻolālā papaʻaina a me kahi papa inoa papaʻai

Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo Bell Peppers-

· Tureke honua ($ 2.49)

· 3 mau pepelu Bell ($ .4 ea)

· Tī (inā makemake ʻia) ($ 3.30)

· Salsa ($ 1.25)

· Avocado (inā aia ma ka waihona kālā) ($ .70 ea)

Māla ʻO Tomato Soup-

· 2 lbs roma kōmato ($ .91 / lb)

· 1 pahu moa moa a mea ʻai paha ($ 2)

· 2 mau kīʻaha o nā mea kanu i kālai ʻia (kāloti, ʻaka, uala, keleka)

· 6 oz kini o ka paʻi kōmato (ʻaʻohe paʻakai i hoʻohui ʻia) (. $ 44)

· ¼ tsp paʻakai

Moa moa a me Veggie Rice Bowl

· 2 lb ʻĀpana Manuahi ($ .92 / lb)

· Piʻi ʻeleʻele - ʻaʻole hiki i ka sodium ke hoʻohui ʻia ($ .75)

· 2 ʻuala ($ .76 / ea)

· ʻO Frozen Broccoli Florets ($ 1.32)

· Brown Rice ($ 1.29)

Nā Sandwiches BLT & ʻEkua

· Huahua i nā hua ($ .87 / kakini)

· Bacon- haʻahaʻa sodium ($ 5.12)

· Tomato ($ .75)

· Lettuce (a i ʻole ka milo inā ma ka waihona kālā) ($ 1.32)

· Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomoʻa i nā pepa a i ʻole nā ​​aniani inā ʻoe e moe ana a puni a makemake e hoʻāʻo me kāu sanwī

ʻO ka nui o ke kumukūʻai - $ 31.05

* Hoʻokumu ʻia nā kumukūʻai ma nā huahana generic no ka pono o ke kumukūʻai

—- ʻO Jade Mitchell, Mea Hoʻolāʻau Meaʻai