Buy fruits and vegetables in season. Many holistic health experts think it is not only less expensive but better for your health to eat in harmony with the environment and climate. Plan your meals in advance and try not to go to the grocery store without a shopping listAvoid buying nonfood items such as detergent, toothpaste, shampoo, napkins, and facial tissues at the grocery store. Usually you can get these items much cheaper at discount or warehouse stores. Buy cheaper cuts of meat and cook them in a crock pot to make them tender and flavorful. Use up leftovers to make soup. Make soup broth from leftover meat, bones and vegetable scraps. Go out to eat for lunch instead of dinner. The menus are often the same, only with much lower prices for lunch time. Avoid buying packaged and processed foods. Make foods from scratch using preservative free ingredients. You'll save money and be healthier for it, too. Look for coupons in the paper each week for restaurants and save them in a folder for future use. I keep my coupons and carry out menus in plastic cover sheets in a big binder so I can find them easy for busy nights.And my own tips:Take your own lunch to work - Cook large portions and freezeOnly buy vegies/fruit as you need - I am amazed at how much food I throw away - I buy things at the grocery store with the intention of using them. Plan you meals to avoid wasting food like aboveHang washing out! So much better for the environment and execise too! Bend and stretch! hehe Turn appliances off at the switch - appliances on stand by burns alot of electricityIf you have kids, do simple things with them. Kids think they need expensive toys, outings etc, but they wil have so much fun doing things like making their own cubby houses out of sheets, having picnics, making cupcakes etc etc etcFinally ebay all the things you dont use/need anymore. You will be amazes at how much you can earn. Or hold a street garage sale - you will attract lots of people when a more people join you.