The other day I bought one of those Holy Crap cereal bags from the grocery store which is pretty pricey for such a small bag. The item isn\u2019t exactly cooked or prepared in any ways as it is simply a bunch of stuff thrown together in the bag such as chia seeds and dried fruit. In these cases I usually look at the ingredients not just for health reasons so that you know what you are getting. But as well this can tell you how potentially easy it can be to make it yourself.<\/p>\n
225g of this stuff can be well over $10. But when you start breaking down the ingredients you realize how much money you can save just buy purchasing the items separately and mixing it up yourself. For example, you can get say 300g of just plain chia seeds for about $4. Look at how much money you have leftover for the other items and how much quantity that is. Again, the packaged product isn\u2019t exactly cooked or anything either.<\/p>\n
If you think about it too you could easily save hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year this way on your food expense when you start factoring in everything else that is like this on your shopping list. Eventually with that knowledge on how things are made you can become more financially aware of your purchases to be more diligent with your spending as well. In many ways think of reading the ingredients as like a free how to lesson to save money too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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