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"I moved away from buying for a specific meal or recipe. Having a stock of building blocks lets me assemble meals on the fly to suit my mood and reduce ordering out because I am bored by what's in the fridge."

BuzzFeed Staff

"This doesn't apply to everything, but there are a lot of times you can save a lot of money and sacrifice virtually nothing."

—robert_dunder

—spookshowbaby1986

"I'm no vegetarian — I love meat and fish — but I don't know where this weird idea came from that meat is an essential thing you eat at least once a day. It really isn't."

—anumberoflemons

—adrianw440bbeae3

—gracehattler

—j4de259dd7

—meaganhibbert1

—volkihar

—u/gereblueeyes

—rnd13001

—916to206

—meaganhibbert1

—hannahj419112002

—u/Defan3

—Anonymous

—rnd13001

"Keep an eye on your cupboard ingredients like rice, pasta, lentils, tinned tomatoes, etc. because then you can just make a note of how much meat, fish, cheese, eggs, and veggies you need to buy that week — you'll always be able to make something."

—anumberoflemons

—Anonymous

—meaganhibbert1

—u/mehunno

—breathoftheearth

—Anonymous

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