Each week I plan my meals according to what's on sale. I make all of my own food for two reasons. First of all, it is much less expensive to make it than buy it all made. Secondly, I like to control all of the ingredients for each meal.

One area I find to be a great savings is poultry as I do not eat beef, deli meats, or processed foods for health reasons. I frequently purchase Shady Brook Farms hotel-style turkey breasts for $1.99 per lb. It is far less expensive than paying the high cost of turkey at the deli counter.

Another area of great saving is chicken. When split chicken breasts are on sale I buy enough to cook all together. I make chicken salad and chicken pot pie. The resulting broth from cooking the chicken is used in the pot pie and the rest is frozen for future use.

Donna Miley