The money-saving food tip no one is talking about

Add sad-looking produce and foods approaching their "best before" dates to your "eat-me-first" bin.

January, 2016 will go down as the "great Canadian cauliflower crisis" due to the cascading Canadian dollar, tumbling oil prices and California's drought.

Maybe you're immune to the hysteria because:

You prefer local, seasonal produce
Your household is already saving about $1,500 per year by not wasting food
You willingly pay higher prices for organic, local and fair trade

High food prices are likely here to stay. In fact, Canadians should expect to spend $345 more this year on food. Where will that extra dough come from?

A hard-core solution: join the Bathurst family of New Brunswick -- start homesteading. (They're so brave!)

A soft-core solution: Create an "Eat-me-first" bin or basket for the fridge.

I can't take credit for the "eat-me-first" bin featured in my Queen of Green Coaches video. I discovered this brilliant yet simple tip by watching Jen and Grant of the Just Eat It movie. They ate only rescued, discarded and surplus food for six months, spending $200 in that time yet acquiring $20,000 of food in their house -- $13,000 of which was fair trade AND organic chocolate. (These are smart people! Let's be more like Jen and Grant.)

Step 1: Find a bin or basket


Repurpose a plastic bin or basket


Step 2: Label it


In bold letters write, "Eat-me-first"


Step 3: Add food


Choose sad-looking produce and foods approaching their "

What other tips do you have to eat what you buy?

Sincerely,

Lindsay Coulter, a fellow Queen of Green

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