Seeing a star fruit (or starfruit) in the grocery store can be a little intimidating or seem ‘too exotic’ if you’ve never sliced and eaten one your self, but don’t be scared, it’s delicious and easy. Follow this step-by-step, no-fail method of slicing and creating beautiful dishes with the starfruit. They are a cheap fruit in Costa Rica, but well worth the price in the United States too.

The Pavas farmers market is the place for cheap food in Costa Rica. Everything isn’t priced lower than the grocery stores, so be careful to take note of prices, but the majority of the food is fresh, cheap and delicious.

It can be quite a challenge to find fine-quality meats at a reasonable price in Costa Rica, especially beef. Don Fernando carnicería (butcher shop) is the place to go in San Jose, Costa Rica for the best meat money can buy.

Since moving to San Jose, Costa Rica in January, I’ve found a limited amount of all-natural or organic items (mostly produce) in the grocery stores with an adequate label identifying it as such. There is a great company called BioLand that has great snacks, cereals, and other all-natural and organic products, but they are still [...]

I am determined to comb through all the local grocery stores. Each one has their own great features, which will be in a different post, but the organics sections are small! And so, the hunt for cheap organic food in Costa Rica begins.

We were down to the end of our groceries and didn’t want to dip into the tomato sauce we made and ate too much of last week, so I explored an Alfredo sauce. But, since I’ve switched to soy milk and have reduced the intake of lactose milk products, I was curious what my options were for a ‘cream’ sauce using soy milk. So, I went to work and here is what I ended up with. A pleasant cheap food concoction.

Another on-the-fly recipe from the barren remains of my pantry. This dish is inspired by a curry chickpea dip found on a favorite foodie’s site.

One of my favorite cheap foods is homemade pizza. The herb dough from the refrigerated section of Trader Joe’s is great and you can freeze it until you are ready to use it. Just let it thaw out for about a half hour and then spread it thin for the crust.
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Narrowing down where to shop for cheap food is a necessity when you are trying to be efficient and save money on groceries. Most people are saying to buy the generic brands, but others are saying clip coupons. I have found that coupons on brand names are almost always still more expensive than buying generic. [...]

Summertime is great, just like The Fresh Prince said. I mean, reducing the amount of trips to the grocery store by living off of what is in the garden is just great. Yesterday, I was making fresh salsa and grabbed the opened bag of tortilla chips (sans chip clip) in the cabinet to use as [...]