Live Alone: How To Eat Cheaply

If you live alone, how to eat cheaply can save you money you'd rather spend on more important things like golf, football or beer. Eating out, even in fast food joints, can add up to a small fortune.  Learn how to cook yourself when you live alone so that you can eat cheaply.

1. Invest in a cookbook that teaches the basics.  Visit YouTube for a video or tune into the Food TV Network.  For the price of one of those deluxe fast food hamburgers you can buy the ingredients for three hamburgers. That's one tip for how to eat cheaply.
2. Start with simple dishes.  Get your cooking confidence up by beginning with straightforward uncomplicated dishes.  If you can grill you can cook.  If you can microwave you can cook.  Learn how to eat cheaply in baby steps.
3. Transfer your new cooking skills to other dishes.  Cooking pasta is similar to boiling potatoes or vegetables.  Baking a chicken uses the same process as baking pork chops or a roast.   Being able to eat cheaply is easier to achieve than you might think.
4. Double your fun and double the money you save by cooking double portions.  Always make enough for two meals each time you cook.  Have one for dinner and save the other for another night.  It takes the same amount of energy and time to cook four meatballs as it does eight.
5. Plan your meals.  Know what you'll be having each night. Make a grocery list. Shop for only the ingredients you'll need. Stick to your list.  Only buy what you need.  Don't be tempted by displays at the store. You will learn to eat cheaply soon with these easy steps.