Check with the Grocer

Check with your grocer from time to time to see about any greatly reduced meats or fruits that he'd be getting rid of. You could put those fruits to good use making batches of homemade jams, jellies, preserves, fruit breads, cobblers or pies. Meats could be put in the freezer for later uses. A touch of brown only means the meat is aged and nothing is wrong with it.