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What are some creative ways that you save money? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by GreyTechnician@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me I generally pirate most books I read, although if there is a book I really enjoyed I will buy the physical copy.

I also generally tend to avoid having takeaways because they are just so expensive in this day and age with inflation and tend to opt for cheap meals like pasta or rice etc.

Also I don't pay for any streaming services, but borrow a VPN service from a friend to pirate the movies I watch.

Curious to hear of some ways that you people here save money.

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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Foraging. I've just started getting into it more. So far I have been loving pine needle tea - high in vitamin C which can replace the need for expensive fruit from the grocery store.

I made sumac "iced tea" which was excellent and also nutritious.

Looking forward to spring to forage dandelions for salad, since the store price is unrealistic for me. Apparently wild greens are more nutritious anyway.

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Young dandelion greens are delicious. You can also roast the roots to make “coffee”, but I can’t really recommend it. It’s like coffee in that it’s dark and bitter, but it has zero caffeine (which is why I used to drink it) and… well, it tastes horrible. Young nettle leaves are also good as cooked greens or tea, wear gloves to pick and process them of course.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Dark and bitter sounds good to me! I'm interested in trying some "wild coffee" with caffeine too.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Dandelion flower makes for a good syrup, too