Frugal Fridays: Eating In Season

It's pretty much a no-brainer by now, right? It's cheaper to eat in season. Not only that, it's healthier too.

Right now sweet potatoes and apples are in. Last night Brianna chopped up some sweet potatoes (from our garden - we had white and orange sweet potatoes this year) and apples (purchased for 20 cents a pound in bulk). She added about a tablespoon of butter, cinnamon, about a tablespoon of sweetener (rapadura) and raisins in a 9x13 baking dish, covered it and baked till tender. The result was very, very delicious, though the photo, in my opinion, does not do it justice :)

We have this quite often when sweet potatoes are in season. If you did not grow your own, pay attention to the store ads because RIGHT NOW is the time they begin to go on sale ... I've seen them as low as 19 cents a pound within the last 4 years. When they get that low we really stock up as they store quite a while in a cool, dry, dark place (not the refrigerator - it's too cold. For best results, keep them above 55 but not much more than that!!).