Try to plan some 'leftover dishes' in your menu. Will allow you to on an affordable budget means that you have to apply almost everything. If half a cup of vegetables are left, don't throw them away. They can be uploaded to a stew or a soup. You toss them into a frittata or maybe omelet. Or freeze the leftover foods like nuts, stock, bread heels, gravy, bacon grease etc. Things can double later help to make other cuisine.