Save Money On Milk

Milk has become more expensive than gas, here in Cassville. With the cost of everything going up I have been looking at ways to save money on groceries. So I started with the one item I spend the most money on, MILK. At over $4 a gallon milk can easily cost me $30-$40 every month, and for someone who only budgets $200 a month, for food, that amount really hurts. Below I will show you my research and the super easy way to save at least half on your milk bill.

Powdered milk at Walmart is $7.88 for a 25.6oz container. It will make 2 gallons if used as directed which comes to $3.94 a gallon, if you drink only powdered milk. However, to me it taste like bitter water, so I would dilute whole milk half and half. Which would come to $3.97 a gallon, which is cheaper than regular milk, but we can do better.

I won't drink soy because of the estrogen it contains. However, if you did decide to use soy milk, almond milk, or rice milk you would pay between $2-$4 for 1quart which is gonna be super expensive in the long run.

 

So I kinda ruled out buying premaid milks at the store. However, the real savings can be seen by making your own, homemade. If you do much baking then you know the price of nuts is outrageous. So unless you grow your own then almond milk or any other nut milk is only gonna cost you more. But I did mention another type of milk, RICE MILK!

You can pick up rice for around $1 a pound. Following my recipe below you can make 4 gallons of rice milk using only 1 pound of rice. THAT'S $0.25 A GALLON!! But if you don't want to switch to just rice milk then do like I did with the powdered milk and mix whole milk with rice milk, half and half. The results will be a slightly sweeter milk that is costing you $2.13 a gallon.

 

RICE MILK

1C RICE (CAN BE WHITE OR BROWN)

16C WATER

VANILLA AND SUGAR (OPTIONAL, DEPENDING ON TASTE)

 

Add rice and 8 cups of water to saucepan and bring to boil. Once boiling reduce to simmering and let cook for 15min or until soft. (If you don't have a great blender then allow rice to cook on low for 3 hours or use minute rice.) Add cooked rice to blender, along with remaining 8 cups of water and blend until completely blended, about 4 min. Then flavor to taste with vanilla and sugar. ( You may get some rice pulp after blending, which can be removed using a strainer, although personally i just leave it.) Rice milk will last 2 weeks in fridge.

 

***Also little tip for the people of Cassville. Great Value milk at Walmart is $4.17 a gallon, for whole milk. However, Dollar General sales Hiland milk for $4 a gallon, it's a small savings but we all gotta start somewhere.