Sourdough Bread

Mmmmm. Bread. Bonnie and I have been trying to save money, and one big expense has been our grocery/food budget. We've slowly started bringing it down with a variety of tactics, but one thing that has been driving both of us nuts is the price of bread. Your options seem to be either cheap ($1 per loaf) bread that has no taste or substance, or expensive ($2 or $2.50 up to $4) bread that tastes good but kills the wallet.

No more I say! We decided to start making our own bread, and since we didn't want to spend an exorbitant amount on yeast (it really adds up when you're using it two or three times a week), we decided to make sourdough. Best decision ever. The sourdough bread that we make at home tastes better than the expensive stuff, and costs less than the cheap stuff. My math says that it costs us about $0.25 per loaf with sourdough. In addition, we've also made some sourdough pizza crusts with the starter that you'd normally discard, so that has saved us even more. Honestly, if you're willing to put in a little time and effort with the sourdough, you can save a lot of money every month. So today I'm grateful for sourdough. It's seriously the best.