We have started to move to a mostly plant-based diet now. First, because of health, but now, because of money. We'll have a meat meal once or twice a week (maybe, if we can afford it), and the rest of the week is vegetarian. I have a stock of canned and preserved foods that I have canned for the last year stocking up in anticipation of this. But I dont want to bust into that yet.
It is a good time for me to learn to make more bean, potato, and rice dishes, along with different ways to prepare them. Veggies are easier to find in the store, fresh, frozen, or canned, easier to grow and preserve at home from the garden, and cheaper right now.
So now is the time to stock up on rice and beans and essentials if you havent already, learn new recipes with fewer ingredients. When shopping now, we are thinking in terms of "Great Depression" with all our purchases. If we dont need it to survive or live, then we dont need it.
I had to have a long talk with my mother about it and she gets it now after going to the grocery store. $13 for eggs this week. She put them back. I told her that is just the beginning. I told her about the farming issues and the scarcities that are coming. She is going out to get a turkey if she can find one and some fixings that we can make for a "Normal Rockwell Christmas and Thanksgiving" this year again. That's what we deem the "lean years" around here, since he is a famous painter of the Great Depression era. When we tell family and friends we are having a 'Normal Rockwell" event, they know - no presents or gifts, and it is extreme budget. All we want to do is share time with family and friends without frills or froo-froo.