If you cook, you're already saving money. That $10 to $20 you'd fork over for an entree can fund several homemade meals for a single person or feed the whole family, depending on the size of everyone's appetite. Kudos to you for getting more greens for your green.
However, cooking can get expensive if you buy too many kitchen gadgets, make poor grocery choices or panic shop for each night's supper. Also, the recent price hike in everyday staples such as milk and cereal means that smart, thrifty food shopping is more important than ever.
The rest of the story is here [bankrate.com]