I'm an el-cheapo. Actually, it's a combination of being cheap and *loathing* to throw away food.

- I keep the milk solids when I make clarified butter, and put them in scrambed eggs.
- If vegetables have seen better days, they just get recycled into soup, broth, quiche or omelette filling.
- I always load up on "last day sale" meat and freeze it if I can't cook it right away.
- If there's no cheap meat, it's chicken leg quarters (yet again).
- I scan every meat package for the smallest/cheapest one
- Any and all cooked meat drippings get recycled into broth, sauce or stir-fry base.
- I don't make low-carb treats very often because it's expensive. (Most of them just cause too much trouble, anyway! )
- I buy half-and-half instead of table cream because it's half the price.

...at least I have money in the bank!