Here are a few tips to help you save food dollars with heart-healthful foods:

•  Compare the amount of lean meat, poultry and fish servings you get per pound instead of just cost per pound.
•  Buy lean cuts of beef and pork. Look for the words "round" or "loin" in the name for beef and "loin" or "leg" for pork.
•  USDA "select" beef contains the least fat. The second leanest grade is "choice."
•  Watch for sales on bulk family packs, and refreeze them in portions you will use.
•  Chicken and turkey often cost less than other meats, and they have less fat and fewer calories.
•  Fish is mainly low in saturated fat, the fat which tends to raise blood cholesterol.
•  Frozen fish often costs less than fresh fish.
•  Buy fish fillets, and bread and bake them yourself. Coatings on prepared fish sticks add to their fat content, their weight and their cost.
•  Use less expensive forms of tuna, such as flaked, in sandwiches and mixed dishes when appearance isn't important. Flaked tuna costs less than chunk.
•  Buy pink and chum canned salmon. Sockeye and king salmon are more expensive.
•  Extend meat flavor and cut costs by serving meat with vegetables, pasta or rice.
•  Bouillon cubes and powders cost less than canned bouillon or broth.