Interested in ways to stretch your food dollar? Join this group for some tips, recipes and discussion.
Angelfood Minstries
Thank you to "wineguy818" for the suggestion, I have been making great use of this program for 7 months now. I also work for the Welfare Department and I refer my clients to it all the time. After I get the food I look on Big Oven to figure out what to do with it all. It has really been a blessing !
Burger
Hi, i'm trying to find new and family friendly ways to use our over-abundance of hamburger. We recently purchased a 1/4 of a cow, and ended up with more hamburger than anything else. We'll find a different butcher next time, but in the meantime I could really use some suggestions on what to do with all of this.
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Angel Food Ministry
Crouton hint
I left the crouton hint before, but recently I had some leftover Pillsbury breadsticks. We seasoned them before baking with garlic powder and Italian seasonings, just to serve with dinner so they were a little bit seasoned. I cut them into rounds and toasted them. They made fantastic croutons! They were so tasty, I may even use them to make a batch of croutons. But if you happened to have only a few left over you could slice, toast it up and keep it in an airtight container for later use.
Homemade Chicken Broth/Stock
Cut up a Whole Chicken
Here's a great video on how to cut up a whole chicken into its various components to save a bunch of money. (For instance, at our local market, we can by a whole free-range fryer chicken for about $9.00, yet chicken breasts alone cost $7.00 and drumbsticks/thighs another $6.00.)
Cooking on a Budget
I have several cookbooks sold by school PTA's. They have great recipes from other parents that are both easy and cheap.
Another tip -- use up leftovers in your fridge!
Saving on the Food Budget
Well, as some of you know already, in December I purchased a bread machine. Since then, I have not bought store made bread of any kind, other than one package of bagels. Funny thing is, I now have dough rising to make my own bagels too. Keep your fingers crossed. With the ridiculous cost of a loaf of bread these days (along with everything else), and while I haven't calculated the cost of the machine, plus the cost of ingredients, I already know the machine has paid for itself, and I'm not wasting money on bread that goes into the trash (which is what happens when you live alone). The ingredients for the bread don't cost that much either if you break it down into recipe portions. Anne
[edited March-8-2008]
Tips for Cooking on a Budget
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