The Art of Substitution

What do you do when you want or need to make something but you go to your pantry only to find you’ve forgotten to buy an ingredient or someone has eaten it already? Or in my case, your 4 year old has taken the last three eggs and tried to make an omelet on his [...]

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Turkey Talk

Yes, I realize the holidays are over and most people don’t even want to think about turkey. But read this, then keep it in the back of your mind for next year.
When turkeys go on sale before and after Thanksgiving, why not buy a couple of extra beyond what you need for Turkey Day? They [...]

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Spaghetti Pie

CRUST:
12oz box spaghetti (33c)
1 egg (6c)
1/3 C grated parmesan cheese (50c)
FILLING:
1/2 lb lean ground beef (80c)
1/2 C chopped green pepper (15c)
1/4 C chopped onion (10c)
1 (26oz) jar spaghetti sauce (69c)
TOPPING:
1 C ricotta cheese ($1.50)
1 C shredded mozzarella ($1.20)
Total Cost: $5.43
Cost per serving (8 servings): 68c
Cook pasta to desired doneness as directed on pkg. Drain.Meanwhile, heat [...]

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The Art of Grocery Shopping

I generally take about a week to make my grocery list. Mind you, I only do a big shop 1-2x/month and it’s not like I work on the list every waking hour of those seven days. I work on it a little here, a little there.
Last Wednesday I started by looking through my Meal Book. [...]

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Reduced Produce

I know, it’s been a while. Sorry. The summer semester has started and crazy me signed on for 12 credit hours…the semester is only 7weeks long. Ouch!
Anywho, the subject du jour is reduced produce
How many people know if their grocery stores offer a reduced produce section? Our commissary doesn’t have a reduced produce [...]

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Staples in my pantry

As you can probably tell, my grocery list looks quite a bit different than a ‘normal’ grocery list would. I don’t use up my pantry/fridge/freezer food every shopping cycle and start all over with each shopping trip. That would break me. I keep a stocked pantry. It’s a little costly at first when you are [...]

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My grocery list

Just so to give you an idea.
I went to the commissary today, I spent $158. Not all of it was food, and some of it was for dh’s retirement party next month.
Commissary
16 oz Pillsbury frozen waffles $1.29
(2)32oz Ore Ida frozen fries $1.83/each
8oz brick Monterey Jack cheese $1.29 after coupon
80z brick Medium Cheddar cheese $1.29 after [...]

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