the important part is cutting back on going out to eat and ready to eat foods. good thing I can cook!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Have you got any good cheap dirt recipes please?

nakedpianoplayer said:

Here is a site that I like to visit. It has many ideas on how to save money, by making monthly menus, recipes etc... Hope it helps

http://www.frugalmom.net/forums/

y'know sometimes "breakfast for dinner" is a cheap and easy meal. ive done it many times.

This sounds like a Gulag diet!

horatio said:

Cabbage is pretty cheap and can be versatile. One of my favorites is cumin fried cabbage. This is the time of the year I collect the fallen cabbages along the side of the highway each day as I travel back and forth to work. I cook them and freeze them. Roadkill cabbage is awesome!

I also make all of our bread. I do a bit of bulk cooking and freeze a lot. I make a lot of dry bulk mixes that can be used as needed-- stuff like waffle/pancake mix, soup mixes, thing like that. All I have to do is add the wet ingredients and cook and it's as convenient as instant, but much healthier and cheaper.

I make our laundry soap for very little money. It's much cheaper than even the cheapest store bought.

I plan to do a lot of canning this summer. Not only vegetables, but some soups and stews.

Frozen vegetables are pretty cheap and versatile.

Horsefeathers said:

a real life laura ingalls wilder

Nuh uh. I don't have any cool prairie dresses or bonnets.

Horsefeathers said:

get some!

I'm pretty sure I could make some.

Yes! I'm inspired! Prairie bonnets and dresses for me!
I wonder how motorcycle friendly that get-up is.

Horsefeathers said:

shouldn't be any different than riding a goat or a horse

Steadwood said:

Think I saw one at Leicester Square....
Think I saw Nessie too.....

horatio said:

Competitive goat riding. There's an event the Olympics committee should be considering. Especially if they can get them to go 65ish miles per hour!

nakedpianoplayer said:

1. keep plenty of pasta, rice, and grains around

2. learn how to make basic red and white sauces from scratch, they're easy and cost pennies to make.

3. make chicken and vegetable boullion your best friend. they hide a multitude of sins.

4. keep your freezer stocked with assorted bags of frozen veggies and frozen fish to be pulled out in a moment's notice. i always keep portioned bags of broccoli, cauliflower, chopped spinach, and haricort verts in my freezer. also when you buy fresh fish and veggies you portion them off and freeze whatver you don't need soon in a ziplock.

5. Introduce the family to herbal tea to drink instead of cold soda. To make 2 quarts just brew a couple of bags and sweeten it, stick it in the fridge before you go to bed.

6. Keep the pantry stocked with endless cans of tomatoes (whole and crushed), and also keep mushrooms and assorted cans of beans on hand. Beans are excellent for making a quick and hearty homemade soup, or after flipping them in a pan with a little olive oil and seasoning, sprinkled across a full size salad


Also be sure to heck out the "quick and easy" section of Yahoo! Food on a regular basis...they have a ton of excellent suggestions for affordable meals. I think you can have them deliver recipes daily or weekly to your email inbox.

obsessed said:

!!!

In Leicester Square?

Steadwood said:

Yup

He came right on outta Lock Ness and slithered all the
way to Leicester...long way, I know...

Anyway, people were runnin' and screamin' in all directions

But guess what the haggi was doin'???

PaisleyPark5083 said:

That sounds delicious!

horatio said:

toast leavins

there is a dish I could feed the whole family on it is cheap on the extreme cheap side

1 packet chicken noodle soup (low salt) - on that makes up 1 litre
1 tin creamed corn
1-2 eggs whisked

Cook up soup, mix creamed corn, bring to boil and dribble in the eggs while stirring the pot rapidly with a fork

feeds 4ish
for about $2

you can add some shredded chicken meat and add spring onions and a dash of worcestershire sauce

Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup
vegetarian chili, burritos and tacos
greens and cornbread
red beans and rice

look for recipes in ethnic cookbooks, every culture has some good cheap food

omg horatio I love and miss you so much

obsessed said:

Go on ... What was the haggis doing? ...

this thread is not serious.

Steadwood said:

Well as you can expect, the haggis was runnin' around in circles
lookin' for a hill to escape Nessie, but unfortunately, there
wasn't one....and well, you can probably guess the rest...

unlucky7 said:

Oh, was it supposed to be?

obsessed said:

Poor Haggis

Wait!.... Did it fall over and play dead? ... cos Nessie likes to play with it's food first

Steadwood said:

It fell over from exhaustion, I think...
Ya know, all that runnin' around in circles and all.

But I didn't see Nessie play much...he must have been hungry
from that long walk!

obsessed said:

You made this bit up didn't you?

horatio said:

Yes, but only if it's fresh.

You left out "road kill squirrel".....

I'd suggest start a garden, but you have to consider your water bill and where you live. Here in the desert, water gets expensive.
If there's any lakes or other bodies of water, you could take up fishing.