The humble carrot!
A vegetable that is always a good buy at the grocery store. Even more frugal is groing them in your garden and storing them for the winter, weather in a cold room,by freezing or canning. Because of it’s sweetness it’s good for baking as well as it’s use as a vegetable. One of my favorite [...]
Here is one of my favorite OAMC sessions
When ground beef is on sale , I buy quite a bit and make up this all purpose mix. Out of this mixture I make meatballs, burgers and meatloaves. So handy to have in the freezer for quick meals. The recipe is from allrecipes.com: Mixture for Meatballs, Meatloaf or Burgers Submitted by: Peter Gerry [...]
What to do when the pizza craving strikes!
Even though I’ve been cooking for a long time, one thing I haven’t mastered is working with yeast! I always keep pita bread in the freezer for when the pizza craving strikes. The great thing about these pizzas, is that anything works ! If you don’t have pizza sauce, use spaghetti sauce or salsa. The [...]
Becoming a frugal cook took me many years to accomplish…
I was raised by a mom who hated to cook, most meals were sandwiches and TV dinners (remember the foil trays with the rubber chicken lol??). I’ve always had an interest in cooking, I started saving recipes in a shoe box as a child. So when I got married, I grabbed my shoe box of [...]