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post #1 of 15
10/16/09 at 9:01am
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post #2 of 15
10/16/09 at 12:23pm
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Our first entry came from our Facebook Fan Page. Thanks, Stephanie!



Making your own bread. It's easy, cheaper and healthier than store bought bread with modified soybean oil. This is a great recipe and way for your family to get wholesome bread and save money. 5 Minute Artisan Bread - 325571 - Recipezaar

I never made it myself before because I thought it would be too much time. Now, it's a easy part... Read More of most days and my daughter loves to gobble up the warm bread from ingredients I always have on hand.

With the same ingrediants plus brown sugar, you can make you own pancakes without all the garbage in store bought mix that costs a lot of money.
post #3 of 15
10/16/09 at 3:55pm
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Another entry. Thanks, Kimberly!


I grill veggies from the garden on the grill or with my Foreman grill with a little oil, salt and pepper. adds great flavor to 'em! Much different than steamed and boiled (my husband doesn't like veggies that much but he enjoys the grilled ones).
post #4 of 15
10/16/09 at 3:56pm
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This is great advice. Thanks, Shome!


i buy the over ripened bananas when our grocery store sells them for $0.15 lb. then ill make several batches of breads & muffins to freeze. theyre great for breakfast, after school snacks, & sending to school for class parties. although this picture doesnt show them, if i want nuts in the bread, ill use a very small amount to cover the top of the loaf before baking. this uses lest of the costly nuts, but each slice or muffin has toasty flavor!
post #5 of 15
10/16/09 at 4:24pm
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Another one! Thank you, Dorita!


I will buy a bushel of sweet potatoes to use this timeof the year. They are such a bargain and while they just taste good they are a good source of fiber and vitamins. I make pies, muffins, cakes, cassero;es and instead of white baked potatoes we eat them instead as a baked potatoe with our steaks. They are just so good.
post #6 of 15
10/17/09 at 5:41am
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Here are a couple from Tina. Thank you!


I buy lots of bananas when they are on sale . We can eat them but not all of them before they ripen to quickly. I flash freeze them on a baking tray cut into chunks the toss them in a ziplock freezer bag for muffins, banana bread, pancakes and smoothies.


Another frugal tip is who can drink or use a whole carton of buttermilk at once. Not me, I love to have buttermilk on hand for biscuits and baking. I add 1 cup measures of buttermilk to seperate freezer sandwich bags. Then toss all of those in one large ziplock freezer bag. Date and add to the freezer. Now when i need buttermilk for a recipe i can just thaw it out a cup at a time. I usually can get buttermilk on clearance at the grocery store for 1.00 a half gallon and freeze them.
post #7 of 15
10/17/09 at 12:14pm
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This tip is from Tracey. Thanks!


This is frugal cooking at its finest My husband LOVES to bbq so we buy pork butt's (because it is the cheapest cut of meat ) and he experiments, then we freeze the meat and use it for sandwiches, pulled pork sandwiches or whatever.
post #8 of 15
10/18/09 at 5:40pm
Our biggest money saver by far is hunting and eating the game we get. There are a lot of folks who believe wild game is nasty, gamey or tough - not so!! Handled gently and cooked properly, it is very good!

A big money saver for us is that I make all of our own jerky. I made enough to full a gallon bag full, at least a few pounds. It cost me $3 for marinade, and about $5 of lump charcoal and hickory chips. This is my first time using our smoker, which my husband received in trade for cutting down someone's trees.

post #9 of 15
10/18/09 at 5:42pm
I also made a duck gumbo the other night with all ingredients I had in the house and garden. The only thing that wasn't in there earlier was the....ducks Wild duck can be a bit strong, but in a good gumbo, the flavors compliment each other!

post #10 of 15
10/18/09 at 5:42pm
Finally, canning is my Christmas saving grace. We did not purchase a single gift for anyone last year - they all just got a variety of canned goods that I thought they would like - things from sauerkraut to pickles, relish to strawberry jam, caramel pear butter to cinnamon rings.

My favorite is sauerkraut. From four heads of cabbage from the garden, I made 19 quarts of kraut. The recipe I use is merely water and canning salt. No more. The hardest part is shredding the cabbage - food processor time! Also shown is green tomato relish (tastes like regular, but uses the extra green tomatoes before the temps dropped) and fantastically yummy red raspberry jam - only using fresh raspberries I picked here at home, and sugar. The cost was minimal - I get all of my jars either at thrift stores or on craigslist, and I made all of the goods in the picture in one day - with a toddler helping!

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