Thank you for the gravy rule. I try to learn something every day and write it in a notebook. I review these notes often and thankful we never get to old to learn.
If you don't have milk, most any liquid will work. That's another reason not to drain canned goods down the drain. A mild veg liquid such as corn, carrots or green beans will sub for the milk. Yes, it will taste different but you use what you have when you must. Adding whatever drained veg into a large freezer container is free veg broth. Of course, not sauerkraut which has a lot of vinegar so use it for cleaning the sink drain. Keep beet liquid in a separate container and use it for coloring baked goods or borsch soup. YMMV, but I only drain 1 can of green peas into a large recycled margarine (yes, bad margarine) of all the other veg liquids because they have a strong taste. More green peas go into their own container for the liquid in split pea soup. You'll likely not ever have to purchase veg broth again. Boiling bones for broth saves on every buying that again. Save the water you boiled polish style sausage in for cooking rice. That gives the rice a nice flavor and adds nutrients. Hubby loves running a slice of bread (homemade unless the store bought is cheaper) through the drippings from ground beef. Or make gravy from it. Or if you are making the whole 10 lb tube of cheap ground beef, let it drain from a colander into a bowl and set it in the fridge. The fat will harden on the top and the broth will fall to the bottom of the bowl. Freeze the broth. Also, freeze the fat. If you make tamales, the boiled fat back from a boiled pork roast can be run through the food processor for free lard that's needed in making the masa. Of course, use the water from cooking the pork as the broth that's needed. Tamales freeze well. It isn't as hard as it's made out to be. Day 1 - boil the pork or whatever meat. Day 2 - assemble the tamales. Don't need a special pot if you put a little steamer rack in the bottom of whatever large pot you have and fill water up to the rack and MAKE SURE to keep the water level or they'll burn. No, you don't have to make fancy bow ties, just fill up the husks and roll to close. And they certainly can be laid at any angle or flat to steam. Drain fruit liquids (fresh, frozen or canned) into juice or tea or use in baked goods. Heat it to thicken to use as ice cream topping. The liquid left after you've eaten a pot of pinto beans can be used in a dish that needs beans but you're out of them. Or heated to thicken to use as a dip or spread on tortillas. A dozen tortillas or Asian wraps can be made for the cost of one lonely tortilla or wrap from a store bought package. If you see a recipe that calls for baking powder, ignore it because you're making FLAT bread. All you need is flour and water but no salt. Add any sort of fat into the dough for tortillas and fry in a dry skillet. Same flour and water for Asian wraps but the fat is 4 drops of sesame oil into a skillet and add the 4 drops again after 4 wraps have cooked. No need to spread the drops out. Walmart price is $3.22 for 5 oz sesame oil but it lasts for years and you use very little at a time and that's the flavor you want. Make a stir fry from leftovers, especially cabbage (run the core through the food processor so no waste), season appropriately and roll into the wraps for a dirt cheap but yummy meal. The bottom line is it is crazy to throw out all those good ingredients only to buy them all over again. Don't discard any edible food without thinking what else can it be used for.
You are RIGHT! Yesterday I made a salad and realized I had no more dressing. I started to go to the store but instead looked up several recipes on RUclips and voila! I saved money. Thanks for all your money-saving videos.
I took a package of potato soup out of the freezer I made a few weeks ago. Gonna make a pan of cornbread to go with it that will be dinner. Quick and easy.
Good morning, it is 3:12 am. in Wyoming. And negative 45 outside. As i am watching this i am making biscuits and gravy for my husband. He got called out at 1 a.m., so hopefully, he'll be home soon. I can't go back to sleep when he gets called out. So, i watch your videos. LOVE your no-nonsense common sense. I always agree and I to cook rice on stove. Hahaha
Prayers for your husband in this crazy cold! My husband was on call 24/7 at a peaker power plant before he retired. Call out nights get long....but retirement is great. Hope you get to enjoy cold nights at home together pretty soon!
Oh my goodness, I can't imagine temperatures that cold! I just prayed that the Lord will keep your husband safe while he is out and that the work he's doing right now will end soon and he can get home safely. Diane
Good morning Granny good ot see you. I would love to see how you cook rice on the stove. I do use a mini rice cooker since Hubby will not eat rice or anything with rice in it. I love rice and eat it a couple days a week. At 70, we also had cinnamon toast. We would spread butter on the bread, sprinkle cinnamon sugar on it, and put it under the broiler. I don't remember ever having pancake syrup or eating pancakes when I grew up. We mostly had biscuits, gravy, Pinto beans, cornbread (NO SUGAR), and fried potatoes. We seldom had sausage gravy; it was mostly just gravy made with bacon grease, flour browned, and canned carnation mixed with water. I grew up poor in Eastern Kentucky but I didn't know we were poor everyone was pretty much the same. I went to a one-room school from elementary through 8th grade. Have a good week.
I agree with not adding sugar to cornbread. I prefer it without sugar. I am 78 and grew up with cinnamon toast made under the broiler. Yummy. Canned Carnation milk was a stable in our house. Diane in NC
I am 70. I learned how yo cook with what you have, when I was young. In school we learned menu planning am learned to look in the pantry, to see what you have before going to the store. But, ever since the stores don't send out weekly sales papers, it is more difficult to plan. I have some of them on my phone, but, I really hate having to look at the screen so long to try to figure out what is on sale. I enjoyed your video and yes, it is always better and usually cheaper to cook at home. TY for your videos.
Maybe there is an app that has all local flyers for your area. I just click on sale items that I’m interested in and that creates a list and I can delete any higher priced duplicates and decide what I want to buy, and where I want to buy it.
I quit the coupon game, too. Once in a while, I see one that I can/want to use. Just as you said, most are for products that I don't buy. Or, it isn't worth it to drive to store ABC to save 20 cents on product xyz. (Save premise with some sale priced items. Spend $3 in gas to save $2 on t-paper.) Good advice. I was born of depression era parents, in a family of 7. My mother made biscuits twice a day, unless she made fried cornbread for supper. We ate the leftovers, too. Scraps and leftovers (as applicable) became animal feed. Mama canned foods, too. She saved the grease from cooking home grown sausage and ham to season vegetables from the garden. The only exception was grease leftover from frying fish. If some of that wasn't sopped up with some corn pone, it also went to animal feed. During winter, dried beans and peas were often cooked. Seasoned with fatback or salt cured ham, they made inexpensive filling meals. There's so much more ..... just like you said. Thank you.
The only coupons I use I request directly from the companies. Look at what you buy and fire them an email and request coupons. I have a spreadsheet that I list websites and the last date of request. Some will mail you a coupon a month, some every 3 months, some have printable coupons on their website. My biggest problem now is that stores like Walmart are limiting the number of coupons per transaction or saying they won't go through and will not hand key them in, even if they were mailed from the manufacturer with a security strip.
I’m 75 years old and I remember my mom making baking powder biscuits that were so good. I honestly don’t think convenience foods taste nearly as good as homemade.
Thank you - people need to hear what you are saying! As a matter of fact, there are a few I would like to wrangle and tell them to sit down and watch and listen!! I appreciate you. Have a blessed day. Stay warm.
Grammy in the kitchen is my mama and she told me about your channel. Ive been cooking at home for years but kind of half box half from scratch. But I've been getting away from box foods the last few years. But since the new year I've avoided all box premade stuff and been doing all from scratch and its been amazing how easy it is to just make the stuff from scratch and it taste better and i know what's in it. And it doesn't really take much longer.
I love British Sausages and we have a Fish and Chip place that sells them frozen. They are $10 for 8 sausages. I usually get a pack at Christmas time. This year, I found a recipe for the same spiced sausages and made 5 pounds so I can enjoy it for the next few months. If I were to buy the ready made, it would have been over $50. Making it myself cost $14 for 5 pounds. All it took was a little time and effort. Now I have opened a whole new door of recipes I can make as well.
You just brought back so many memories with that cinnamon toast!! Tea and cinnamon toast was always an evening treat on a cold night. Many, many years ago. 😊
I think I told you before, sometimes I have good left that may.not be a full serving. So, about once it week or so, I have a Smorgasbord night! Nothing gets thrown out in this house. Good to see you. Cyber huge for you and, please, a big old hug for Mr. Gizmo💕🙏😸
I'm not so sure that it's a always a matter of not wanting to make things. For a lot of folks it probably is, but for others it's a matter of marketing. They don't even think to make their own seasonings, mixes, etc. Your practical, sensible ideas are so important. Keep on working!!!
Good morning 😊 I'm glad that you're putting out these videos. I have been using these methods myself to help prevent food waste and save money. Always learning something new.❤😊
Truly enjoyed this video. This is how my brothers and I grew up. Our Mom and Dad enjoyed cooking. Everything was homemade. They went to the grocery store once a week - normally on Fridays. We need to stop and think, like you said to what we do have in our home. Also, I like what you said about having to get ready to go to the store - waste gas on the car, etc. Thank you as always for your simplicity on life. Have a Blessed Day...stay warm. :)
Good morning you are so right about that. We lost a lot of things that we used to do ourselves. Covid has taught me a whole bunch on the more frugal and I make my own house seasoning which is a season that I can put on just about anything I actually buy my Spices in or at least the bigger container because for some reason I have been having a hard time finding things like human or powdered garlic or so now I buy the biggest jar I can get and then I put them in jars and seasoning. I put in a mason jar and I do use those, so the craft top fits on a mason jar so I have several of them that with my seasoning in it or whatever I like to put I like to mix my onion powder and garlic powder and I label it so for certain things I will put onion and garlic powder on Mason jars or maybe two or three cases because it was an estate sale and my friend thought of me since I preserve pair when parents come in season I’ll be making pear jam and jelly and all that but so she gifted me and I said what I owe you. She said nothing because he always give me some preserves, she said she paid about five or six dollars a lot of unique jars in it one with the grapes on it and the tall skinnier ones so the craft cheese fits on a lot of them and I use that a lot
Good morning granny, i agree with what your saying to save money. Iwasnt raised to buy all of these box, premade things. My parents were born in 1920&1925 , both deceased my grandmother on my moms side born in late 1800' s died when i was 7. I was brought up on a farm and they taught us to always be ready for when the stores shelves would be empty or to expensive to buy. Everything we ate was raised, grown, hunted, fished, or made ourselves. I loved that way of life so much my husband and i bought our own homestead 45+ years ago. I make everything from scratch i dont buy seasoning mixes, cream soups etc. You can make your biscuits lay them on cookie sheets freeze them and bag enough for each meal. I make 150-200 at a time when im doing my once a month non yeast breads, i do the same with cinnamon rolls with my homemade cinnamon sugar and homemade brown sugar, i make enough loaves of bread, dinner rolls, bagels, english muffins, and donuts just let dough rise the first time shape and freeze on cookie sheets then seal in bags and freeze until ready to use. You can also bake dinner rolls half done for brown n serve rolls. We raise gardens, herbs. Medicinals, fruits, berries, grapes, nut trees chickens, ducks, turkeys for meat and eggs i pressure can meats, vegetables, ferment, dehydrate, freeze, sugar and salt cure meats, make our own sausages breakfast. Summer, polish, hot dogs. I also make dairy products from butter, yogurt, ice cream buttermilksour cream, cream cheese, soft and hard cheesesI shop sales andbuy flour, wheat, sugar by the 50lb bags we save thousands of dollars each year by not buying premade junk with things you cant pronounce. Its always been hard for me to imagine why people buy a 10$ cup of coffee, or celery salt cookie dough cake mixes those little seasoning packets, lasagna, pizza in boxes chicken in a box. Its unimaginable to me. Great video glad i found you love to see likeminded people.
Please help me understand: when you make your biscuits, you make them up, but don't bake them. Right? Then when you're ready to bake them, do you bake them frozen or do you thaw them? Diane
I really only eat out about once a month, that may seem weird but it sure saves a lot of money and I know exactly what is going into my meals. I’m an old lady and when I was young, it was a special treat to go out, even just to get a hamburger. I always make my own salad dressing using plain yogurt, a little olive oil and aioli mustard and some ranch seasoning. Thank you for the good advice Granny!
Love this video. You are spot on. My husband and I have been doing alot more cooking at home for a long time due to rising grocery prices. We cook things that we can eat on throughout the week for lunches n leftovers. Making soups n stews are good ways to stretch food for multiple meals. Last week I'm like you, I make cornbread in cadt iron skillet the way my grandmother and aunt taught me, no sugar though. Also cook rice in pot, have never used a rice cooker. Last week, I wanted pinto beans but wanted to change them up. So I put a pound of ground fresh sausage in my pressure cooker and cooked it n chopped it up, then I added my beans, chopped onion, seasoned w what seasons I desired, put water in the pot and cooked it under pressure for 45 min. It was very good and we ate that off n on throughout the week til we finished it all. Nine was wasted. One day I fried some potatoes to eat w mine and baked a skillet of cornbread. Sending hugs from Kingsport Tn. Thank you for teaching and offering instruction. These young people need this instruction and sadly they don't get it these days.
I forgot to say something about cooking rice. When I was small and we had rice from commodities Mommy would cook it for breakfast and it was nothing like I eat it now. I like it just cooked and as a side or something poured over it. Mommy cooked it with sugar butter and poured in some carnation milk. I guess you would call it rice pudding now. I haven't had rice cooked like that for a long time. Sounds good.
Was great to see a notification for a new video from Granny, thanks so much for your common sense advice and wisdom, it's so refreshing in today's world
Good morning Granny. This is a very informational video. I have made dry mixes from Mary's Nest. Every one was good. The fiesta mix and bbq rub are very good.
I make all my mixes and save in used washed containers. I hope you share the recipe for the onion soup mix please? When not enough leftovers for a meal, I put the veggies in one bag and leftover meats/chicken in freezer bags and when enough make big pot of soup. I freeze several servings and then have for lunch/supper. Thank you for all the info you share.
I'm on a low-salt diet, making my own spice mixes helps control the amount of my salt intake. Usually, grocery store mixes have a large amount of salt in them.
So my grandmother born in 1900 she died in 85 she was a cook. She had a restaurant. My mother had a restaurant two of them of course Mexican restaurants but when you grow up with a mother that has a restaurant you learn to eat you learn to cook we didn’t really do too many convenient foods. Everything was homemade even if we wanted a burger they were homemade, so a lot of cooking a lot. They’re young men now and they still like to come for a Sunday dinner at my house. I may bring potluck side dishes and dessert then when we’re done whatever that needs to be cleaned up in the kitchen and clean the kitchen, trash out and get it all done for me so by the time they leave, my house is kind of back to normal, cooking me and my husband and my father-in-law and it don’t take us like a pound of meat to cook us some sides.. But everything I do cook it’s usually from in that kitchen. Nothing convenient now don’t get me wrong every once in a while like to get out and get on you know when I’m tired of cooking take me to somewhere but I cook a lot. I made some homemade street tacos yesterday and they were delicious .
Yeah, you’re right about the rice cooker. I have never purchased any crazy such thing, but my son gave me one because he had an extra one. I used it, and I LIKED it! I doubt I would spend money to buy a new one if something happened to the one I have, but I do enjoy the convenience of throwing everything in the rice cooker and not giving it a second thought until the rice is cooked. 🤷♀️
My family decided on chili beans for Christmas dinner this year. When I make chili I make enough to cantor freeze and only make chili once a year% I ended up with 4 qts I freezer and 6 qts canned!
Today I had some ground beef that needed cooking. Added carrots, onion, potatoes, etc. It made a delicious hamburger soup! I'll be eating that several days!
The greatest thing my granny taught me was how to make homemade noodles. It's nostalgic to make and I'm the only one who does it closest to her recipe.
If u have a little mayo left over and a little milk add salt pepper and any other spices u like sake it together and u have a dressing if you want it a little sweet add a small amount of sugar
What's interesting is that it is my mother who struggles with the concept of using what you've got. She is in her 70s. We had people coming over for a get-together recently. She wanted me to buy a bottle of soft drinks to serve. I decided to make homemade lemonade (bottled lemon juice, water, and sugar...recipe was right on the bottle of lemon juice) and homemade iced tea. Even though I told her what I was making, she still had to buy soft drinks to serve. Our guests LOVED my homemade drinks! She also struggles with waiting for something to go on sale before buying. She's always paying full price for something that could have waited. Such a waste of money!
Budget meal is 2 rolls of Festive ground turkey from Walmart and use stuffing mix. Add half cup ketchup, pepper, and vegetables like onion or green pepper on hand. Mix well. Bake in 9 by 13 in a log shape. Add ketchup to top last 15 min. 5 bucks makes meatloaf for 8 people
Food Lion (Va.Beach) has 100 tea bags food lion brand for $2.19.I am with you on that one granny!!!For years used Lipton.Last 5yrs.have saved mucho money by switching this one item.Make one pitcher every day😂❤
I love to use parmesan cheese containers once empty. Dinner leftovers become frozen lunches for hubby and the people he works with are so jealous of his yummy lunches. Nothing goes to waste.
I make all of those seasonings that you showed also and a few more. It is amazing how many recipe you can find online for making your own stuff like seasonings, mixes and salad dressings. I have a small glass jar that is my dressing making jar. I have even made up my own salad dressings and they taste just fine. My son likes hot seasonings so he has even made up his own. It does save money and the time to make is not long. A lot less time to make than to run to the store.
Good morning. I agree with everything you said. 71 yo great grandma here. My adult children buy the convenience foods. Uncrustables are a staple in at least one of their freezers. 🤯 I don’t get it. They were definitely not raised that way. Homemade chili and taco seasonings are always available in my spice drawer. And the grandkids ask for the Italian dressing recipe! The grandkids are heading back to making from scratch. My great grandchildren get homemade cookies and scratch cooking from their parents. Maybe it skips a generation! 🤷🏼♀️ Thank you!
I grew up eating cinnamon toast but never had syrup on it. Thank you for the 1-1-1 ration for gravy. While I agree biscuits, pancakes, etc. are basically flour, egg and milk, you do need to add a little salt, sugar and if you don't want a hockey puck biscuit - some baking powder.
My dad made the best cornbread. He used 1 to 1 ratio of self-rising corn meal and buttermilk. Depending on the consistency and humidity, he might have to adjust the meal and buttermilk. If you like tacos, taco seasoning is also easy to make. If you are making sausage gravy or a white gravy, evaporated milk is best to use and it saves on using up regular milk. We always made our own cinnamon sugar when I was growing up. Also, before spending money on fancy rubs and marinades for meat, check your spice rack first and see what you can put together.
❤❤❤ no coupons for me either as there are none worth my time. I watch for sales and discounts to keep our freezer and pantry full. I also substitute and make a lot of things as we are 30 minutes by car to the nearest store. We have a running list on the fridge so we know what we need, if its not on the list oh well. Good video!
My kids still talk about "glop" biscuits--I made my own Bisquick, mixed drop biscuit dough, then glopped big spoonsful on a pan. They weren't purty, but there weren't any leftovers.
The snacks like potato chips, pretzels at dollar trees including the kettle chips are really good same with other snacks. I agree people like to complain but don’t look for ways to improve themselves…time for me to get out my old recipe books too .. thanks for the video 🙂
I had 4 huge cabbages in the last 2 months. 2 made 3 Mel's each with kielbasa and stew potatoes The other two made that meal and I had a square near the core left and made cabbage soup with onion and minced garlic, mixed veg from DT, diced tom, carrot, celery, and veg bouillon italian and no salt seasoning. Made a big pot. Stretching food
We used to get a free paper every week but that stopped during the CV and never restarted, so no more free coupons. Most of the time the store brand was cheaper, even with the coupon anyway. I had to laugh at frozen PB&J! They make such a thing? 😄😆 I occasionally buy frozen veggies but don't even look at the rest of the cabinets. Have a blessed week.🙏💗
I also buy muffins and had good egg sales lately. And make egg and cheese sandwiches. You can also buy a pack of skewers and fix your own corn dog's. $1.25 at dollar tree. I have lots of ice trays, before fruit goes bad. Add to water in an ice tray and freeze. Add to water for fruit water.
Chips? Lol my current addiction... ridiculous.. right. I cook on the fly... Sometimes I use leftovers from one meal as an ingredient for another, for example, pork roast potatoes carrots, next day, pulled pork bbq, potatoe salad and carrots aside for veg soup,rest of pork, left over bbq for dinner next níght bbq bbq pizza next day, any leftover veggie in fridge and canned tomato sauce usually I might have spinach cabbage etc lettuce 1/2 bags frozen veggies and any left over pork , for home veggie soup , one meat 4 nights of meals 😊 This saves me lots of money at grocery store and I could do more if I used leftover pork as ingredient on cuban subs dressing type casserole etc I have endless possibilities possibilities 😊 .
I like going to the Chinese buffet to purchase my pre-cooked meat by the pound which is not much (if any) more expensive than buying the raw meat in the store. I get the pepper chicken and add it to my own vegetables and rice to make a stir fry. I love their catfish better than my own. I may go out to a sit down restaurant once or twice a year. I think the lunch buffet carry out is less than $5 a pound, which is a real blessing in the hot summers. Pick it up and make a stir fry to eat for the week on less than $9.
New subscriber here - I appreciate your no nonsense approach to making real, home made food. We are much more capable than our society leads us to believe.
-27 below with wind chill at Wisconsin this morning. I have my own well. I drink cold drinking water from a separate drinking faucet. I fill bottle from home and take it with me. I don't buy drinks out. I very rarely eat at a restaurant. I drink water only. I haven't bought chips in many years. Growing up my mother refused to buy Koolaid or soda Too much sugar. Thank you for your video. Blessings to you.
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I did this today: I bought a Wendy's single hamburger, large diet coke and small frosty. It cost me $8.84. Wasn't that stupid?! I justified buying this fast food because this was my first time back at Church in several weeks because I have been suffering from the side effects of chemo and I was very tired. As I feel better, I will be remembering this video. Diane
No, not at all. Last month, I had two odd errands and stopped by Taco Bell for a place to rest. Found out I could only use one of their mailer coupons at a time. The price was $14 the first visit for a Chalupa and $2.50 for an iced Pepsi. Forgot my mailer coupons. The second time, same order but used a coupon for a Chalupa. Add in the Pepsi, about $8. There was hardly any filling inside. My budget cannot support the price or quality of this food. Made me feel insulted. The only positive was the iced cold soda with the equipment under the machines, made perfectly. Found out a bag of 6 pita breads, very close to the Chalupa bread costs $4 at the grocery store. Fast foods I have now sworn off. Except an occasional milkshake, but even then, I can purchase a 1.5 gallon of ice cream in lieu of the costs of most milkshakes. These modern day prices are fast foods and often the grocery stores are ridiculously off balance and insane.
Hellow I try to use what I have my twin daughters 27 buy their own shopping I substitute ingredients look in my cupboard fridge freezer make meals from there
Morning to you, I really appreciate and understand what you are saying and it’s true, all it takes is a little time and effort and thought. Thank you 💞💞💞
Am 56 single lady can relate when we were growing up we didn't have mobile phone computers or trackers cooking was made from whole ingredients we would play outside
Agree about the time and money wasted on eating out. We do NOT eat out. We had scratch pizza for lunch that cost $3. Excuse me, how much is a restaurant pizza, then delivery and tip?!? A bowl of steamed rice at Panda Express is $4.50 when that much spent on a bag of dried rice will feed the whole neighborhood. No rice cooker in this kitchen. I made a dozen apple fritters last month for what it costs for 1 at the bakery and it took half the time of driving to the bakery and no gas. 10 (not a typo) deli sandwiches can be made at home with no knead dough and their garlic spread for what 1 costs at the window. There are countless fast food recipes online so if you need a fast food fix it can be made at home.
As far as coupons go. They still make sense. And yes what you call "name brands" are still cheaper with coupons when you use them when the prices are the lowest. You also have to consider quality. I use the same example. Cars are made by the same company, but somehow they are not the same and don't cost the same. No different with food and other products. Just because it is made where something else is made, it doesn't make it the same. Edit.
I would buy bread peanut butter jam make truck load of sandwiches I always freeze left overs spare fried rice about cup full lable in the freezer it goes
Thank you for the gravy rule. I try to learn something every day and write it in a notebook. I review these notes often and thankful we never get to old to learn.
The notebook is a great idea!! Thanks
If you don't have milk, most any liquid will work. That's another reason not to drain canned goods down the drain. A mild veg liquid such as corn, carrots or green beans will sub for the milk. Yes, it will taste different but you use what you have when you must.
Adding whatever drained veg into a large freezer container is free veg broth. Of course, not sauerkraut which has a lot of vinegar so use it for cleaning the sink drain. Keep beet liquid in a separate container and use it for coloring baked goods or borsch soup. YMMV, but I only drain 1 can of green peas into a large recycled margarine (yes, bad margarine) of all the other veg liquids because they have a strong taste. More green peas go into their own container for the liquid in split pea soup. You'll likely not ever have to purchase veg broth again.
Boiling bones for broth saves on every buying that again. Save the water you boiled polish style sausage in for cooking rice. That gives the rice a nice flavor and adds nutrients. Hubby loves running a slice of bread (homemade unless the store bought is cheaper) through the drippings from ground beef. Or make gravy from it. Or if you are making the whole 10 lb tube of cheap ground beef, let it drain from a colander into a bowl and set it in the fridge. The fat will harden on the top and the broth will fall to the bottom of the bowl. Freeze the broth. Also, freeze the fat.
If you make tamales, the boiled fat back from a boiled pork roast can be run through the food processor for free lard that's needed in making the masa. Of course, use the water from cooking the pork as the broth that's needed. Tamales freeze well. It isn't as hard as it's made out to be. Day 1 - boil the pork or whatever meat. Day 2 - assemble the tamales. Don't need a special pot if you put a little steamer rack in the bottom of whatever large pot you have and fill water up to the rack and MAKE SURE to keep the water level or they'll burn. No, you don't have to make fancy bow ties, just fill up the husks and roll to close. And they certainly can be laid at any angle or flat to steam.
Drain fruit liquids (fresh, frozen or canned) into juice or tea or use in baked goods. Heat it to thicken to use as ice cream topping.
The liquid left after you've eaten a pot of pinto beans can be used in a dish that needs beans but you're out of them. Or heated to thicken to use as a dip or spread on tortillas.
A dozen tortillas or Asian wraps can be made for the cost of one lonely tortilla or wrap from a store bought package. If you see a recipe that calls for baking powder, ignore it because you're making FLAT bread. All you need is flour and water but no salt. Add any sort of fat into the dough for tortillas and fry in a dry skillet. Same flour and water for Asian wraps but the fat is 4 drops of sesame oil into a skillet and add the 4 drops again after 4 wraps have cooked. No need to spread the drops out. Walmart price is $3.22 for 5 oz sesame oil but it lasts for years and you use very little at a time and that's the flavor you want. Make a stir fry from leftovers, especially cabbage (run the core through the food processor so no waste), season appropriately and roll into the wraps for a dirt cheap but yummy meal.
The bottom line is it is crazy to throw out all those good ingredients only to buy them all over again. Don't discard any edible food without thinking what else can it be used for.
You are RIGHT! Yesterday I made a salad and realized I had no more dressing. I started to go to the store but instead looked up several recipes on RUclips and voila! I saved money. Thanks for all your money-saving videos.
Love this video. I like the reminder that we can do everything at home. I like homemade biscuits. They’re the best.
I took a package of potato soup out of the freezer I made a few weeks ago. Gonna make a pan of cornbread to go with it that will be dinner. Quick and easy.
Good morning, it is 3:12 am. in Wyoming. And negative 45 outside. As i am watching this i am making biscuits and gravy for my husband. He got called out at 1 a.m., so hopefully, he'll be home soon. I can't go back to sleep when he gets called out. So, i watch your videos. LOVE your no-nonsense common sense. I always agree and I to cook rice on stove. Hahaha
Prayers for your husband in this crazy cold! My husband was on call 24/7 at a peaker power plant before he retired. Call out nights get long....but retirement is great. Hope you get to enjoy cold nights at home together pretty soon!
@@judyopp7485 Thank you! And four more years before retirement. But who's counting.
Oh my goodness, I can't imagine temperatures that cold! I just prayed that the Lord will keep your husband safe while he is out and that the work he's doing right now will end soon and he can get home safely. Diane
Thank you for the prayers. Bill made it home safe and sound. Glory be to God!
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Good morning Granny good ot see you. I would love to see how you cook rice on the stove. I do use a mini rice cooker since Hubby will not eat rice or anything with rice in it. I love rice and eat it a couple days a week.
At 70, we also had cinnamon toast. We would spread butter on the bread, sprinkle cinnamon sugar on it, and put it under the broiler. I don't remember ever having pancake syrup or eating pancakes when I grew up. We mostly had biscuits, gravy, Pinto beans, cornbread (NO SUGAR), and fried potatoes. We seldom had sausage gravy; it was mostly just gravy made with bacon grease, flour browned, and canned carnation mixed with water. I grew up poor in Eastern Kentucky but I didn't know we were poor everyone was pretty much the same. I went to a one-room school from elementary through 8th grade. Have a good week.
I agree with not adding sugar to cornbread. I prefer it without sugar. I am 78 and grew up with cinnamon toast made under the broiler. Yummy. Canned Carnation milk was a stable in our house. Diane in NC
That Parmesan lid will fit on a standard mason jar!
Most, Mayo and Miracle Whip lids fit a standard canning jar also.
If you’re just storing cinnamon sugar, you can reuse an old lid and ring. I just don’t can with old lids.
That’s good to know
I am 70. I learned how yo cook with what you have, when I was young. In school we learned menu planning am learned to look in the pantry, to see what you have before going to the store.
But, ever since the stores don't send out weekly sales papers, it is more difficult to plan. I have some of them on my phone, but, I really hate having to look at the screen so long to try to figure out what is on sale.
I enjoyed your video and yes, it is always better and usually cheaper to cook at home.
TY for your videos.
Maybe there is an app that has all local flyers for your area. I just click on sale items that I’m interested in and that creates a list and I can delete any higher priced duplicates and decide what I want to buy, and where I want to buy it.
I quit the coupon game, too. Once in a while, I see one that I can/want to use. Just as you said, most are for products that I don't buy. Or, it isn't worth it to drive to store ABC to save 20 cents on product xyz. (Save premise with some sale priced items. Spend $3 in gas to save $2 on t-paper.)
Good advice. I was born of depression era parents, in a family of 7. My mother made biscuits twice a day, unless she made fried cornbread for supper. We ate the leftovers, too. Scraps and leftovers (as applicable) became animal feed. Mama canned foods, too. She saved the grease from cooking home grown sausage and ham to season vegetables from the garden. The only exception was grease leftover from frying fish. If some of that wasn't sopped up with some corn pone, it also went to animal feed. During winter, dried beans and peas were often cooked. Seasoned with fatback or salt cured ham, they made inexpensive filling meals.
There's so much more ..... just like you said.
Thank you.
The only coupons I use I request directly from the companies. Look at what you buy and fire them an email and request coupons. I have a spreadsheet that I list websites and the last date of request. Some will mail you a coupon a month, some every 3 months, some have printable coupons on their website. My biggest problem now is that stores like Walmart are limiting the number of coupons per transaction or saying they won't go through and will not hand key them in, even if they were mailed from the manufacturer with a security strip.
I get coupons in mail from Kroger each month. The coupons are based on my previous purchases.
@@lynnhager7763 i miss Kroger.
I’m 75 years old and I remember my mom making baking powder biscuits that were so good. I honestly don’t think convenience foods taste nearly as good as homemade.
Thank you - people need to hear what you are saying! As a matter of fact, there are a few I would like to wrangle and tell them to sit down and watch and listen!! I appreciate you. Have a blessed day. Stay warm.
Thank you for reminding us on ways we can save money. ❤😂
Grammy in the kitchen is my mama and she told me about your channel. Ive been cooking at home for years but kind of half box half from scratch. But I've been getting away from box foods the last few years. But since the new year I've avoided all box premade stuff and been doing all from scratch and its been amazing how easy it is to just make the stuff from scratch and it taste better and i know what's in it. And it doesn't really take much longer.
Welcome!!! I am so glad I found Grammy in the Kitchen!!! So many good recipes and very informative channel
Thank you so much for this wisdom, it's more needed these days than ever
I love British Sausages and we have a Fish and Chip place that sells them frozen. They are $10 for 8 sausages. I usually get a pack at Christmas time. This year, I found a recipe for the same spiced sausages and made 5 pounds so I can enjoy it for the next few months. If I were to buy the ready made, it would have been over $50. Making it myself cost $14 for 5 pounds. All it took was a little time and effort. Now I have opened a whole new door of recipes I can make as well.
You just brought back so many memories with that cinnamon toast!! Tea and cinnamon toast was always an evening treat on a cold night. Many, many years ago. 😊
My new granny teaching me things my granny couldn't.
I think I told you before, sometimes I have good left that may.not be a full serving. So, about once it week or so, I have a Smorgasbord night! Nothing gets thrown out in this house. Good to see you. Cyber huge for you and, please, a big old hug for Mr. Gizmo💕🙏😸
We used to do that every Saturday night in the 1940’s when I was a kid! You never knew what leftovers would show up for supper .
I'm not so sure that it's a always a matter of not wanting to make things. For a lot of folks it probably is, but for others it's a matter of marketing. They don't even think to make their own seasonings, mixes, etc. Your practical, sensible ideas are so important. Keep on working!!!
I love your money saving ideas. It's always great seeing you again. I love you Granny 💜💐🦋☺️
Good morning 😊 I'm glad that you're putting out these videos. I have been using these methods myself to help prevent food waste and save money. Always learning something new.❤😊
Truly enjoyed this video. This is how my brothers and I grew up. Our Mom and Dad enjoyed cooking. Everything was homemade. They went to the grocery store once a week - normally on Fridays. We need to stop and think, like you said to what we do have in our home. Also, I like what you said about having to get ready to go to the store - waste gas on the car, etc. Thank you as always for your simplicity on life. Have a Blessed Day...stay warm. :)
Good morning you are so right about that. We lost a lot of things that we used to do ourselves. Covid has taught me a whole bunch on the more frugal and I make my own house seasoning which is a season that I can put on just about anything I actually buy my Spices in or at least the bigger container because for some reason I have been having a hard time finding things like human or powdered garlic or so now I buy the biggest jar I can get and then I put them in jars and seasoning. I put in a mason jar and I do use those, so the craft top fits on a mason jar so I have several of them that with my seasoning in it or whatever I like to put I like to mix my onion powder and garlic powder and I label it so for certain things I will put onion and garlic powder on Mason jars or maybe two or three cases because it was an estate sale and my friend thought of me since I preserve pair when parents come in season I’ll be making pear jam and jelly and all that but so she gifted me and I said what I owe you. She said nothing because he always give me some preserves, she said she paid about five or six dollars a lot of unique jars in it one with the grapes on it and the tall skinnier ones so the craft cheese fits on a lot of them and I use that a lot
Good morning granny, i agree with what your saying to save money. Iwasnt raised to buy all of these box, premade things. My parents were born in 1920&1925 , both deceased my grandmother on my moms side born in late 1800' s died when i was 7. I was brought up on a farm and they taught us to always be ready for when the stores shelves would be empty or to expensive to buy. Everything we ate was raised, grown, hunted, fished, or made ourselves. I loved that way of life so much my husband and i bought our own homestead 45+ years ago. I make everything from scratch i dont buy seasoning mixes, cream soups etc. You can make your biscuits lay them on cookie sheets freeze them and bag enough for each meal. I make 150-200 at a time when im doing my once a month non yeast breads, i do the same with cinnamon rolls with my homemade cinnamon sugar and homemade brown sugar, i make enough loaves of bread, dinner rolls, bagels, english muffins, and donuts just let dough rise the first time shape and freeze on cookie sheets then seal in bags and freeze until ready to use. You can also bake dinner rolls half done for brown n serve rolls. We raise gardens, herbs. Medicinals, fruits, berries, grapes, nut trees chickens, ducks, turkeys for meat and eggs i pressure can meats, vegetables, ferment, dehydrate, freeze, sugar and salt cure meats, make our own sausages breakfast. Summer, polish, hot dogs. I also make dairy products from butter, yogurt, ice cream buttermilksour cream, cream cheese, soft and hard cheesesI shop sales andbuy flour, wheat, sugar by the 50lb bags we save thousands of dollars each year by not buying premade junk with things you cant pronounce. Its always been hard for me to imagine why people buy a 10$ cup of coffee, or celery salt cookie dough cake mixes those little seasoning packets, lasagna, pizza in boxes chicken in a box. Its unimaginable to me. Great video glad i found you love to see likeminded people.
@@joycewilson6359 You ever thought about having your own RUclips channel? You've got a lot to share.
Please help me understand: when you make your biscuits, you make them up, but don't bake them. Right? Then when you're ready to bake them, do you bake them frozen or do you thaw them? Diane
I really only eat out about once a month, that may seem weird but it sure saves a lot of money and I know exactly what is going into my meals. I’m an old lady and when I was young, it was a special treat to go out, even just to get a hamburger.
I always make my own salad dressing using plain yogurt, a little olive oil and aioli mustard and some ranch seasoning. Thank you for the good advice Granny!
Love this video. You are spot on. My husband and I have been doing alot more cooking at home for a long time due to rising grocery prices. We cook things that we can eat on throughout the week for lunches n leftovers. Making soups n stews are good ways to stretch food for multiple meals. Last week I'm like you, I make cornbread in cadt iron skillet the way my grandmother and aunt taught me, no sugar though. Also cook rice in pot, have never used a rice cooker. Last week, I wanted pinto beans but wanted to change them up. So I put a pound of ground fresh sausage in my pressure cooker and cooked it n chopped it up, then I added my beans, chopped onion, seasoned w what seasons I desired, put water in the pot and cooked it under pressure for 45 min. It was very good and we ate that off n on throughout the week til we finished it all. Nine was wasted. One day I fried some potatoes to eat w mine and baked a skillet of cornbread. Sending hugs from Kingsport Tn. Thank you for teaching and offering instruction. These young people need this instruction and sadly they don't get it these days.
Granny, I thought about you last night...
Making gravy...2 TBS. bacon grease, 2 TBS. flour, 2 cups milk...salt & pepper. Yummy
I forgot to say something about cooking rice. When I was small and we had rice from commodities Mommy would cook it for breakfast and it was nothing like I eat it now. I like it just cooked and as a side or something poured over it. Mommy cooked it with sugar butter and poured in some carnation milk. I guess you would call it rice pudding now. I haven't had rice cooked like that for a long time. Sounds good.
We had it for breakfast, too, with sugar and milk
Was great to see a notification for a new video from Granny, thanks so much for your common sense advice and wisdom, it's so refreshing in today's world
Good morning Granny. This is a very informational video. I have made dry mixes from Mary's Nest. Every one was good. The fiesta mix and bbq rub are very good.
I make all my mixes and save in used washed containers. I hope you share the recipe for the onion soup mix please? When not enough leftovers for a meal, I put the veggies in one bag and leftover meats/chicken in freezer bags and when enough make big pot of soup. I freeze several servings and then have for lunch/supper. Thank you for all the info you share.
I agree with everything you said, ppeople need to learn some old ways
I'm on a low-salt diet, making my own spice mixes helps control the amount of my salt intake. Usually, grocery store mixes have a large amount of salt in them.
So my grandmother born in 1900 she died in 85 she was a cook. She had a restaurant. My mother had a restaurant two of them of course Mexican restaurants but when you grow up with a mother that has a restaurant you learn to eat you learn to cook we didn’t really do too many convenient foods. Everything was homemade even if we wanted a burger they were homemade, so a lot of cooking a lot. They’re young men now and they still like to come for a Sunday dinner at my house. I may bring potluck side dishes and dessert then when we’re done whatever that needs to be cleaned up in the kitchen and clean the kitchen, trash out and get it all done for me so by the time they leave, my house is kind of back to normal, cooking me and my husband and my father-in-law and it don’t take us like a pound of meat to cook us some sides..
But everything I do cook it’s usually from in that kitchen. Nothing convenient now don’t get me wrong every once in a while like to get out and get on you know when I’m tired of cooking take me to somewhere but I cook a lot. I made some homemade street tacos yesterday and they were delicious .
True granny it's all about convenience these days 🌹
Convenience, to the detriment of our health. Also, homemade tastes *so* much better!
@@skokian1able absolutely
Good Morning ....and we would drink out of the water hose lol How do you make the Onion Soup mix? tfs
Hi there, Granny made a video a month ago on how to make a dry onion soup mix that you can still watch.
@@Angelbee-u3p thanks so much I will check it out. Have a great Sunday
Yeah, you’re right about the rice cooker. I have never purchased any crazy such thing, but my son gave me one because he had an extra one. I used it, and I LIKED it! I doubt I would spend money to buy a new one if something happened to the one I have, but I do enjoy the convenience of throwing everything in the rice cooker and not giving it a second thought until the rice is cooked. 🤷♀️
My family decided on chili beans for Christmas dinner this year. When I make chili I make enough to cantor freeze and only make chili once a year% I ended up with 4 qts I freezer and 6 qts canned!
Thanks Granny .
Today I had some ground beef that needed cooking. Added carrots, onion, potatoes, etc. It made a delicious hamburger soup! I'll be eating that several days!
I made your onion soup mix. Turned out great.
The greatest thing my granny taught me was how to make homemade noodles. It's nostalgic to make and I'm the only one who does it closest to her recipe.
Great ideas granny 😊 have a good day.
If u have a little mayo left over and a little milk add salt pepper and any other spices u like sake it together and u have a dressing if you want it a little sweet add a small amount of sugar
What's interesting is that it is my mother who struggles with the concept of using what you've got. She is in her 70s. We had people coming over for a get-together recently. She wanted me to buy a bottle of soft drinks to serve. I decided to make homemade lemonade (bottled lemon juice, water, and sugar...recipe was right on the bottle of lemon juice) and homemade iced tea. Even though I told her what I was making, she still had to buy soft drinks to serve. Our guests LOVED my homemade drinks! She also struggles with waiting for something to go on sale before buying. She's always paying full price for something that could have waited. Such a waste of money!
🤔 very good information and that kick in the pants maybe what we all need!
Budget meal is 2 rolls of Festive ground turkey from Walmart and use stuffing mix. Add half cup ketchup, pepper, and vegetables like onion or green pepper on hand. Mix well. Bake in 9 by 13 in a log shape. Add ketchup to top last 15 min. 5 bucks makes meatloaf for 8 people
This is a GREAT video! So much truth! This philosophy can help us all tremendously!
Food Lion (Va.Beach) has 100 tea bags food lion brand for $2.19.I am with you on that one granny!!!For years used Lipton.Last 5yrs.have saved mucho money by switching this one item.Make one pitcher every day😂❤
I love to use parmesan cheese containers once empty. Dinner leftovers become frozen lunches for hubby and the people he works with are so jealous of his yummy lunches. Nothing goes to waste.
😂 I’ll put the leftover chili in the freezer! Perfect timing for this reminder.
I make all of those seasonings that you showed also and a few more. It is amazing how many recipe you can find online for making your own stuff like seasonings, mixes and salad dressings. I have a small glass jar that is my dressing making jar. I have even made up my own salad dressings and they taste just fine. My son likes hot seasonings so he has even made up his own. It does save money and the time to make is not long. A lot less time to make than to run to the store.
Good morning. I agree with everything you said. 71 yo great grandma here. My adult children buy the convenience foods. Uncrustables are a staple in at least one of their freezers. 🤯 I don’t get it. They were definitely not raised that way. Homemade chili and taco seasonings are always available in my spice drawer. And the grandkids ask for the Italian dressing recipe! The grandkids are heading back to making from scratch. My great grandchildren get homemade cookies and scratch cooking from their parents. Maybe it skips a generation! 🤷🏼♀️ Thank you!
I agree with you. Use what you have. Loving your channel 💕
Cinnamon toast! 😋 I used to toast it in the oven with the butter and cinnamon until bubbly.
I’m using up the boxed stuff from my pantry but won’t be buying more. It’s so easy to make cornbread, cakes, pancakes etc. Good tips, Granny!
I grew up eating cinnamon toast but never had syrup on it. Thank you for the 1-1-1 ration for gravy. While I agree biscuits, pancakes, etc. are basically flour, egg and milk, you do need to add a little salt, sugar and if you don't want a hockey puck biscuit - some baking powder.
My dad made the best cornbread. He used 1 to 1 ratio of self-rising corn meal and buttermilk. Depending on the consistency and humidity, he might have to adjust the meal and buttermilk. If you like tacos, taco seasoning is also easy to make. If you are making sausage gravy or a white gravy, evaporated milk is best to use and it saves on using up regular milk. We always made our own cinnamon sugar when I was growing up. Also, before spending money on fancy rubs and marinades for meat, check your spice rack first and see what you can put together.
Great advice! Thanks Granny! God bless you! 😀🙏♥️❄️
❤❤❤ no coupons for me either as there are none worth my time. I watch for sales and discounts to keep our freezer and pantry full. I also substitute and make a lot of things as we are 30 minutes by car to the nearest store. We have a running list on the fridge so we know what we need, if its not on the list oh well. Good video!
My kids still talk about "glop" biscuits--I made my own Bisquick, mixed drop biscuit dough, then glopped big spoonsful on a pan. They weren't purty, but there weren't any leftovers.
The snacks like potato chips, pretzels at dollar trees including the kettle chips are really good same with other snacks. I agree people like to complain but don’t look for ways to improve themselves…time for me to get out my old recipe books too .. thanks for the video 🙂
I had 4 huge cabbages in the last 2 months. 2 made 3 Mel's each with kielbasa and stew potatoes The other two made that meal and I had a square near the core left and made cabbage soup with onion and minced garlic, mixed veg from DT, diced tom, carrot, celery, and veg bouillon italian and no salt seasoning. Made a big pot. Stretching food
You are saying exactly what I've been saying. Great video !
Great advise as always 😊
Exactly 💯
I haven’t eaten out for years because every time I do my stomach isn’t right for days.
Granny ❤
We used to get a free paper every week but that stopped during the CV and never restarted, so no more free coupons. Most of the time the store brand was cheaper, even with the coupon anyway. I had to laugh at frozen PB&J! They make such a thing? 😄😆 I occasionally buy frozen veggies but don't even look at the rest of the cabinets.
Have a blessed week.🙏💗
I also buy muffins and had good egg sales lately. And make egg and cheese sandwiches. You can also buy a pack of skewers and fix your own corn dog's. $1.25 at dollar tree. I have lots of ice trays, before fruit goes bad. Add to water in an ice tray and freeze. Add to water for fruit water.
Granny, if you don’t like storing your cinnamon/sugar in plastic, that green shaker top fits on a mason jar.
You are so right I follow all you say to and make 99% of my own mixes it’s cheaper and less crap in it
😊❤ Thanks Granny
Chips? Lol my current addiction... ridiculous.. right. I cook on the fly... Sometimes I use leftovers from one meal as an ingredient for another, for example, pork roast potatoes carrots, next day, pulled pork bbq, potatoe salad and carrots aside for veg soup,rest of pork, left over bbq for dinner next níght bbq bbq pizza next day, any leftover veggie in fridge and canned tomato sauce usually I might have spinach cabbage etc lettuce 1/2 bags frozen veggies and any left over pork , for home veggie soup , one meat 4 nights of meals 😊 This saves me lots of money at grocery store and I could do more if I used leftover pork as ingredient on cuban subs dressing type casserole etc I have endless possibilities possibilities 😊
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I hope you are feeling better.
I like going to the Chinese buffet to purchase my pre-cooked meat by the pound which is not much (if any) more expensive than buying the raw meat in the store. I get the pepper chicken and add it to my own vegetables and rice to make a stir fry. I love their catfish better than my own. I may go out to a sit down restaurant once or twice a year. I think the lunch buffet carry out is less than $5 a pound, which is a real blessing in the hot summers. Pick it up and make a stir fry to eat for the week on less than $9.
Thank you for sharing
I have rice cooker with a steamer basket rice or potatoes on bottom vegies on top easy
I agree the uncrustables frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are incredibly expensive make them at home
I also like to mix my own to reduce the salt. So many packets have to much salt.
So those other recipes for pancakes,baskets etc, do you use self rising or all purpose flour for those?
I even keep meat vegie scraps freeze them then boil them all up for yummy broth add noodles to that stock yummy
Granny good job ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊 Gizmo ❤❤❤
That green lid will fit on a glass Ball mason jar. Peanut jar lids also fit glass mason jars.
And mayo jars too 😊
New subscriber here - I appreciate your no nonsense approach to making real, home made food. We are much more capable than our society leads us to believe.
-27 below with wind chill at Wisconsin this morning. I have my own well. I drink cold drinking water from a separate drinking faucet. I fill bottle from home and take it with me. I don't buy drinks out. I very rarely eat at a restaurant. I drink water only. I haven't bought chips in many years. Growing up my mother refused to buy Koolaid or soda Too much sugar. Thank you for your video. Blessings to you.
Left over chili or any soup can be frozen in the plastic peanut butter jars ( leftover ) .. save them they are great preserves
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I did this today: I bought a Wendy's single hamburger, large diet coke and small frosty. It cost me $8.84. Wasn't that stupid?! I justified buying this fast food because this was my first time back at Church in several weeks because I have been suffering from the side effects of chemo and I was very tired. As I feel better, I will be remembering this video. Diane
No, not at all. Last month, I had two odd errands and stopped by Taco Bell for a place to rest. Found out I could only use one of their mailer coupons at a time. The price was $14 the first visit for a Chalupa and $2.50 for an iced Pepsi. Forgot my mailer coupons. The second time, same order but used a coupon for a Chalupa. Add in the Pepsi, about $8. There was hardly any filling inside. My budget cannot support the price or quality of this food. Made me feel insulted. The only positive was the iced cold soda with the equipment under the machines, made perfectly. Found out a bag of 6 pita breads, very close to the Chalupa bread costs $4 at the grocery store. Fast foods I have now sworn off. Except an occasional milkshake, but even then, I can purchase a 1.5 gallon of ice cream in lieu of the costs of most milkshakes. These modern day prices are fast foods and often the grocery stores are ridiculously off balance and insane.
Sometimes, we just need a pick me up. If it made you feel better, it was worth it. Hope you are feeling better
Hellow I try to use what I have my twin daughters 27 buy their own shopping I substitute ingredients look in my cupboard fridge freezer make meals from there
Morning to you, I really appreciate and understand what you are saying and it’s true, all it takes is a little time and effort and thought. Thank you 💞💞💞
Am 56 single lady can relate when we were growing up we didn't have mobile phone computers or trackers cooking was made from whole ingredients we would play outside
I keep my cinnamon /sugar in the same container as you! I make my own chili, taco and pizza seasoning! I am 72
Agree about the time and money wasted on eating out. We do NOT eat out. We had scratch pizza for lunch that cost $3. Excuse me, how much is a restaurant pizza, then delivery and tip?!? A bowl of steamed rice at Panda Express is $4.50 when that much spent on a bag of dried rice will feed the whole neighborhood. No rice cooker in this kitchen. I made a dozen apple fritters last month for what it costs for 1 at the bakery and it took half the time of driving to the bakery and no gas. 10 (not a typo) deli sandwiches can be made at home with no knead dough and their garlic spread for what 1 costs at the window. There are countless fast food recipes online so if you need a fast food fix it can be made at home.
Peppercorns last for decades in Mason jars 😊
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Cinnamon toast was to go to dessert when there wasn't one!
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As far as coupons go. They still make sense. And yes what you call "name brands" are still cheaper with coupons when you use them when the prices are the lowest. You also have to consider quality. I use the same example. Cars are made by the same company, but somehow they are not the same and don't cost the same. No different with food and other products. Just because it is made where something else is made, it doesn't make it the same. Edit.
Convenient food cost more then the cost of the ingredients. Plus with all the additives can and will cost you your health.
I would buy bread peanut butter jam make truck load of sandwiches I always freeze left overs spare fried rice about cup full lable in the freezer it goes