How to Feed Your Family Healthy Meals on a Tight Budget – Video Thought you might enjoy this video today on “Thrifty Thursday” How To Feed Your Family Healthy Meals on a Tight Budget on Howcast Step 1: Start with hot cereal Start the day with a hot cereal; they’re much cheaper than cold cereals. Oatmeal is a nutritional winner and very inexpensive if you buy a container of plain, old-fashioned oatmeal. Step 2: Stretch your milk Stretch your milk dollars by diluting a can of evaporated milk or some powdered milk with water to create whole milk. Step 3: Stock up on frozen veggies Stock up on frozen vegetables…
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Mom’s Easy Salsa Recipe
My 3 boys love mom’s salsa. This is actually a favorite of my oldest son, who is currently in Bible college, so I make a fresh batch every time he comes home. They tend to eat a LOT…which allows me to sneak in extra vegetable servings. Add a little of this salsa to some other meals you make to pep up the taste. I add leftover salsa to rice or Mexican recipes, etc.
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5 Minute Garlic Corn
5 Minute Garlic Corn This is a SUPER SIMPLE and SUPER FAST recipe that I threw together one day…and my family loved it so much that it is now the ONLY way that I make corn. Do use the frozen corn — as canned corn just will not do this recipe any justice, in my own opinion. I do substitute olive oil in place of the butter from time to time. If you want to use olive oil instead of butter, wait until you have turned off the heat and then add a little oil and mix. Extra virgin olive oil is recommended. Ingredients: 16 oz. of frozen corn (Set…
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The Real Truth About Kitchen Gadgets
The Real Truth About Kitchen Gadgets I love kitchen gadgets! The reality: you can find yourself loaded down with too many of these kitchen “thingys.” (“Thingy” is what you call the gadget when you really can’t remember its proper title or what you originally bought the thing for?!?) Have you ever bought a kitchen gadget that was a total flop? You probably felt a little cheated…and perhaps you tried to create some other use for the “thingy” so that you could compensate for some of the loss. Yep, I’ve been there too! Some people have drawers stuffed full of these gadgets…and when they really need a specific one, they rummage…
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Her Best Mexican Rice
Her Best Mexican Rice If you enjoy eating rice at Mexican restaurants, this can be a nice side dish to eat with your Mexican dinner at home. I actually made it the main course by adding cooked chicken into it toward the end. (Tip: It works out great to make this recipe after cooking a whole chicken and reserving the broth for this recipe.) My recipe came out quite spicy because I used my own homemade salsa which is spicy…but I’ve also had much spicier! I really think the outcome will depend on how hot your salsa is. So if you want mild, use mild salsa, but if you’re wanting…