Feeding Your Family For Less

       Ways to Spend Far Less       Money

and still enjoy LIFE.

Wanna share.

Hello from The PRAIRIE.  

I'm wearing my ruby red slippers 
somewhere in the Kansas Flint Hills 
and thinking about ways to SAVE money.  

Glad you've stopped by,

d

 It may just be pennies that you save, but this all adds up.  
Just look at the WOOLWORTH FORTUNE.  
Mr. Woolworth made his fortune by counting nickles and dimes.
A little here and a little there adds up.

SHRED YOUR OWN CHEESE

Most shredded cheeses freeze well.  Store shredded cheese in self-sealing plastic bags.  Store-bought shredded cheese sometimes has preservatives and starches in them to help prevent clumping.  Doing the shredding yourself may take some time, but it's less expensive.  If you buy blocks of cheese and grate it yourself, you'll be saving.  Some places have lower priced end pieces that you can ask about to purchase.  There's a Cheese Factory not far from where I live which sells cheese that isn't as pretty due to this or that.  These curds and cheese sticks cook up and taste just as delicious as the prettier shaped ones.

MEATLOAF SANDWICHES

We are meatloaf LOVERS.  My Mom uses her left-over meatloaf to slice and make Meatloaf Sandwiches with added ketchup.  Taste delicious.  Cold meatloaf 'AINT' all bad.  I can't count the times Mom sent cold meatloaf sandwiches with us as we traveled the distance home.  Fond memory and satisfied stomachs plus a blessing to the pocket book. 

LEFT OVERS

Sprinkle crumbled left-over meatloaf into an omelet with some shredded cheese such as Monterey Jack or Cheddar.  Adds some zing to your omelet.

 

Pre-made sandwiches for the road such as cold-cuts or peanut butter are a money saving measure.  When we do take a road trip, picking up a McDonald's Coffee and a 'Bite To Eat' is a weakness that I call our ENTERTAINMENT.  Still it's an expense that can be shelved for another time if serious about saving every penny possible.  Already home-made coffee in a thermos helps. There's no shame in taking a thermos along or bring along your own bottled water to sip on.  Right?

SLICE YOUR OWN COLD CUTS

Packaged Bologna and other cold cuts are easy to locate at the Meat Counter in the Grocery Store, but can still save by slicing your own at HOME.  I remember finding a tube of bologna that we had to slice at HOME and it tasted so much better than the prepackaged.  I felt like I was being a VINTAGE WOMAN.  

SPEAKING OF SANDWICHES  Frying an egg and having an Egg Sandwich is quite tasty and very affordable.  There's HOME-MADE BREAKFAST SANDWICHES when you use an English Muffin and fill it with a poached egg or a fried one.  Some mayo if you like.

Also making miniature pizzas by using English Muffins is a snap.  Slice muffin open and spread a small amount of spaghetti sauce on both of the interior sides.  Sprinkle shredded cheese, pepperoni slices and spices to taste such as garlic salt.  Bake for 10 minutes in 350 degree oven.  Makes for a very special and quick after school snack or party dish.  Not a bad meal as well.  Much cheaper than a restaurant bought pizza.

BLESSINGS TO YOU and may you save some money for a rainy day,
d

Isaiah 45:8

Drip down, O heavens, from above,

And let the clouds pour down righteousness;

Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,

 And righteousness spring up with it.  

I the LORD, have created it.

Isaiah 45:8

Verse Concepts

"Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
- See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Rain#sthash.zVex86Mp.dpuf

Isaiah 45:8

Verse Concepts

"Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
- See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Rain#sthash.zVex86Mp.dpuf

Isaiah 45:8

Verse Concepts

"Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
- See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Rain#sthash.zVex86Mp.dpuf

Isaiah 45:8

Verse Concepts

"Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
- See more at: http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Rain#sthash.zVex86Mp.dpuf