My family has been pinching pennies trying to adjust to the tightening economy. Getting creative with meals seems to be on of the best ways for us to make these cuts. Feeding hungry boys can get expensive, but there are ways to make the meals stretch and still leave everyone satisfied.
Angel Food Ministries has been one of the paths we have taken to stretch the grocery budget. Our total purchases in May came out to be just over $300 – but that broke down to less than $5 per entrée. I want to share some of the recipes that have come out of the Angel Food treasures and also other recipes that my family claims as winners.
For a recipe to make it to my list, it will have to be cheap, easy and tasty. Do you have any recipes that would fit this description? Send me an email and I’ll include it in the site with a link to your website. Also, please come back and comment about any of the recipes that you try.
Beef Pot Pie
This recipe started from one I found on the internet. I confess that I rarely follow a recipe, so you are getting my version.
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Left over roast – 1 cup
Left over potatoes – cubed and cooked, 1 cup
Left over carrots – cooked, 1 cup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can beef broth
Pie crust
Put all of the ingredients in a bowl. Add on can of cream of mushroom soup and 1 can of beef broth. Mix all together thoroughly. Cover a casserole dish with spray oil and pour in the mixed ingredients. Place the pie crust on top to seal the pie. Be sure to poke a few holes in the pie crust. (I used two deep dish pie crusts – one as the container and one for the top).
Cook in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Let cool before serving.
This dish made from left overs only cost me $4.00 and fed my family of five when served with some biscuits. It was a HUGE hit and will definitely be one for my remake list. I also think I make use left over chicken as well (with cream of chicken soup and chicken broth).
Did you give it a try?
I ran across your blog posting today about Angel Food Ministries and wanted to let you and your readers know about a similar program that is being offered throughout CA and AZ.
The Treasure Box provides families and individuals with a substantial box of grocery store quality food retailing between $65-100 for just $30 each. The Treasure Box cultivates relationships with more than 500 major food manufacturers across the country to purchase and provide top quality, nutritious food at sizeable volume discounts to the general public.
Each Treasure Box contains between 21-25 pounds of high quality, frozen foods, including chicken, pork, beef, or seafood, as well as vegetables, fruit, a side dish and a dessert. One Treasure Box is enough food to nutritiously feed a family of four lunch and dinner for almost a week or a senior citizen for nearly a month.
The Treasure Boxes are offered through surrounding host locations – community action or outreach programs and faith-based organizations. Representing a savings of nearly 60% off of grocery store prices, The Treasure Box provides a positive and healthy impact to families and individuals during this economically challenging time.
More details about this program can be found at their website: http://www.thetreasurebox.org.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by. It’s great to find these amazing opportunities that allow us all to save a little money and support and encourage each other along the way.