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Happy Cooking,
KnkyPet

Stupid economy.

So you’re living in the UP now, huh? Makes sense for the isolation.

But meat, cheese – even freaking flour – is getting really expencive. To cut food costs, I’ve considered going vegetarian, but since I’m not alowed to eat beans and peas, that idea is sort of screwed. I buy mostly pork, chicken and fish now, because they are the cheapest.

For us on a low budget, the rising food prices are a cause of concern. *sigh*

Here are a few things for you to try:

Buy cream (the 27% fat kind), real butter (80% fat), and either cabbage (um, the white kind you make coleslaw and pizzasalad of) or califlowers. Boil the cabbage/califlower entirely soft. Blend with cream and butter in a blender or mash with a fork. Voila, alternative to mashed potatoes! (The califlower gets yummy!)

Whole grain, rye, sourdough bread. Google it. *drools* Keeps one full for a long time.

A few eggwhites, a little sugar and a bit of coca or melted chocolate can be whipped really hard and put in the freezer for a little while, gives a nice dessert.

And… I had some more, but I lost them while typing. Now I’m freakishly hungry, though.

Scrub a great big baking potato for each person and rub with a little oil, salt and pepper and prick with a fork, bake…

Slice the ring sausage thinly and kind of stir-fry it in a frying pan or pot with a little oil. I like it almost-but-not-quite burnt. Near the end add two or three peppers that you’d cored and sliced. You can add a sliced onion as well. Cook until the veggies are done to your liking.

To serve, split the potatoes, fluff up the center a bit and stuff with your sauteed peppers/onion/sausage stuff. Seriously decadent although not actually THAT bad for you, especially if you use a reduced fat kielbase or sausage.

I dont tend to do it very often as its extremely fattening. If I do do it I usually serve it with something else, chops or steak and home grown broccoli, or home grown broad beans, or whatever else is in the garden.

Supermarket items are definintely on the increase here and I try to grow as many vegies as I can rather than buy them. You cant beat home grown straight from the garden stuff.

You had a beautiful vegie patch in your other house kaya, I am sure you will eventually have the time for one in the new place. Although its coming into winter there I guess and harder to grow stuff.

Cheers

rosie

97 cents for a box of augratin potatoes? That’s a great deal, at least from where I’m buying. If I can find them on sale for $1.50 a box, I’m a happy camper. We love augratin in my house and this will definately be going on the menu. I’ll probably skip the crock pot thing, since I tend to burn things in the crock pot (like speghetti sauce). Don’t ask, I hagve no idea how I pull that one off.

Dave

If you’d like some easy crock pot recipes I have a few :) And I believe in cheap and easy.