Frugal Tips to Shrink Your Grocery Bill (Plus Recipes)
Frugal Tips to Shrink Your Grocery Bill (Plus Recipes!) offers helpful money saving tips that will cut your grocery bill. Who doesn’t want to and need to save money in these hard financial times? Find out how to save money on groceries with this frugal tips ebook. Also included are some delicious frugal recipes.
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Frugal Recipes – Alfredo Spaghetti Squash
1 medium spaghetti squash, cooked and separated into strands
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Combine everything except the squash in a saucepan and cook at medium heat while whisking. Continue to do this until smooth and creamy. The constant whisking prevents it from scalding and burning. Add the spaghetti squash strands to the sauce and stir until well coated in sauce. Remove from heat and serve with bread and salad, baby spinach goes well with this dish. You can substitute reduced fat sour cream and low fat cheese to accommodate your diet choices and still get the same great results.
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Frugal Recipes – Zucchini Basil Casserole
1 red onion, sliced
1 green pepper, cut in thin strips
4 medium zucchini, sliced & unpeeled
1, 16 oz. can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil
1 tablespoon margarine
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Combine all the ingredients, excluding the cheese and margarine, in a slow cooker. Cook on a low setting for 3 hours. Add the margarine and sprinkle the cheese on top. Cook for another 1 1/2 hours on the low setting.
Serves 6.
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Frugal Recipes – Apple Cider BBQ Sauce
3 TBSP butter
2 large Onions minced
3/4 cup Ketchup
4 TBSP Brown sugar
4 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
3 TBSP Apple Cider vinegar
5 dashes of hot sauce
Melt butter over a medium heat and add onions just to soften them. You do not want them to get any color. Add the rest of the ingredients plus 1/2 cup of water and boil for 1 minute and reduce heat to a simmer. Leave it on simmer for about 20 minutes and remove from heat and let cool. Refrigerate what you will not be using right away.
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Frugal All Purpose Baking Mix
Prepackaged store bought box mixes are expensive. Have you considered homemade alternatives? Made from scratch mixes are healthy, cost beneficial, store well, and taste great. Often times, you’re paying for the packaging of commercial “convenience” foods and you don’t have any control over the additives and preservatives they contain. When making your own mixes, you tailor the ingredients, so have control over the quality and quantity.
Making your own bulk mixes is a great way to stock your pantry. Creative containers make homemade mixes a terrific frugal gift idea too. There’s something deeply satisfying when cooking from scratch. It takes some minimal preparation, but many of the ingredients are already a staple in your pantry. It’s not as time consuming as you may think.
Supplies
Plastic baggies
Glass containers with tight fitted lids
Prep area
Labels
Appropriate ingredients
Storage area
Basic kitchen tools
Plastic containers
Decorative items for gifts. (Ribbons, printable recipe cards, labels)
Master Baking Mix
9 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking powder
1 Tablespoon salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
2 1/2 cups nonfat dry milk solids
2 cups shortening (which does not require refrigeration)
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cream of tartar and sugar three times. Add dry milk. Mix well. Cut in shortening until mixture looks like cornmeal. Store in covered container at room temperature.
Here is a Banana Bread recipe you can make quickly and easily with the above basic baking mix.
Banana Bread
Beat 2 eggs and 1/4 cup sugar together in a bowl until well blended. Mix in 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/4 cups (about 3) mashed bananas. Stir in 2 1/2 cups Master Baking Mix. Pour into a greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 55 minutes or until brown.
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