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About Freezier Cooking Made Simple
Description: This ebook is filled with all the information necessary to learn how to freeze foods and make those dollars stretch. With information such as how to get started, what items you need, what foods freeze well and foods that don’t quite cut it when it comes to freezing, this eBook tells it all. Worksheets, printable labels and even a few quick and easy recipes are included to get you started with healthier meals when living on a tighter budget.
Review: As a mother, wife and just all around caretaker of my home I needed to find something that would take less time and save me money in the kitchen. I went looking for ideas and found many that seemed to be the answer. Most of them I found to be more time consuming than anything. Then, I came upon this ebook.
Freezing foods makes sense in all aspects. It’s amazing how in just one afternoon you can have a freezer full of healthy foods to feed your family for a month. This ebook will show you how. It’s easy to understand, has all the facts you need to know and will give you the answers to any questions you may have.
Freezer Cooking Made Simple is set up so that even the newly married can find what she needs. It explains why freezing foods can save you money and time. It talks about what you need in the way of equipment, how to shop for foods and how to cook these foods.
There is a section that explains how to safely store your freezer meals including labels to help you remember exactly what you have and how to reheat it. Susanne has included a printable shopping list along with a worksheet to help plan your meals on a weekly and monthly basis. Best of all, there are even a few recipes added to get you started.
If you’re looking for a way to save money and time in the kitchen, I strongly urge you to take a look at Freezer Cooking Made Simple. Once you read through it, put it into motion immediately. You will see that this is a very simple and easy way to make those hours in the kitchen count. Shopping, cooking and freezing foods aren’t as hard as many of us believe. Give it a chance and you will find the answer you’ve been looking for all along.
Article written by Susanne Myers of HillbillyHousewife.com
When it comes to making homemade barbecue sauce, the process is pretty easy and you most likely have all of the ingredients on hand.
Why should you make it instead of buying it? By making your own sauce, you save money and you control the ingredients. Once you have prepared the sauce, you can use it right away or you can refrigerate it for up to 3 days in an airtight plastic or glass container.
Here is my family’s favorite BBQ sauce recipe which takes less than 10 minutes to prepare.
Barbecue Sauce
1 cup ketchup
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup hot water
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
2 tablespoons minced onions
1-2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon of basil (optional)
In a large saucepan, combine the ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, water and vinegar. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Stir in granulated sugar, salt, black pepper, celery salt, minced onions, basil and brown sugar. Simmer the sauce over low heat for 5 minutes. Once the sauce has finished cooking, it is ready to use.
Optional Flavorings: If you like your sauce sweet, increase the brown sugar by an additional tablespoon. If you like a little garlic taste to it, you can mince 1 clove of garlic and add it to your recipe. If you like it hot and spicy, you can add 1 teaspoon of hot sauce.
Suggested Uses: You can brush the sauce onto hamburgers and chicken for baking or grilling. This sauce is great on beef and pork ribs too.
Shelly Hill has been working from home in Direct Sales since 1989 and is a Manager with Tupperware. Shelly enjoys cooking and baking for her friends and family. You can visit her online at my.tupperware.com/Ravish30 or her Shakin ‘N Bakin recipe blog at wahmshelly.blogspot.com
Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but lunch is what gets you through until dinner time. The price of public school lunches rises each year and it is hard for some parents to keep up. This is besides the fact that many lunch menus, not just in schools either, are not as nutritious as they could be. Here are some tightwad money saving lunch ideas for frugal families.
1. Take your lunch. This goes for parents as well as kids. We are tempted to eat out with the group everyday, too. That adds up after a while. Those cute insulated lunch bags are not only frugal, they also make it easier to carry hot and cold items. We can throw even throw out the brown bags in favor of reusable options which are more environmentally friendly. When you pack your own lunch, you know what is in it so it is easier to avoid a lot of unhealthy fats and junk food.
2. Make a sandwich. I’m not talking about just any sandwich. This can be a wrap, pita, crust less bread, or bun sandwich. Varying the bread each day will help you decide what ingredients to put on it. You may want turkey with alfalfa sprouts, tomato, and onion on a pita or chicken strips with barbecue sauce, lettuce, and shredded cheese in a tortilla wrap. Many kids like bread without crust for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. This makes lunch frugal fun and your kids are more likely to eat it if they have a creative variety. Invest in tiny storage bowls rather than single packs of condiments. They can be used in lunches as opposed to putting them on the sandwich and saturating the bread before lunchtime rolls around.
3. Bottled water and drink crystals. Water has never been the same since they came out with those handy packs of flavorings. You can find them everywhere. Best of all they have five calories or less. You can turn a bottle of water into a yummy frugal drink that is better than soda. Kids love them too.
4. Dessert, courtesy of home. Stop! Put down that candy bar and walk away from the vending machine. Instead, choose a better option. Homemade granola can be shaped into bars and used as a yummy after lunch snack. How about dried fruit pieces? They are sweeter than candy bars and won’t spike your blood sugar. It’s okay to have a naughty treat every now and then, but even at those times you can choose a healthier and more frugal option than chips or candy. Make a batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies and pack a few in your lunch.
5. Ice packs. These nifty items will keep lunch from spoiling. The perfect complement to an insulated bag, they allow you to take yogurt or a sandwich with meat and not have to worry about it getting warm before it’s time to eat.
6. Veggie sticks. Eat them with your sandwich and add some ranch dressing for dipping.
Lunch doesn’t have to come from the school cafeteria or the fast food joint around the corner to be good. Coming from home, it can be healthier, taste better and cost less. Now that’s a combination you can’t beat.
