How to live frugal and sharing tips what you do to save money...

[Alive]

7 minutes ago, angels4u said:

I never tried to make soup from a ham bone ,I do from  chicken and turkey bones..

When you leave some meat on the bone, it makes a very good soup and because it is heftier than birds….the result is better without as many additives. Also, leaving bone pieces in the soup is never an issue.

try it.

[Dennis1209]

50 minutes ago, angels4u said:

Yum, I love soups!

 

We do too, and every now and then I will make a big pot. I remember as a kid and young adult I really liked Campbell's Condensed Soup, especially bean with bacon (that tiny piece of pork fat). Either my taste buds changed or they do not make it the way they used to? It is no longer, "umm umm good."

[Alive]

9 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

We do too, and every now and then I will make a big pot. I remember as a kid and young adult I really liked Campbell's Condensed Soup, especially bean with bacon (that tiny piece of pork fat). Either my taste buds changed or they do not make it the way they used to? It is no longer, "umm umm good."

They have removed salt and fat.

[AnOrangeCat]

19 hours ago, angels4u said:

Do you know you can buy a bag of frozen vegetables and dry them in the oven? It's good for soups,I didn't try it yet, but I did try drying carrots .

I hadn't thought of that but it seems neat. Thanks for sharing!

[Starise]

Instead of throwing leftovers out, reuse and or recycle them.

When I cook, I'll sometimes cook a bunch of something, buy freezer bags and freeze the rest. Cooked meat can be frozen and thawed to re heat.

If I have a large bag of chicken breasts I'll cook the whole bag at once. While this doesn't necessarily save money, it saves time. Can save energy used in the cooking one large batch .vs multiple batches firing up a stove multiple times.

I use a crock pot or insta cooker a lot. A very easy and pain free way to cook a lot of food at once with minimum hassle. If you can find crock pot liners you don't need to clean the crock pot.

You can't beat a discount grocer where they sell dinged up cans and almost outdated product. These places get these products from the main grocery stores for a variety of reasons- Maybe a product has been discontinued or isn't selling, so the grocer would rather sell it at a slight loss and get something for it than put it in the trash bin.

The place I sometimes buy from here locally sells 'almost outdated' product. It's still in date, but it might expire in only a few days or a week so the grocer sells it to a discount store knowing it's headed for the bin. 

In the US our food is dated to expire in an overly generous way, meaning that for many items that item is still good well past the expiration date. A few Amish guys here locally found connections to local grocers for their unwanted product and built hugely successful businesses out of it. There's an idea for a business if you don't have one locally.

Inflation has hit these guys too but STILL as an example, I can buy a block of cheddar cheese for around a 1$. In the store it's 3.00. Milk and teas maybe 1.50 instead of 3.50 at the store. Frozen dinners and pizza at least half price. Cereal priced at 4.00 at the grocer is often less than half. Canned goods the same. If you plan to eat most of the food that week a close expiration date will not hurt you.

[Alive]

I took a break and started a soup.

large ham bone, and for herbs and spices---oregano, sweet basil, garlic salt, ground black pepper, onion powder and a good cupla dashes of pure virging olive oil.

Later, I may cut up some kielbasa.

This will slow cook all day and the meat will all be off the bone.

Oh ya--I decided to leave out the chili beans.

[angels4u]

3 hours ago, Starise said:

Instead of throwing leftovers out, reuse and or recycle them.

When I cook, I'll sometimes cook a bunch of something, buy freezer bags and freeze the rest. Cooked meat can be frozen and thawed to re heat.

If I have a large bag of chicken breasts I'll cook the whole bag at once. While this doesn't necessarily save money, it saves time. Can save energy used in the cooking one large batch .vs multiple batches firing up a stove multiple times.

I use a crock pot or insta cooker a lot. A very easy and pain free way to cook a lot of food at once with minimum hassle. If you can find crock pot liners you don't need to clean the crock pot.

You can't beat a discount grocer where they sell dinged up cans and almost outdated product. These places get these products from the main grocery stores for a variety of reasons- Maybe a product has been discontinued or isn't selling, so the grocer would rather sell it at a slight loss and get something for it than put it in the trash bin.

The place I sometimes buy from here locally sells 'almost outdated' product. It's still in date, but it might expire in only a few days or a week so the grocer sells it to a discount store knowing it's headed for the bin. 

In the US our food is dated to expire in an overly generous way, meaning that for many items that item is still good well past the expiration date. A few Amish guys here locally found connections to local grocers for their unwanted product and built hugely successful businesses out of it. There's an idea for a business if you don't have one locally.

Inflation has hit these guys too but STILL as an example, I can buy a block of cheddar cheese for around a 1$. In the store it's 3.00. Milk and teas maybe 1.50 instead of 3.50 at the store. Frozen dinners and pizza at least half price. Cereal priced at 4.00 at the grocer is often less than half. Canned goods the same. If you plan to eat most of the food that week a close expiration date will not hurt you.

In Canada prices have been always higher then in the States and I agree you can save a lot if you shop smart

Did you ever try to make yogurt in your instapot? It's the best

[angels4u]

1 hour ago, Alive said:

I took a break and started a soup.

large ham bone, and for herbs and spices---oregano, sweet basil, garlic salt, ground black pepper, onion powder and a good cupla dashes of pure virging olive oil.

Later, I may cut up some kielbasa.

This will slow cook all day and the meat will all be off the bone.

Oh ya--I decided to leave out the chili beans.

That looks really good!

I feel like making a pan of soup now too

Don't you find the soup will gel too much if you start with a ham bone?

Do you use a smoked ham bone?

[angels4u]

I'm thinking about making this later today:

GERMAN APPLE CAKE INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup butter + 1/2 tablespoon

1/2 cup sugar plus 2 tablespoons 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or sugar 1½ tablespoons grated lemon zest

1 pinch salt

3 eggs large

1 2/3 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons milk whole or reduced fat

TOPPING 1½ pounds apples organic, juicy (I used Gala apples)

2 tablespoons butter melted 2 tablespoons apricot jam 1 tablespoon water

 In a stand mixer, cream butter, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest and salt, until fluffy. Add eggs and beat mixture until light and fluffy.  Combine flour and baking powder. Add flour and milk alternatively at low speed.  Peel, quarter and core apples. Using a paring knife, make several parallel slits on the peeled side. Transfer batter to cake pan. Arrange apple quarters on cake batter in a flower like pattern. Brush melted butter on apples. Bake at 350º F until golden brown.  Make syrup with apricot jam.  And brush it on the hot cake.  Dust with powdered sugar and cool completely.

 

[Alive]

25 minutes ago, angels4u said:

That looks really good!

I feel like making a pan of soup now too

Don't you find the soup will gel too much if you start with a ham bone?

Do you use a smoked ham bone?

No jel and yes smoked.

I also added some potatoes all cut up small like and some sliced basa.