Posted on 12/07/2022 6:08:23 PM PST by PJ-Comix
Okay, inflation is taking a bite out of our wallets in large part due to rising food prices. However, I think I might actually be paying less for food than before because of planning my food purchases with much greater care.
This, of course, includes stocking up when there is a good sale on a food item. I did this just a couple of weeks ago when I bought a couple of extra frozen turkeys that were on sale at Publix for just 49 cents per pound. If I had a foot freezer I probably would have bought 10 such turkeys.
Another thing I do was download and use more restaurant apps. Yeah, yeah, I know. Some of you look down on fast food restaurants but for me I like stuff like burgers and don't notice and unhealthy side effects. I've mainly been using my McDonalds and Burger King apps. For example today I got BOGO Big Macs at McDonalds. Yesterday, I got maybe the best deal ever at Burger King where it said if you make any $1 purchase then you get a FREE Whopper Jr so I got a Rodeo Burger for $1.59 and a Whopper Jr for just $1.92 (with the tax) total. In fact, I liked the Rodeo Burger so much that I did that same deal AGAIN although I technically wasn't supposed to.
Besides apps, I also use GroupOn and Local Flavor for restaurant deals. In October they had the best deal yet with a 50% promo code discount for any restaurant which applied to the already discounted price. I used that deal on a Brazilian Steakhouse buffet that I've been wanting to try out but was put off by the price. At some restaurants, the discounted deals are cheaper than cooking at home.
Speaking of cooking at home, I am saving money by cooking cheap food in a way to make them quite tasty. Last week I saw chicken wings on sale for 99 cents per pound and then smoked them in my Weber grill after marinating them overnight. Right now I am sort of experimenting with Cheese Chicken by brining chicken leg quarters which sells cheap in the 10 lb bags at Aldis and then marinating them in buttermilk. I'll find out tomorrow how it works out.
One final thing: I wish I never took the $6.99 Prime Rib buffet at the Seminole Indian Casino in Hollywood (FL) for granted. They no longer have that deal but if they did, I would probably be eating there almost every day.
Wasn’t it more 144 times!!!!
LOL
Damn. Mobile link.
You can search the channel’s name, Great Depression Cooking. It comes up immediately.
What brand of sausage do you use?
Heaven serves this soup 3X/day, I’m pretty sure.
Prolly made you stronger!
Okay, you two.....if you’re going to mention a homemade food....you must post the recipe :-)
I haven’t ever had the Olive Garden Tuscan Soup/Zuppe Tuscano....sounds yummy!
I found two recipes.....please tell me which one looks closest to the recipe YOU prepare.....TIA
https://thecozycook.com/copycat-olive-garden-zuppa-toscana-soup/
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/copycat-zuppa-toscana-5565099
Later on I will post to both of you the one in my “copy cat” recipe book via FReepmail.
I make pottage from scratch. that is a soup stew that begins with roasting beef or chicken with bone and then making broth. I add veggies from the fridge, I love carrots so lots of those, onions, hot sauce, chicken meat noodles if you are not keto, on the side if you are, and then I keep adding in what is on sale, canned tomatoes, canned chick peas, canned kidneys, spinach, other canned veggies, everything except broccoli and cabbage.
this is what I eat all week long. I make about a half gallon, lasts me a week. very brothy very tasty.
Jane, neither one is like mine.
Mine is simple:
Can of Campbells cream of mushroom soup
2 cups of chicken broth
2 cooked links Johnsonville mild Italian sausage cut into pieces
if the sausage is cooked ahead of time,be sure to use the
drippings.
1 medium sized potato, thick slices because it cooks for half an hour. Leave skin on.
Use as much kale as you like. Personal preference, I use a lot.
Let simmer for half an hour. Bingo.
Some recipes are so complicated that it’s turn off.
I think all the spices I need are in the sausage.
Good Luck
IMPORTANT!!!!
In the recipe for soup I mistakenly wrote Cream of Mushroom.
IT SHOULD BE CREAM OF CHICKEN.
I am so sorry.
Johnsonville Mile Italian.
Most of the spices in that take care of the spices.
I sent a revision to the soup.
I don’t know whether you saw my post to myself, but the Campbell’s should be
Cream of CHICKEN.
Now I can finish my martini.
Kielbasa & Cabbage
1 lbs Kielbasa sliced 1/4 inch
6 slices Bacon Chopped
1 head Cabbage Rough Chop
1 large Yellow Onion sliced 1/4 inch
1/2 Can Rotel diced chilies
1 Jar Sauerkraut
In an iron fry pan
Fry bacon
Fry kielbasa
Add cabbage
Add onion
Add 1/2 can of Rotel chilies
Add Sauerkraut
Add water as necessary
Cover and cook on medium 1 hrs.
Salt & Pepper to taste
Eat
Thank you!!
I can’t wait to try this soup 😍
Cheers! 🍸
Enjoy...I hope.
Hey everybody! I’m at a McDonald’s right now where I used the app to buy 3 double cheeseburgers for 50 cents. I thought it would be 50 cents each but they charged me a total of only 50 cents. It came to 54 cents total tax. I don’t know if that is a glitch or a feature but you might want to check it out. Last day is today.
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