I’m with your hubby on blue cheese.
Normally spend right at $30 for the entire Thanksgiving spread but managed to do it this year for $15 with a smaller turkey. Looking to spend even less for a ham dinner for Christmas.
Don’t forget to save the ham bone for the bean pot later.
We did pretty good for Thanksgiving this year by shopping at Lidl.
I had to do a potluck brunch contribution on very short notice the Monday after turkey day, and wanted a very easy ‘dump’ recipe with minimal prep. I found this, and was surprised at how much people liked it and how many wanted the recipe:
http://www.simplypotatoes.com/recipes/crunchy-topped-cheese-hash-browns/index.html
When I got to the store, they only had one bag of the plain potatoes left, and I wanted to double the recipe; so I used one plain bag and one of the O’Brien style. (Husband thinks next time we should use only the O’Brien. They also make a Southwestern one with jalapenos that would probably work well, too.)