Frugal Recipes

[My Own Eyes]

Originally Posted by Theresa

you could toast it and make croutons for freezing - for later use in stuffing...


or toast and grate/crumble for breadcrumbs

but if you wanted stuffing, just add onions, celery, sage, chopped, boiled eggs and chicken stock - all to your liking....

You think it would work if I froze it, and then later made croutons?

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by My Own Eyes

You think it would work if I froze it, and then later made croutons?

I dont know, not with it being homemade bread...I dont know how it would "thaw".


try it, you'd only lose a piece of bread LOL

[My Own Eyes]

Originally Posted by Theresa

I dont know, not with it being homemade bread...I dont know how it would "thaw".


try it, you'd only lose a piece of bread LOL

Good point....

I hope it works, because it would be infinitely easier to throw it in the freezer and then toast it all later, than to have to toast 2 or 3 pieces every week....

[My Own Eyes]

As I was preparing this recipe this morning, I thought it would be a good one to share on here. I got the recipe from my Mom, when she comes over for dinner tonight, I will ask her the origin

One Pot Dinner

1/2 to 1 pound of ground beef
3/4 lb bacon
1 C. Chopped Onion
2 large cans of Pork n' beans
1 can of kidney beans (drained)
1 can of Butter Beans (drained)
1/4 C. Brown Sugar
1 C. Ketchup
1 t liquid smoke
3 t White vinegar
1 t salt
dash pepper

Brown the ground beef and onion, drain. Cook the bacon separately. Cook it so that it is done enough to crumble into small pieces. Add browned beef and crumbled bacon and rest of ingredients to crock pot, cook on low 4 to 8 hours.

This is a very yummy, easy and versatile recipe. You can cut the amount of bacon to just 3 or 4 slices, for health or financial reasons. I have modified the recipe many times based on what I had in the house.... no kidney beans and double butter beans, mild italian sausage instead of ground beef, etc. The only ingredient I don't recommend that you modify is the liquid smoke. It gives it the yummy hickory flavor. As I tend to like this dish more on the sweet and tangy side, I usually add a little extra sugar, and add a big squirt of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce.

[commonsense]

I've been making this for many years but it was called calico beans....and did not have the liquid smoke. It's good without it too!

We need all the recipes we can get using ground beef...lest we get bored.

[Blubayou]

Originally Posted by My Own Eyes

I have a question for all you cooks out there...

I make my own breads, usually either a plain white (With Flaxseed for extra Fiber) or a 5-Grain (Corn meal, Oats, Whole Wheat, Rye & Flax)..

Anyway, now that it's just me, I end up with extra bread that spoils before I can eat it (the one downside of no preservatives!). I would freeze it for use later, but it just never tastes the same (Unlike store bought bread which doesn't seem any different).

I was thinking, that I could saving those 3 or 4 extra slices per loaf, freeze them, and when I have enough saved up, make some homemade stuffing.

The problem is that I have no idea how to do that. It was only since I moved to Georgia that I realized that there are more than 2 types of stuffing (Stove Top and Pepperidge Farm )

Any Suggestions?

You can make bread pudding with the left over bread! Yum!

[ILG]

Originally Posted by My Own Eyes

You think it would work if I froze it, and then later made croutons?

I suspect it would freeze and thaw fine for regular eating, as long as you didn't leave it in the freezer for too long.

[Innocuous]

My frugal recipe is to buy a Hot n Ready pepporoni pizza from Little Ceasars, two $1 double cheeseburgers from McD's, and some $1 O-rings from Burger King. You take the cheeseburgers and cut them into 1/8's, dice the o-rings and spread the burger pieces and o-ring pieces liberally over the top of the pizza. Serve warm, feeds the whole family for less than $10.

[MrsMcD]

Originally Posted by Innocuous

My frugal recipe is to buy a Hot n Ready pepporoni pizza from Little Ceasars, two $1 double cheeseburgers from McD's, and some $1 O-rings from Burger King. You take the cheeseburgers and cut them into 1/8's, dice the o-rings and spread the burger pieces and o-ring pieces liberally over the top of the pizza. Serve warm, feeds the whole family for less than $10.

Sounds gross

[My Own Eyes]

Originally Posted by Blubayou

You can make bread pudding with the left over bread! Yum!

Do you have a recipe for that???