THRIFTY ideas- ways you save money

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[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

I only buy ice cream from the freezer aisles..nothing else. I have saved so much money from not buying any of that pre-processed, pre-cooked food. No more frozen vegetables either..I buy fresh and what is on sale and in season (and USA only).

Takes a bit longer but I cook more on the weekends and re-heat during the week.

I buy the cheap dollar frozen pizzas sometimes. Then I add my own stuff and bake them. It works best with the cheeze types. Ditto the icecream, though if I buy ice cream its the good stuff that costs more when its on sale. I'd rather have icecream that I really really like than a huge tub of the cheapest stuff which isn't satisfying.

If you live alone frozen vegies do save lots of money. Enough to add to a dish or for one serving are all you have to use. I do buy fresh but tend to use it in things I cook and then freeze in one/two meal batches.

I do buy the frozen and sealed fish. It will store for a long time as long as it stays frozen and is in single meal pouches. I think of it as I do my portioned meat bought fresh, cut up and sealed for a serving. I open the freezer and pick out what I want to cook or perhaps heat up from a large dish and am not stuck with days of the same stuff.

Actually I seldom buy ice cream. I make slushies out of it and yogurt works fine. and it is cheaper and keeps better.

[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by OneDayAttaTime

Thanks for the reminder. Guess I will go back over to the Food forum where they have lots of ideas for cheap meals.

If you have one day a week to cook something, buy the stuff you need for a potroast, meatloaf, or big cassarole. Make as large a dish as you can, time is the same. Get a seal a meal or vaccuum sealer. When the food is cooled off, seperate it into one meal pieces and put in the bags, then put them in the freezer and freeze them. Then vaccuum pack.

When you feel like some pot roast, later, all you have to do is open and reheat and it is good stuff.