Those who dont have the cash up front to fund the operation, or have the land to do so, can put in work hours to cover your share of the $. Heres the unique thing she Googled for names of ALL the grocery stores in her area, even very tiny or ethnic ones. Image and recipe by 12 Tomatoes. Favorite flavors were cherry, grape, lemonade, and tropical punch. Miller. I used to have one of their old recipe books had a lot of recipes for a fake meat product, I think they use a lot of TVP now, it made for aninteresting read. However, they had still had access to meats most of us would now consider offal. I work in Wyoming once in a while where there arent many and I can find them for $3 /lb. I never pay full price, I dont care if I stand there for 10 minutes with the line piling up, I am determined to find a coupon that works. My sisters and I would let the flour tortillas sit out and get hard. 81. However!!! Blessings to all of you! I raise a steer a year. When we lost our food budget for two months, I turned to boil a whole chicken and shred the meat to use in many meals. Sign me up to the Food Storage Moms newsletter! I just retired, so there is only two of us, but minus my pay is a big deal. at Aldis! Now, this is a roast chicken you make from scratch, not the store-bought pre-cooked ones (which tend to be small). This cake is simple and delicious. This means that I have gluten-free flours and supplies on hand to make bread, pancakes and other cheap basics to eat. 11. Roll out and cut into similarly-sized shapes. Im also learning something, thanks. Salad can be made night Your family will think they are living large and you will cut your grocery money down. A little olive oil and garlic over the pasta toss together, its healthy and filling. Linda. Hi Diana, isnt it wonderful how we remember what our parents did to save money? For those who think the Spam is too expensive, Check your local Dollar store for Treat It should be right next to the Spam & I cant tell the difference. For instance, I have to eat a particular brand of bread for a health problem I have. I take advantage of the Meijerbuy 10 get the 11th one free offers PASTA!!! Menu Plan: Great Depression Recipes. Processing meat is really not that hard to do. Yummy soups are always good because they are so filling, homemade tomato with saltines. dry beans and cook 2 lbs at a time in the slow cooker. When we make tacos we add a few eggs to the ground meat and you honestly cant tell the difference, then just cook them into the already cooked ground meat and season to taste, it changes the texture a tiny bit but after you add rice and beans to your tacos/burritos, you cant tell anymore at all, this really stretches a meal!. Cheap and healthy meals. 12. When butter is on sale, I buy a case of it, then make ghee and can it. During the Depression, cheap, nutritious and filling food was prioritized often at the expense of taste. In the video below we get to see how they're made from a woman who survived the '30s and loved her mother's baked apples. I serve them like my mom did, with fried potatoes and cornbread. I dehydrated my whole garlic crop in slices (other than the ones for replanting) and can use as is or grind up. Baked Onions and Peanut Butter. Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour 1 1/4 tsps. We use to skin the animal outside, quarter it up and bring it inside to finish the process, grind, cut up or whatever we need to be done. and come up with a coupon for an item or % discount. We are trying to use our leftovers before they have to be thrown out. I can hardly wait to work in my garden. Life is good when our belly is full. 41. I dont have to purchase that product again until it goes on sale. I guess we are fortunate. 65. Great ideas. Hamburger soup a package of frozen mixed veggies, some elbow noodles, about 1/2 pound of cooked ground hamburger. I know you are most likely saying this takes a lot of time. 1 1/2 cups flour. Next, put bone-in chicken thighs skin-side up on top of the veggies. and made a delicious casserole from them. And you dont have to have a paper flyer or ad to prove the sale price! Carrots are the same. Thanks for the article. Recipes from the Great Depression. A typical hot cocoa beverage from the depression era looked like this: 2 tbsp of cocoa. 1 can of soup with leftovers served 4-5. This recipe combines macaroni salad, home fries, baked beans, and sausage or ground beef and is topped with chili, onions, mustard, and hot sauce or ketchup. But, during these lean years, some eateries offered much lower prices for their meals: only 1 penny per item. Beef and rice: From Laurie C. - Ground hamburger, mix in beef Rice a Roni, and add a can of corn. , Hi Camille, oh this comment makes me so happy! Also, lots of peels or ends of veggies can be frozen until you have enough to make a veggie stock with them. Linda, My Mum made soup du jour using a can of soup, usually cream of mushroom or cream of chicken, and adding what ever leftovers she had. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for any and all ideas. 49. To that, add about 8 ounces of dried beef (i.e. My parents were born in 1920 and grew up very differently daddy was a rich boy with no problems but my mom grew up in the country with a garden and my grand doing handy work for people who needed his skills. Invite the family over. Pinch of salt. My mom raised us on very little money. Serving fresh bread and pickles with meals used to be very common. Linda. Then I dont go back to the store and get caught in oh this is a good deal. Walmart sells a package of 5 for $4 and they are really good! Tastes ever so good as leftovers too. Three Ingredient Depression Bread. Old, injured or male birds are dinner. Bread making and canning were normal activities. Even so, we eat a lot of beans and rice, goulash, and stuff that dont require a lot of meat. Its all about saving money, right? I pay $25 in feed a month, which gives us on average 250 eggs a month. White Bean and Ham Soup was a staple in many households during the Great Depression because it allowed meat to be stretched far and leftovers to be used up. Our goal at Food Storage Moms is to help one family at a time.. I can almost see her saying she loves her ham-maise sandwich! I also found a different bread recipe that used fewer ingredients so we could have bread. We just started doing fruit smoothies for afternoon snacksazurestandard.comhas frozen berries cheap. If I buy the name brand its a dollar more than the store brand and even less at WalMart. Im really hoping to teach the world to stop going to drive-throughs and fast food places and cook from scratch. 5. I ALWAYS go first to the managers specials at the grocery store. Anytime were making something wit. 23. I have got to go check out that website on meatless recipes! We also get together & clip coupons, make candles & teach each other different skills, like sewing & tanning hides. "This is because they're rich in omega-3s . Cornbread/Johnny Cakes. Free meals. If I make a huge pot of stock I freeze it in ice cube trays then pack them in plastic bags. Did this ever bring back memories! One week it was a dollar off. OH, Linda, this is the best comment! I will be 70 soon and I still make bread, life is so good when you cook from scratch! I decided that as I get my Social Security check once a month, Id shop only once a month (excluding fresh veggies and fruit). We do utilize an area butcher, buying packages from them periodically so we dont need to pay the higher prices at the local grocery. Copy link. Food Storage Moms, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. 6. Also trying to get him over his meat-eating mentality. You can always slow cook enough soup for a couple of days. 0 seconds of 1 minute, 11 secondsVolume 0%. Thank you for your kind remarks. People during the Great Depression ate mostly bread, potatoes, and vegetables. I know this sounds crazy, but we all need to rethink what we think a meal is. 23. Meatballs (ground meat, bread crumbs, egg, ground up veggies, leftover cheerios or other low sugar cereal I use 1 part meat, 1 part bread type stuff, 1 part vegetables. Companies give away free things like deodorant. It saves a lot of money when Im not buying prepackaged food. Linda. Hormel). Hope this helps! We liked it too. I make huge batches and freeze the extra. Working to teach DH that leftovers are eaten not thrown out. and Walmart accepts it. Also eat a lot of beans, rice, eggs, and pasta. Once its smooth and thoroughly mixed, add the milk and keep on whisking, until smooth. 13. We raised hogs for meat. People made comments that they are eating many of those meals today. Tastes like a burger patty somewhat). broth, to add extra flavor to pasta, rice, or veggies. I know this sounds crazy, but we all need to rethink what we think a meal is. The best part I discovered is all I do is look at the menu in the morning to see what is on tap for dinner that night. Fried rice (leftover rice cooked in bacon drippings with whatever veggies need using up). But, I know that I was taught a lot of frugal things and how to work HARD, and be an ANT, not a GRASSHOPPER! I would rather eat at home and not drive in and sit at a table and wait for a meal. Made from fried potatoes, onions, and hot dogs, this mixture was then topped off with canned corn, canned peas, and stewed tomatoes. I buy most meats marked down. You can make a white sauce with water (to save on milk), once you have a white sauce you can add any seasonings to add flavor and then add something lik. We put all sorts of methods into practice to save money some already mentioned others a little specific to our unique situation. You can control the salt and other ingredients when you make your own. Here is a list of 10 depression-era meals we will be eating again if things don't change. Im the owner and editor of Food Storage Moms. We also shop Aldis, just be careful and know your prices at other stores. ), then went and did the shopping. . Canned meat wasn't available for many people living in rural areas. In Korean recipes, the meat is barbecued or fried or even parboiled and put in the mix with a daikon radish and an onion. She shops at Walmart and they price match any advertised price. Fast and easy meals are expensive and sometimes not as healthy. Much as I like rice and beans, rice with meat dishes, potatoes, peas (Small young canned peas sold at Aldis) and breads or other grains, those are all carbohydrates. We buy wheat berries rather than flour and grind our own. Hey, $10.00 bucks is a savings gold mine! I spent just about $300 for the month of February, which comes to $10.71 per day. Potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, onion, and cumin to flavorthem. You can make this without the chorizo to save money. Use lentils or split peas when making hamburger dishes like spaghetti. Feeding 5 here. No more stressing about what can I make, and, the same menu can be used month after month because its so varied by the time the meal comes around again you havent had it for four weeks! Fish patties (salmon or tuna, bread crumbs, lemon juice, mustard, onion, egg. This year, I canned (in mason jars) 61-pint size jars of deer meat, about 40 jars of pork (wild hogs) and a few jars of chicken broth. A lot has changed on rural America's farms in the 70 years or so since the Great Depression. An amazing meal for about $5 with plenty of leftovers for the next day. Top with shredded cheese if desired. Its interesting because once we get older we are not making as much money so we do indeed need to know how to cook on a strict budget. During the Great Depression, corn meal was one kitchen staple that was typically easily accessible and cost-effective. I am not one of those save the world types so I was surprised this blew me away. I have bought a half gallon of OJ there for 50 cents and a FLAT of strawberries with nothing wrong with them for 2$ (0.25 a quart). 9. I have a big cast iron pot I keep on the fire full of boiling water nearby all the guts and oral gets boiled and fed to my chickens as an added protein which helps egg production, Same with fish guts and heads. in our area. So tonight I made 2 round steaks for dinner. We are all trying to feed our families on a shoestring. So how do we serve a good meal and save? She called it Slavic dinner I am not sure if that is its proper name she got the recipe from a family friend (this also freezes for later meals if needed), Hi Pauline, I love your comment about the Slavic dinner! Find people that have Sunday newspapers that dont use their coupons. Hope this helps! Hi Pam, its interesting because Mark and I eat so many of these meals today. Venison stew with garden frozen veggies. Too many of us have gotten used to meat potatoes and a veggie. Hi! I make noodles as a side dish often. Lasts a long time and feeds many. Hoover Stew from Time Traveler's Kitchen. 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