tat2s wrote:You're right - Con Air! Now I'll never see that scene the same way again

tia_mia wrote:AH ha ! CON AIR
his daughter's bunny.

Could be a misquote , it could read "you couldn't sell etc"

HonInBalto wrote:Hop-O-Rama V: Day of the Bunny?

lmf40 wrote:

Re:Any recipes to help the budget??
by kishimojun on Nov 18, 09 1:45 PM
ground beef browned with either onions (preferable) or onion powder, generic noodles, generic canned or frozen vegetables, generic cream soup of your choice. You can get a lot of variety with this recipe by switching up the particular ingredients and it's cheap and filling.

My variation on this is 500g mince, tin of mixed vegies (drained), tin of diced tomatoes, not quite a jar of sweet and sour sauce mix, sliced onion. Cook the onion, brown the mince, and the other ingredients and simmer for a while, serve with rice. Probably sounds disgusting to most people but it really is very nice. We call it Carnival Mince. It is also very nice heated up the next day, served on toast.

tia_mia wrote:Convenience foods are usually more costly then made from scratch.
Avoid "helpers","aroni's" and "instant" anything. The exception to that is currently potatoes. For some reason instant mashed are cheaper then buying and mashing your own. I put some sour cream in them to make them richer.
Here Rice a roni is $1.59 a box, for that price I can get a bag of Mahatma rice that cooks up 8 times the amount of rice.
I do all my baking at the same time to cut energy costs. Last night I cooked a huge roast I got on sale. While it was in the oven I made biscuits ( kids eat them b4 school) ,a butternut squash(for dinner tonight). 2 small lasagna type dishes (hubby takes them to work) 2 apple cobblers(1 for last night 1 for the freezer) , baked potatoes(will go into a hash)and some garbage bread.
Garbage bread is a great way to use left overs ( if you have any). Make a basic bread dough and roll all your left over meats, cheese and veggies in side before baking. Later this week I will make more with caramelized onions left over roast and Swiss cheese.

phatkhat wrote:Wow, I sure hope the bottomless pit is contributing to the household food fund...

Chicken thighs $3 a pound is cheap??? OMG! I buy the 10 lb bags of leg quarters for as little as 39 cents a pound on sale at the supermarket! Normal price is 79 cents. I put one or two legs per freezer bag and pull out a bag when I need some chicken.

I like to cook them in a crockpot with chopped up veggies, either fresh or frozen, and serve with rice or noodles.

You can also buy a ramen dinner product at the Dollar stores, Family and General, as well as WalMart. It's a buck or less, and comes in several flavors, including a couple of Italian ones, LOL. Nissin Chow Mein. It has noodles, dehydrated veggies, and flavored oil. If you put the noodles and water in a casserole, add some fresh or frozen veggies, mushrooms, tuna or chicken, etc, you will have a VERY hearty meal - and in less than 10 minutes - for cheap! I eat a lot of this stuff. It is very good, and not at all like ramen-in-a-cup.