With the government scrambling to give corporate bailouts and consumers cutting back, we were wondering what is your recipe for success?
Shopping at thrift stores, taking stay-cations, eating out less frequently all can save you money. You can be frugal in a tough economic climate by simply modifying items like your at-home dinner menu. Things like buying rice and beans in bulk saves money over buying individual portions of food.
Here is a tasty recipe we like to use when feeling frugal; it feeds 4 or 5 people and costs under $10 (even less if you look for the deals and buy when items are on sale.) What are your money saving tips?
VEGETARIAN CHILI
1 c. celery sliced
1 c. onion chopped
1 c. bell pepper sliced
1 tsp. garlic powder or tbs fresh garlic
1 tbs. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin
2 tbs. oil
1 tbs. red wine vinegar
2 c. water
1/2 c. lentils
16 oz. can tomatoes in juice diced
2 tbs. tomato paste
1/4 c. green chilies chopped
10 oz. red kidney beans drained and rinsed
Salt & pepper to taste
Rice 1 1/2 c.
Cheese 1/2 c. shredded cheddar
Instructions
Heat a large skillet and add oil, onions, celery, bell peppers. Cook 4 minutes, or until onions are translucent. Add chili powder, cumin, garlic salt and pepper. Cook one minute. Add water and bring to boil. Add lentils, reduce heat cover and simmer 20 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice, tomato paste, chopped green chilies and vinegar. Cover and cook for 20 min on low heat.
Add rinsed kidney beans (I like red, but any kidney bean will work) and bring back to a simmer. Serve over rice and top with cheddar cheese. Enjoy.
Now, do you have a money saving tip or recipe to share?
3 comments:
Heat up the contents of a can of garbanzo beans, steam head of broccoli, make one cup of rice. Layer the rice beans then the broccoli, then top with soy sauce and parmesan cheese. Total cost about $2 and feed two hungry college students. We have many modified Ramon noodle dishes also.
The pocket on my pants snagged and my usual solution would be to toss them into the trash or scrap cloth bin. This time I choose to mend the pocket and save a few bucks. I am not washing my car as often.
I don't buy cups of coffee anymore. That saves from $2 to $4 a day. Times 20 for 4 weeks = $80/month savings or up to $960 a year. Another trick is we make a whole pot of coffee but only drink 3 or 4 cups and would usually waste the rest. Now we save it in the ice box and have iced coffee the next day.
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