Tagged with " frugal"

Roasted Garbanzo Bean Snack

Dec 9, 2010 by     No Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, food, saving money

Recipe

Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) canned

Olive oil

Salt

Cayenne Pepper

Drain the chickpeas. Toss them with a little olive oil, salt & cayenne pepper. Roast in a single layer on a cookie sheet for about 1 hour at 400°. Occasionally shake cookie sheet to turn.

You can eat 3 times the amount of these for the calories of  the same amount of peanuts!

Bean Soup~Yum!

Nov 16, 2010 by     6 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Bobbie's Store, Canning/Preserving, food, Grocery Challenge, saving money

For me, it really doesn’t matter what kind of bean it is. Every bean has it’s theme! When I make things with garbanzo beans (chickpeas) I think SPAIN. When I cook with black beans I think Read more »

Our Thanksgiving

Nov 26, 2009 by     4 Comments    Posted under: blessings, Grocery Challenge, saving money, Spain

We scrimped and saved for this meal to share with our friends and it was worth it! Here are some photos below. It was an American Thanksgiving with a few splashes of Spain added.

15 of our best-est Spanish & Brazilian buddies came to the house.

If I only had $10, for groceries what would I buy?

Apr 11, 2009 by     7 Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Grocery Challenge, saving money

Egg & bowl Suppose harder times hit us. Would we be prepared? Could we eat nutritionally if we only had $10 a week (or 10€)?  Just to make this easy, lets pretend that the USD and the EURO are at parity. I’ll be using $ in this exercise.  I’d love to hear how YOU would do it & hear your ideas. Please click on the little number at the top of this posting and tell me what you would buy if you only had $10. I’d really like to learn from you.

John & I are NOT picky eaters, so here are some of my ideas:

Here is what I would buy (approximate costs):

oatmeal- $1 a box

eggs-$1 a dozen

1 pk of the bread mix I buy for bread-$1.39 this can last John and me for 1 full week, as it makes 2 loaves.

1 kilo of beans- $1

1 kilo of rice- $1.40

1 liter of milk- $0.60

1 bag of apples- $1.80

canned tuna- $1.50

1 head of lettuce- $0.40

Total: $10.09

Sample Menus:

Breakfasts:

oatmeal & milk

egg & toast

cooked rice & milk w/ an apple diced in it.

baked custard

baked apples

Lunches or suppers:

beans & rice + salad

rice w/tuna casserole

bean & rice burgers (use on raw egg as a binder) + bread & lettuce

tuna sandwiches w/ lettuce

fried egg salad sandwiches w/ lettuce

creamed eggs over toast

* it would be helpful if there were a wee bit of mayo and oil in the house… but you could live without it and even loose a few lbs.

What would you buy??

The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia M. Child

Mar 3, 2009 by     No Comments    Posted under: Blogroll, Bobbie's Store, saving money, What we're Reading

What an interesting little book this is:

american housewife

Originally published in 1832, this extraordinary manual for the homemaker of modest means is far more than a mere “cookbook.”

Here is a quote:

“The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments, so that nothing be lost. I mean fragments of time, as well as materials. Nothing should be thrown away so long as it is possible to make any use of it, however trifling that use may be; and whatever be the size of a family, every member should be employed either in earning or saving money.”

What a blessing for me as a mom, to see my children, not only loving the Lord, but as wise ‘keepers at home’.

or how about this one:

“In the country, where grain is raised, it is a good plan to teach children to prepare and braid straw for their own bonnets, and their brothers’ hats.”

OOOOkay… I’ll get right on that!!

Here’s one that we all need to HEED!

“It is wise to keep an exact account of all you expend—even of a paper of pins. This answers two purposes; it makes you more careful in spending money, and it enables your husband to judge precisely whether his family live within his income. No false pride, or foolish ambition to appear as well as others, should ever induce a person to live one cent beyond the income of which he is certain. If you have two dollars a day, let nothing but sickness induce you to spend more than nine shillings; if you have one dollar a day, do not spend but seventy-five cents; if you have half a dollar a day, be satisfied to spend forty cents.”

Now, isn’t that the wisest advice? How can we encourage each other in this? Well, I will encourage YOU by sending this on.

You can find this book right here on my blog. Just follow these instructions:

At the top of this blog page.

  • go to Bobbie’s Store
  • then, on the right hand side, you will see  categories
  • Click on: ‘cookbooks and canning’
  • then… click on:page 2
  • the book is available there for $3.16. A bargain!!

We all need this practical wisdom NOW.

Be blessed and encouraged! ~Bobbie