Living Within the Means God has Provided for you.

I have been a stay at home mom since 2003, although living on one fairly small income has been challenging, God has always provided for our family. With a Gross income of aproximately $20,000 we own our own home, actually have two running vehicles and want for very little. Lots of people complain about not having enough money to pay their bills. I have a hard time understanding why. On a monthly basis, we make a mere $1, 356, I had no clue til recently how low that really was. Its funny, but being Poor is more of a mentality than an actuality for most of us.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Frugal Challenge

What's for dinner?
I have Chicken, Chicken and More chicken
I have Bison Steak
I have Ground Buffalo
I have Pathetic Looking Pork Chops
I have Minute Steaks
I have Hot Dogs
I have a roll of Sausage
I have 3 bags each Frozen corn and Green Beans
I have Salmon
I have chicken Fried steak

I have frozen bread dough
and a goal of spending less than $50 over the next two weeks, can it be done??

Ok, I do have spices and a pretty good pantry full of dry stuff.

Here are my meal ideas
  1. White Chicken Chili made from Dry beans and using Bouillon instead of broth
  2. Chicken Parmesan made using canned sauce and pre breaded chicken out of the freezer
  3. Minute steaks smothered with Canned mushrooms and sliced onions, served on baked frozen bread dough seasoned accordingly (garlic goes on everything, and I have several salt free Montreal steak or chicken seasoning blends, no salt in this house)
  4. Buffalo chicken with baked smiles Butter and Frank's red hot with a touch of lemon juice, all out of freezer
  5. Chicken, Black beans and rice black beans cooked from dry
  6. Pathetic Looking Pork Chops cooked in Crockpot with BBQ sauce and pulled turned into BBQ Pork sandwiches, served with Baked Beans and a loaf of Frozen bread dough
  7. Ground Buffalo Tacos shells and salsa in pantry
  8. Spaghetti with sausage added to the canned sauce with garlic bread out of freezer
  9. Chicken tortilla soup Once again black beans from dry
  10. Lemon Garlic Chicken
  11. Chicken Quesadillas
  12. Hot Dogs, Macaroni salad (tuna, pasta, onions, mayo, and celery)
  13. Chicken Fried steak, white gravy Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes (have gravy mix, need taters)
  14. baked salmon

Looking at these 14 meals, I would need to buy a box of mashed taters, a bag of onions, a bag of regular potatoes to bake, some cheese, and a jar of salad dressing and another stalk of celery.

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