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.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Cooked Ground Beef

This morning I boiled 5 pounds of ground beef, Now what am I going to do with it?

Tonight we are having Sloppy Janes and French Fries,
Sloppy Janes are very similar to sloppy joes, one exception, they are served in hot dog buns instead of hamburger buns.

Other meals that will come from this 5 pounds of meat?
Well We have Stroganoff, Add one can of cream of mushroom soup, 1 can mushrooms, and one cup of sour cream or french onion dip
We have our usual, tater tot casserole, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 can corn drained, 1 pound tater tots, and 1 cup shredded cheese
We can add to basic spaghetti sauce
Tacos are easy too, just add a cup of salsa and a tablespoon of Taco seasoning
Enchiladas, add 1 tablespoon taco seasoning, 1/2 cup of miracle whip, and LOTS of Cheese

since each of these meals uses about 3/4 pound of meat, I get about 7 meals from that 5 pounds. To stretch it further I add chopped onion, green pepper, zucchini, or whatever I have handy to it.

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