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Cook Up A Little Pampering For Yourself – Fuzzy Wuzzy Wednesday
Wed, 18 Nov 2009
As you know, I’ve been talking a lot about cooking for the holidays. We tend to take our feasting seriously as we celebrate our traditional holiday seasons. Cooking up a storm can take a toll on the chef of the house. There is a great deal of planning and preparation which often leaves us too [...]
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I’m Susanne, the owner and creator of the Hillbilly Housewife. The focus here is on low-cost, home-cooking from scratch. The recipes are all tested in a real kitchen with hungry children, stalking cats, begging puppies and a playful husband underfoot. The ingredients are affordable and readily available in most areas.
Many of us are feeling the squeeze at the supermarket these day, and all of us are feeling it at the gas pump. The government continues to deny inflation, but I see the results of it in my grocery bill and my gas tank. The official USDA cost of food has risen to $600 a month for a family of 4 on the Thrifty Plan! As most of us tighten our belts, we may be wondering how to juggle expenses that only seem to rise.
Many of us have played the credit card game, using one card to make payments on another and then having no choice but to charge everyday expenses like gas and food. We know how fast a few charges can add up to an almost insurmountable mountain of debt. We sympathize with your situation because we’ve been there.
That’s where this site comes into play. We are designed to help you reduce your grocery bill as low as it can go. It won’t solve all of your financial woes, but it may give you some breathing room so you can make a significant dent in your situation. We teach you the best foods to buy on a budget and how to cook them so the family will be better fed than they’ve been in years. You’ll find tips and techniques here that you won’t find anywhere else on the web. Everything here is free, provided by God’s grace. If the information you find here helps you and your circumstances, then please share what you have learned with others, so they too can benefit from your new knowledge.
–Susanne
HBHW Recipes
Delicious Beans and Potatoes
Make mashed potatoes. While they are cooking take cooked pinto beans, drained, cooked kidney beans, drained, or a mix, or leftover bean soup or leftover beans that kidney or pinto beans are in them, and put them in a processor until relative…
Indian Pudding Recipe
Here is a fun dessert that celebrates Thanksgiving history. Don’t forget to use this opportunity to talk to your kids about the history Native Americans played in the first Thanksgiving while you make this pudding dessert with them…
Pork & Kraut with Dumpling’s
3-4pd. pork roast, add 1 medium sliced onion,1qt.jar of homemade sauerkraut (or 2cans of sauerkraut),caraway seed, pepper&salt,1/2 stick butter or margarine,add water to the roast alittle less than half the crockpot.Mix up your…
Sweet and Sour Chicken and Rice
Suggested ingredients and amounts (all are adjustable to your taste)
3-4 cups cooked rice
1 cup broccoli florets or peas
2-3 scrambled eggs
1-2 cooked and cubed chicken breasts (optional)
1 bottle sweet and sour sauce
Put all ingredients i…
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