I'm struggling with making good meals for my family at an affordable price. I'm going to the grocery store every other day spending over 400,000 Kwacha, that is around $120.
Here is what I need- Please send your favorite meal/meals that can be cooked with few ingredients and keep in mind that we have just the basics here. I did find cream of mushroom soup but no Spaghetti sauce, expensive cream cheese(it was 35,000 kwacha for a small Philly cream cheese, over $10), no sour cream.
We have eaten roasted chicken and veggies- the veggies are great at the farmer's market- spaghetti(making my own sauce with diced tomatoes, garlic), chili, pizza(sausage, salami and mushrooms, mozz. cheese), fried tilapia with coleslaw, pot roast, chicken and rice. We have all meats at our disposable, except pepperoni and hot dogs- is that meat??
I'm not looking for anything fancy just good and COST-EFFECTIVE.
I made homemade banana pudding the other day from flour, salt, sugar, butter, vanilla and bananas. No vanilla wafers but we did substitute shortbread cookies- Yum, yum!!
Thanks for all your help!!
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I will think about recips. Sounds like you are doing great. I would eat steak and potatoes every night - with some mushrooms and a salad. What about eggs - are the cheap and easily picked up....
Hope Chelsea is on the mend!! Way to go Bradley! I will look up some recipes with few ingredients. Maybe you could implement a new parent's reception, morning coffees, etc. at the new school! Love reading your blog. The Schurs
Remember your food groups and go from there:
Protein
Milk (dairy)
Grain
Veggies and fruit.
Talk to Moses re: his vegetarian diet and then make sure you put in enough protein.
Or Follow My 4 Food Groups:
-chicken
-salad
-popcorn
-fruit
I did go on Amazon to look for a cook-book No Luck
Try 'Chicken Gravy over Mashed Potatoes'
Gravy:
Saute onions, celery, chopped mushrooms(optional) in butter/olive oil. Add chopped garlic at the end. Deglaze pan with wine. Add one can cream of chicken (cream of mush. is fine too). Add salt/pepper to taste. Simmer Sauce 10 min. Add cooked chopped Chicken. Serve over Mashed Potatoes. Hope you like it!Sorrells Family
David said to call Pizza Hut. They deliver.
Being "old sailors" there is a cookbook for sailing the islands that only uses five ingredients for each meal - and everything is readily available. It is called "KISS" (Keep It Simple Stupid), and the meals are great! Will get one for you Carman and snail mail it. Miss all of you glad you are all feeling better.
Hey Carman . . . I love the blog . . an am so excited about the path our Lord is leading you on . . .here are a couple easy recipes:
Cream of mushroom soup & meatballs - cook together in oven 350 for 45 mins
Chicken sghetti- noodles, chicken, cream of mushroom and/or cream of chilcken soup and mozzarella . . put in the oven 375 for 45mins
chicken pot pie - cream of mushrrom soup, cream of potato soup , veggies of choice, chicken, biscuit mix or pilsburry rolls on top
Sorry can't remember my conversions . . how bad is that?
God Bless
what about roasted potatoes those are easy. don't forget about porkchops or porkroast.
try roasted potatoes. they are easy and the kids will like them. don't forget about pork. what about asparagus and broccoli
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