Eating Well on a Budget

[digitS']

That cheesecake looks especially tasty!

And, DW especially likes cabbage and makes cabbage rolls @Phaedra . That should begin very soon because the early variety we grow is just about ready.

The preparation looks completely familiar except she uses mung bean noodles. The tomato sauce will be from the freezer.

 

[baymule]

Cabbage rolls look yummy!

 

[ducks4you]

It's always good to buy in bulk, as long as you know that it will be eaten before it expires. I bought 10 lbs of King Arthur all purpose flour, exp: 2/27. Since the insects are ALL waking up I couldn't leave it in it's paper bag, so I filled up several glass containers. I finally tried out the MasonGenie that middle DD got me Christmas, 2024.
Works great! Now I store the extra flour downstairs without finding any insects.

 

[Marie2020]

It's always good to buy in bulk, as long as you know that it will be eaten before it expires. I bought 10 lbs of King Arthur all purpose flour, exp: 2/27. Since the insects are ALL waking up I couldn't leave it in it's paper bag, so I filled up several glass containers. I finally tried out the MasonGenie that middle DD got me Christmas, 2024.
Works great! Now I store the extra flour downstairs without finding any insects.View attachment 81074

Thank you Steve

I've had a huge problem with my flour and rice being attacked during the summer months

 

[Marie2020]

I couldn't find where to add this clip after finding this really informative gentleman.

 

[digitS']

Thank you Steve

? Hi, @ducks4you

I like the mini herb garden . But, I am wondering if the plants would suffer here after the deterioration of the cardboard. Perhaps not — the plant roots may bind the soil together while not venturing out of the basket on the sides. Sitting on the ground, they would soon go through the bottom.

 

[ducks4you]

Dunno. Worms love cardboard. Do you know that our North American worms are really European worms?
Our native worms dig very deep and we don't often See them.
All I know this year is that when you plant grocery story onions that have sprouted, they grow a Mass of roots, this group grew roots about 6-8 inches long.
Definitely survivors.
I also think that you should try lots of gardening ideas, if the experience isn't expensive.
STILL, contrariwise, we have a Pinterest generation that hears about something and never researches.
ON THE OTHER HAND, it's just like a shallow pot.
I guess it's just ME, but I like pretty pots for the drive by's and I would be hiding this in my back yard.

 

[Marie2020]

? Hi, @ducks4you

I like the mini herb garden . But, I am wondering if the plants would suffer here after the deterioration of the cardboard. Perhaps not — the plant roots may bind the soil together while not venturing out of the basket on the sides. Sitting on the ground, they would soon go through the bottom.

I'll have to think about another way. I have a compost and wormer bin. I'd love to set this up somehow. My chives don't last vet long in the actual clay garden. I have to buy more chives again this year

Any suggestions would be welcomed

 

[flowerbug]

... I have to buy more chives again this year

Any suggestions would be welcomed

they need enough light and some should not be trimmed and let grow to full size (as in the less light you have the more leaves they need to be left untrimmed). we have full sun and almost all clay here in many places and the chives will take over if we let them, but we also hardly ever cut them back. Mom would cut off the flowers after they bloomed so we would not get more seeds spread around.

 

[Rillowen]

Some of us do a LOT of food preserving while and after growing a LOT of produce.

That process is certainly a Good Start to saving money. What else would be healthful and practical? There was something on the teevee recently about eating out to save money on the food budget. Really? Wow. What are people bringing into their kitchens for that to be true?!

Our most economical food purchases have to be the rice and pasta. And then, that's how these two gardeners eat. Sure, there is animal protein in our diet also but there are lots of ways to serve rice and pasta with vegetables mixed in or along side. Not only is there great variety to pastas but we sometimes have rice with couscous or cornmeal, just for a change.

Think money-saving

Steve

Beans.. beans... peanut butter... rice... beans... oats.. oh! And beans.
Not to mention i do all the baking/processing myself. That saves alot of money, and is healthier too.