- Thread starter
- #74
tortoise
Wild Hare
Did I mention every year I start with high hopes for a low budget! This year is no different. I'm proud of my results for the last fiscal month. Keeping going past January keeps getting more and more difficult!
I found a new-to-me recipe to share.
I end up with a lot of crusty chunks of homemade bread - more than I can use up as breadcrumb. I'm avoiding buying fresh veggies in winter, but I have plenty of dehydrated veggies that I have a hard time finding uses for.
I found a "strata" casserole recipe. Simplified so you can apply it to whatever leftovers you tend to have.
Cubed stale bread to fill a casserole dish 2/3 full.
Leftover cooked meat
Grated/diced fresh veggies, or rehydrated veggies
^^^mix and dump into untreated casserole dish
I used 2 grated carrots, about 1 cup chopped dehydrated tomato slices, and a handful of dehydrated kale (before I ground it into powder). I used ground mutton for meat. S
mix egg and milk (or broth?) and pour over. I used 6 eggs and 1-1/2 cup milk for 9x13 pan. Also 1/2 stick melted butter. Add seasonings to the liquid. I used 1/2 t onion powder, 1/2 t salt. I'll probably use bacon fat for part or all next time.
cover, refrigerate "overnight"
bake 350, about an hour
My bread was very dry, so I poured extra milk over it during the "overnight" part of the recipe.
The top half was fabulously crusty, the bottom was like a savory bread pudding. Kids and I liked it a lot, hubby says it's tolerable. I'll be making it about every other week to use up our bread heels! Yum! ❤
I found a new-to-me recipe to share.
I end up with a lot of crusty chunks of homemade bread - more than I can use up as breadcrumb. I'm avoiding buying fresh veggies in winter, but I have plenty of dehydrated veggies that I have a hard time finding uses for.
I found a "strata" casserole recipe. Simplified so you can apply it to whatever leftovers you tend to have.
Cubed stale bread to fill a casserole dish 2/3 full.
Leftover cooked meat
Grated/diced fresh veggies, or rehydrated veggies
^^^mix and dump into untreated casserole dish
I used 2 grated carrots, about 1 cup chopped dehydrated tomato slices, and a handful of dehydrated kale (before I ground it into powder). I used ground mutton for meat. S
mix egg and milk (or broth?) and pour over. I used 6 eggs and 1-1/2 cup milk for 9x13 pan. Also 1/2 stick melted butter. Add seasonings to the liquid. I used 1/2 t onion powder, 1/2 t salt. I'll probably use bacon fat for part or all next time.
cover, refrigerate "overnight"
bake 350, about an hour
My bread was very dry, so I poured extra milk over it during the "overnight" part of the recipe.
The top half was fabulously crusty, the bottom was like a savory bread pudding. Kids and I liked it a lot, hubby says it's tolerable. I'll be making it about every other week to use up our bread heels! Yum! ❤
Yep. I am on a VERY tight one now as I want to be able to stop most all working within 2 yrs. 
I seems where I would LIKE to be. Ain't getting any younger, no matter how hard I try! So facing fact that my own spending MUST be limited. I have spent some "discretionary" funds that probably should have gone to paying something else in advance but, I know that once I do stop working there will be almost no chance to buy these things. Plus they will actually save me, or make me some $$$. 
