Menus for Frugality

[Mini Horses]

I love fried squash & onion...bacon drippings. YUM. Also, squash casserole with, sour cream, cream of chicken soup, etc. in the mix. Plus chickens, pigs & goats eat extras from garden.

No wasted squash here.

Yep tomatoes & peppers are the "biggies" in most gardens. I like eggplant (eggplant parm, yum!) ... don't eat okra. But plan to do some climbing beans to eat & dry this year. Good for chickens if cooked a little, high protein & fiber. Cheap.

 

[Mini Horses]

You know, if cut & sliced on the round, those zuks will even look like an apple slice.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I've been known to take an eggplant, slice it into rounds, brush it with olive oil and bake it on a cookie sheet. After it's about 3/4's done I'll spread a little spaghetti sauce on it and pile on some grated parm and let it finish baking. DH loves it because it's diabetic friendly and tastes like pizza. I might get some pepperoni and put on the next batch. Same thing can be done with zucchini/yellow squash slices.

 

[baymule]

Chunk up squash and roll in Ranch dry mix, then bake on a cookie sheet.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[baymule]

Fry a skillet of bacon. Chop half a head of cabbage and cook in the bacon grease. Crumble the bacon over the cabbage and season to taste with soy sauce.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's our favorite way to do cabbage too...I don't use the soy sauce, I use a touch of balsamic vinegar. Good eating!

 

[Mini Horses]

I do cabbage like that! Like it crispy, add a little pepper generally. Depends what else if being served with it as to anything else.

Next day fry up some onion & ground beef, add leftover fried cabbage, some chopped tomatoes and juice, some kidney beans. You can add more broth & make soup, when I do that I often throw in a bay leaf, maybe some corn, carrots, more beef broth. Potatoes optional -- depends on what I want to use up.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That sounds delish! We looooove soups!

 

[lcertuche]

Cabbage is not only a frugal fresh food but also very healthy. I like to cut cabbage into wedges and then spread butter on it, sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake in a preheated 450 degree oven for 15 or 20 minutes. It is good grilled this way too.