| In these difficult times, it is tough to discover | | | | the face, piece of cake (no pun intended!) and |
| ways to manage the budget. One way we do | | | | with contents that I either already had in the |
| finish up cutting costs is food time, with those | | | | cupboard already, or were really cheap to pickup |
| pricey dinners out or even pleasant meals in , | | | | down at the supermarket. And that was without |
| getting cut as the check or the contents are | | | | me shopping at places like Costco or Wal-mart. I |
| determined to be too steep to justify. What did | | | | do shop at these places these days and I can get |
| our taste buds ever do to earn such a rough deal. | | | | dinner served and on the table for the wife and |
| The reality is that we simply do not need to rob | | | | kids for less than $6 depending on the meal |
| ourselves what is one of life's very simple, yet | | | | (that's $1.50 a serve!!)! That by itself is a superb |
| very important facets that we should celebrate; | | | | deal but I'll be honest with you guys, the best deal |
| great food. We owe it to ourselves to eat well, | | | | is the good feeling you get watching those cheap |
| so why do we so quickly justify depriving | | | | meals getting waffled down no questions asked. |
| ourselves that very thing? Because it is deemed | | | | I take this opportunity to cheer on anyone who |
| easy? Because we don't think we can afford to | | | | has been in, or is in, a place such as me where |
| eat well at this point in time? I thought the same | | | | I'm really conscious of cost and keeping my |
| but after some weeks of bland eating, decided to | | | | budget in check to go and have a look at |
| do some scouring and looking at cookbooks, | | | | websites like this page that I've setup. It's a work |
| recipes and what I found out was that there's an | | | | in progress, as I'll only add recipes I have tried and |
| array of Cheap Meals out there, that use limited, | | | | tested, that also have the family stamp of |
| cheap ingredients that end up resulting in an eating | | | | approval, and if there's not too much there to |
| experience that is really good quality. What could | | | | tickle your taste buds into action, there's lots of |
| be better than that. | | | | good links that will take you through to what will |
| It's funny when I think back, but a while ago I | | | | seem like an endless supply of cheap recipes. |
| wouldn't have thought of looking for these cheap | | | | There's corners to be cut everywhere folks, don't |
| meals in a million years. I would have just eaten | | | | lose hope and also think, if I can get myself into |
| poorly, eaten take out, etc. Funny how things | | | | good habits when times are tough, imagine how |
| change when there's more mouths than just your | | | | well I'll be able to do with these new cost cutting |
| own to feed. So, there they were staring me in | | | | skills when things rebound down the track. |