tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post4659357016146520969..comments2024-03-28T22:56:01.787-04:00Comments on Cheryl's Frugal Corner: No $ - No Problem - Still Eat WellCheryl Kimbleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-29349829767401102122020-05-10T07:35:31.143-04:002020-05-10T07:35:31.143-04:00Thanks.
You are so right - we all need to know the...Thanks.<br />You are so right - we all need to know the basics.<br />Herbs add not only taste but nutrition. We often forget about herbs - but they are so easy to grow on the window seal or on the porch or patio if you have no space.<br /><br />All leftover over bones should be simmered and made into that wonderous stock/broth. It is so nutritious and we waste nothing.<br />Love fried rice - you can add any leftover what so ever to it.<br />Thanks for some great reminders.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-18275249140675905672020-05-10T07:31:43.638-04:002020-05-10T07:31:43.638-04:00They are just so tasty!They are just so tasty!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-77074312079000685912020-05-09T20:39:27.883-04:002020-05-09T20:39:27.883-04:00Good post Cheryl. Basic cooking skills are so impo...Good post Cheryl. Basic cooking skills are so important. I worry for people who have lived entirely out of ready made meals or eating out. Well it is their kids I worry about. One thing I think of is nutrition and goodness. There are often herbs growing i.e. there is Rosemary growing in our supermarket car park. I have parsley all over the place. The addition of some free fresh herbs will add goodness. Another is knowing how to make stock. Basically left overs with nutrients extracted... this added to soup or used to cook the rice is like a free vitamin pill. My favourite use it up meal other than soup is fried rice. It is a real dollar stretcher too! xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-64697964942374441242020-05-09T15:58:17.057-04:002020-05-09T15:58:17.057-04:00You made me want to roast some veggies!You made me want to roast some veggies!Mrs. Laura Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-23369852114467020752020-05-08T17:54:32.075-04:002020-05-08T17:54:32.075-04:00Thanks - have a great weekendThanks - have a great weekendCheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-23740148926730737522020-05-08T17:54:10.441-04:002020-05-08T17:54:10.441-04:00I am sure that is what happened. I know heart att...I am sure that is what happened. I know heart attacks can do that - so I would imagine a stroke could too. It is your brain - so that makes sense.<br />Maybe make just a small amount of fried cabbage for yourself.<br />I just love veggies of all sorts.<br />Hope you fix some soon!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-77835293337552970662020-05-08T16:50:02.430-04:002020-05-08T16:50:02.430-04:00Great advice my friend!
Blessings,
Laura of Harve...Great advice my friend!<br />Blessings, <br />Laura of Harvest Lane CottageMrs. Laura Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334381585683324912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-39518000986496869842020-05-08T16:27:57.188-04:002020-05-08T16:27:57.188-04:00I just ate yet this still made me hungry! For one...I just ate yet this still made me hungry! For one thing, I have been wanting fried cabbage, but afraid Roger will not eat it now. So would all be left for me. But one of these days I am going to try. His stroke changed what he likes, too. He used to love the cabbage rolls/hamburger dish, and now does not like it at all. I could always eat it, but didn't really like it...and I had just grown to really like it and then he don't. I think the stroke changed how he tastes things...he used to be a big vegetable eater, and now the only one he really eats like he used to is corn.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015780995837712115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-23575310614567552342020-05-08T09:24:32.170-04:002020-05-08T09:24:32.170-04:00Thanks.
The only times I feel I went without were ...Thanks.<br />The only times I feel I went without were my own fault!!!! Mom and Daddy provided more than enough - even though we had little money.<br />Looking back - it sure makes us all appreciate the sacrifices our folks made!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-18674425437203888012020-05-08T09:13:46.808-04:002020-05-08T09:13:46.808-04:00What great tips. Thank you!
I have been blessed wi...What great tips. Thank you!<br />I have been blessed with never having to go hungry. Even if Mom and Dad never had a lot of money, there was always good food on the table. Daddy had a huge garden, and Mom canned and put up everything. They were amazing, and I didn't appreciate all they did at the time.<br />Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093313893708262722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-91798926188320224132020-05-08T07:36:49.865-04:002020-05-08T07:36:49.865-04:00That's a lot of children to feed! Sunday dinn...That's a lot of children to feed! Sunday dinner was like that at our house - it seemed many relatives just 'happened' to pop in right at Sunday dinner! Of course they were never turned away. Just like you said - more bread or biscuits went out on the table to stretch it. And Mom, bless her heart suddenly wasn't hungry. I will never forget that about her.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-42849277831200511782020-05-08T07:34:00.560-04:002020-05-08T07:34:00.560-04:00That is not something I have ever tasted - it soun...That is not something I have ever tasted - it sounds interesting. I think many parents had certain dishes that they used when things were very tight. I remember my siblings talking about having cornbread with milk over it and sugar - when the pantry had gotten kind of bare. That was before me - but they remember it and still like it.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-42295659190365108222020-05-08T07:31:18.814-04:002020-05-08T07:31:18.814-04:00Margie your Dad sounds a lot like mine!
Bread is...Margie your Dad sounds a lot like mine! <br />Bread is a great filler - it just extends any meal.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-55697553076175248902020-05-07T19:27:53.522-04:002020-05-07T19:27:53.522-04:00I grew up in home with 10 siblings and a father wh...I grew up in home with 10 siblings and a father who brought home hungry strangers on a regular basis .. my Mom never knew how many would be at our table for meals but she always had plenty of bread/buns on hand to stretch every meal. Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441981858311250693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-65806363949726451522020-05-07T17:56:03.418-04:002020-05-07T17:56:03.418-04:00Great post Cheryl. This is just the sort of inform...Great post Cheryl. This is just the sort of information that is useful in these difficult times. When I was very young we used my parents used to make curried eggs which can be served over rice. Curried eggs was simply boiled eggs, peeled and sliced (or quartered) and added to a basic curry sauce. It was my favourite meal as a young child but I think the reason we had it as a family meal was because we had run out of meat during the week. I still enjoy it occasionally all these years later.Sherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322236537807536688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-63708121982208120172020-05-07T17:54:56.084-04:002020-05-07T17:54:56.084-04:00With 5 kids my mom always added a plate of bread a...With 5 kids my mom always added a plate of bread and butter to meals to fill us up! And there were no meal choices - as my dad used to say, "Your mom's not a short-order cook - either eat what's on the table or there's bread and jam in the kitchen - your choice"!Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-3273239970432817532020-05-07T13:49:23.614-04:002020-05-07T13:49:23.614-04:00I hear you. Sometimes I would have preferred some...I hear you. Sometimes I would have preferred something different - but you so what you got to do.<br />Being frugal sure is a giftCheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-6901604755678133332020-05-07T13:45:03.510-04:002020-05-07T13:45:03.510-04:00We have never gone hungry, but we sure have been b...We have never gone hungry, but we sure have been broke. Thank goodness I knew how to cook and be frugal. Not saying I liked it at the time, but I sure have gotten used to the idea.Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-25549421472107592902020-05-07T13:04:46.130-04:002020-05-07T13:04:46.130-04:00I don't remember every having pizza or boxed m... I don't remember every having pizza or boxed mac n cheese. We didn't even eat out - I was a late teen before I had fast food I think. Homemade was all I was used to.<br />Pnut butter and apple is still a favorite of mine!<br /><br />Well, I had only one excuse and that was NO money. I was raised with a mom who taught me how to cook, and we had a huge garden which I loved. <br />I was newly divorced and had to work 2 jobs to pay the rent and a utility or two (most were included) - but also debt left behind from a spendthrift ex - who didn't mind throwing me under the bus when necessary. So I spent everything on bills.<br />I was so confused then - I never thought much about cooking well on what I had. <br /><br />Then I met my Glen and the world changed for the good!!!!!!<br />I got my head back on straight and began to thrive. AND swore never again would I be hungry - thus the big pantry.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-24184346005961741252020-05-07T12:54:59.494-04:002020-05-07T12:54:59.494-04:00Oh yes, grits, polenta, fried mush...…
That is goo...Oh yes, grits, polenta, fried mush...…<br />That is good and cheap eating!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-50845594898806947902020-05-07T12:10:54.020-04:002020-05-07T12:10:54.020-04:00Cheryl, I was stupid as a single! First I lived w...Cheryl, I was stupid as a single! First I lived with gparents and my Grandma made these time consuming Hispanic meals that literally took hours to prepare. When I lived with my parents, my mom worked and my dad was a literal meat and potatoes guy. We ate fried pork chops or beef, canned veggies, and baked/fried potatoes every single night. I didn't have pasta, pizza, or even Kraft mac and cheese until I went away to college!!<br /><br />As a working single, I had an apple with pnut butter for breakfast, a Lean Cuisine, orange, and diet Coke for lunch, and either a can of soup or toast and milk for dinner!! My big splurge was a local Mex place where I'd get grilled chicken, rice, beans, and tortillas. I'd get that about every week-10 days and make it last for 3-4 meals!!<br /><br />Oh, how I wish I had been taught to cook simple and healthy things! We rarely had fresh vegetables in our home so the dorm salad bar was my daily lunch. I was like a rabbit!! I tried everything!Debby in KShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678580135625880717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-64854159818197061832020-05-07T11:58:44.308-04:002020-05-07T11:58:44.308-04:00There is no need to go hungry, Cheryl. There are s...There is no need to go hungry, Cheryl. There are so many good ideas here and don't forget grits, they are cheap as can be and so good. Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.com