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2 lb. Fully Cooked Meatloaf 1 lb. Beef Fajita Strips 3 lb. Breaded Frying Chicken 2 lb. St. Louis Style Ribs 2 lb. Lasagna Dinner Entree 1 lb. Gourmet Sausage 1 lb. Fully Cooked Meatballs 16 oz. Broccoli 15 oz. Refried Beans 12 ct. Tortillas 26 oz. Pasta Sauce 16 oz. Pasta 6 oz. Pancake Mix 16 oz. Fresh...

Place about 1/8 cup of sugar in a container with a tight lid. Add a few drops of food coloring. Seal the container and shake well. Add a few more drops of coloring if the color is not dark enough, and again, shake well. Remove the seal and air dry overnight. Sprinke colored sugar on cookies before you...

I just have to share this cake I made for my son's birthday as it's close to Halloween. It's not the most frugal birthday cake but it's cheaper than buying it from the store and it's really cute http://www.secrets-of-the-butchers-wife.com/Halloween-Dirt-Cake.html When I saw the Peep's...

You have to ask the butcher's for the packets. They use them when they make the breakfast and/or Italian sausage themselves. We are planning for some very serious stocking up. Since we gave away all our food storage when we moved almost 4 years ago we have just been getting by thinking we'd be...

Aint people crazy??!!! For some reason the ignorance of others is so extreme, and the pickiness. I did remember a fun story about my hubby and his previous wife. She kept using up all the packages in the freezer marked with an L . Little did she know she was serving llama until she said they were all...

I wasn't sure I should mention the edible part :) as so many before were dealing with pets with poor health and death issues. I couldn't help it. We actually did eat some but mainly I was so cheap we only ate really old ones or just when we had to clean out the bunny barn cause we had too many...

My savings and stock so far: Funds $150 in a savings account 4,674 My Points to cash in for a $25 gift certificate 1,020 My Points for my husband, no GC value yet $175 in funds and future GCs Food 2 weeks of canned veggies 1 month of canned fruit 1 month of powdered milk 1 month of pasta 6 months of...

One of our family favorites is corned beef and cabbage sandwiches. We usually stock up on corned beef for St. Patrick's Day- John keeps a watch for leakers which we can buy at a discount. We boil up the corned beef until tender. Then after we take out the meat we boil the cabbage in the same water...

This is very close to one of my favorite cookie recipes, except I've never added cheerios. My favorite addition is butterscotch chips or a combo of chocolate and buttterscotch chips and leave out the raisins. Not so good for breakfast but I have a breakfast bar I make then and add a variety of nuts...