*Feed Your Family $10 A Day Challenge*(AT HOME)

[LuckyMamaInDE]

OK how did you make the frozen lemonade .... also coffee cake ???

Thanks for any help .

Sarah

Sarah, the frozen lemonade is actually Minute Maid frozen lemonade---individual paper-wrapped "push up" type things. It's one of the only peanut/treenut/soy free frozen treats I can buy for dd12. It comes two flavors in a box, lemonade-strawberry lemonade OR limeade-cherry limeade. I can get it on sale at ShopRite for $1.99/box of 8. Coupons are usually $1.00/2 boxes, though lately I've been finding 75c coupons in each box (ShopRite increases those coupons to $1).

I've actually got three different family favorite coffeecakes that I use all the time. I'll post those tonight after my very first high school band parents meeting

 

[mom2dea0813]

Thank you those lemonade pops sound yummy . I have been drinking lots of lemonade latley so the thought of it frozen sounded great .

Sarah

 

[mom2dea0813]

Thats a good idea and I actually do cook on Sundays and use that for Monday - Wednesday dinners pretty often. But my base ingredients are actually still considerably higher than what I've seen posted here.

It's pretty rare to see canned tuna (I buy Bumble Bee White Albacore) for less than 1.25 a can (can get it for .99 cents sometimes on sale out in NJ when i travel there). But I saw someone post earlier that thier tuna was 36 cents!

In terms of friends who stay at home with kids - well - at 29 I have only two friends with a child. One does stay home, but she cooks even less than me!

What about a sams/costco/bJs is there any type of place like that there ? I know the good tuna (albacore) you can get the cheapest there . I got a huge can of tuna for 1.50 at walmart last week and feed me and Dh off of it . But I know I can get 6 smaller cans for like 4.00 at sams club but I was not going to be out that way .

My point is if they have warehouse type stores there that maybe be a great option as well .

Sarah

 

[mickeyfan2]

WOW do you have kids to cart around with you ??? We do not even leave our house daily in the summer . With Gas prices its just not worth it . WOW I am shocked you go out daily to get veggies . Thats great but wow

Sarah

I stop on the way home from work or run out on Saturday. I don't stop on Sunday, since they are closed then. Not really that difficult.

As I said I also blanch and freeze them too, so when I cannot get them fresh I have frozen that are done within a few hours of picking.

 

[mom2dea0813]

ok that makes more sence . I am a SAHM and do not leave the house daily . There is no farmers market on the way home for DH so no way for him to stop . But also honestly I think I would blow our small budget if I did stop daily or even every other day .

Sarah

 

[dawn1967]

Thats a good idea and I actually do cook on Sundays and use that for Monday - Wednesday dinners pretty often. But my base ingredients are actually still considerably higher than what I've seen posted here.

It's pretty rare to see canned tuna (I buy Bumble Bee White Albacore) for less than 1.25 a can (can get it for .99 cents sometimes on sale out in NJ when i travel there). But I saw someone post earlier that thier tuna was 36 cents!

In terms of friends who stay at home with kids - well - at 29 I have only two friends with a child. One does stay home, but she cooks even less than me!

Wow 1.25 for tuna i see why albacore. Most of us feeding a family will settle for plain bumble bee in water for .40 a can that's what we eat. Also get store brand western family for .15 a can on sale. When they have case lot sale in october.
That reminds me does anyone have a tuna casserole recipe that's good I dislike this haven't eaten it in over 25yrs but found out my hubby likes it and wants me to make it.

 

[Ally_DeVille]

It's pretty rare to see canned tuna (I buy Bumble Bee White Albacore) for less than 1.25 a can (can get it for .99 cents sometimes on sale out in NJ when i travel there). But I saw someone post earlier that thier tuna was 36 cents!

Wondering that as well, generic cat food tuna is $.45 a can at Trader Joe's and that place is dirt cheap on tuna!

Just asking, but how many sandwiches can any of you make out of one can of tuna and actually receive the full serving of protein out of it? According to national standards, one can of tuna (172g or 6 ounces) is considered one serving.


I checked over 10 tuna fish sandwich recipes on Google; no more than 3 sandwiches out of one can and that's due to the egg, onion, celery and other stuff mixed in. I'm all for budgeting and cutting costs but there has to be some standards maintained, especially meeting minimum nutritional requirements.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Wow 1.25 for tuna i see why albacore. Most of us feeding a family will settle for plain bumble bee in water for .40 a can that's what we eat. Also get store brand western family for .15 a can on sale. When they have case lot sale in october.
That reminds me does anyone have a tuna casserole recipe that's good I dislike this haven't eaten it in over 25yrs but found out my hubby likes it and wants me to make it.

I have a great one that uses rice as a crust. It is baked in the oven. I have company until Sunday and then I have to go to a baby shower. So by the time I can post it will be about a week. Remind me if I forget.

 

[Plantlady]

But now it is not coming from Chili but from the farmer down the road. I get my corn on the cob and from picking to eating can be under an hour. Same for many other veggies. The apples are just coming in now and taste so good.

Are you picking the corn yourself? How do you know how long its been since the farmer picked the corn?

coming from a farming community, I happen to know, that people will pick a lot of corn, then sell it over the course of a week or so.. more or less, depending upon how fast they can move it. It is never "picked within the hour", from a roadside stand.

I have to agree with the PP, that canned vegetables do contain more nutrients than the same vegetables that you can buy in fresh produce isle of your neighborhood grocery store.

This will not hold true if you are picking the produce, and eating them quickly, but it is definately true for produce bought off the shelf.

 

[frndshpcptn]

Wondering that as well, generic cat food tuna is $.45 a can at Trader Joe's and that place is dirt cheap on tuna!

Just asking, but how many sandwiches can any of you make out of one can of tuna and actually receive the full serving of protein out of it? According to national standards, one can of tuna (172g or 6 ounces) is considered one serving.


I checked over 10 tuna fish sandwich recipes on Google; no more than 3 sandwiches out of one can and that's due to the egg, onion, celery and other stuff mixed in. I'm all for budgeting and cutting costs but there has to be some standards maintained, especially meeting minimum nutritional requirements.

That's where I am confused. It seems like such a small amount to feed more than 1 or 2 people.

I am all for budgeting - and have been reading this tread for good ideas - but just can't wrap my head around some of the costs vs. people served.

 

[mom2dea0813]

As far as how long tuna last our family ....
1 large can now that I am pregnant will only do me and him (2 sandwiches each or one big sandwich on sub rolls) but I can only have this maybe 1 time a month .
So if its dh and the kids then he can feed himself 2 sandwiches and my ds 2 and the girls eat something like egg salad sandwiches sence they don't care for tuna .

So I Think 1 large can is 2 smaller cans so that would be 2 sandwiches out of a small can ?
I really do not eat it that often but I think thats right .

Sarah

 

[Plantlady]

Wow 1.25 for tuna i see why albacore. Most of us feeding a family will settle for plain bumble bee in water for .40 a can that's what we eat. Also get store brand western family for .15 a can on sale. When they have case lot sale in october.
That reminds me does anyone have a tuna casserole recipe that's good I dislike this haven't eaten it in over 25yrs but found out my hubby likes it and wants me to make it.

I have a casserole recipe. It gets complicated for us, because my DH eats fish, but no other meat, my kids hate fish. You can make it simple though. I'll give the basics.

Noodle Casserole

1 bag egg noodles, cooked, drained
1/2 cup mayo
2 cups cheese.
3 Tbsp Worcheshire sauce
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

mix all together.

Now, you can add your meat (tuna or chicken). In our house, I seperate 3 cups of this mixture and add tuna, then the remaining five cups gets chicken, in a seperate dish. But, you can add all tuna, or all chicken, or it is tasty plain.

sprinkle paprika on top, cover with a lid or foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes

calories.. for those interested: the entire dish, before meat is 2900 calories. 8 1 cup servings is 363. Again, this is before meat.

 

[Plantlady]

That's where I am confused. It seems like such a small amount to feed more than 1 or 2 people.

I am all for budgeting - and have been reading this tread for good ideas - but just can't wrap my head around some of the costs vs. people served.

I think it might be age of children served. While I am able to feed my boys cheap now (ages 10, 8, and 5), I know I will be poor as dirt feeding them when they are a teenager.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Are you picking the corn yourself? How do you know how long its been since the farmer picked the corn?

coming from a farming community, I happen to know, that people will pick a lot of corn, then sell it over the course of a week or so.. more or less, depending upon how fast they can move it. It is never "picked within the hour", from a roadside stand.

I have to agree with the PP, that canned vegetables do contain more nutrients than the same vegetables that you can buy in fresh produce isle of your neighborhood grocery store.

This will not hold true if you are picking the produce, and eating them quickly, but it is definately true for produce bought off the shelf.

Not where I get mine. The Amish man brings it in by the 5 gallon bucket. Since they know me the will even go and pick the number of ears I want and hand them to me. The stand is in the middle to the farm.

 

[Plantlady]

Not where I get mine. The Amish man brings it in by the 5 gallon bucket. Since they know me the will even go and pick the number of ears I want and hand them to me. The stand is in the middle to the farm.

well, that's pretty cool. I wish I had a place like that between my house and work.

 

[dawn1967]

I don't what big deal is for the tuna being .36 a can or maybe cheaper i can get 24 to a case in october for .15 to 18 cents a can. As for the bread .25 I can make it for that price or less depending on what kind i make for lunch or dinner. Or go to the bread store and get 5 loaves for 1.00 I think mommies has stated before her kids are very light eaters and picky eaters she's also serving salad and apples. My little one he's 8 would eat the salad and apples and half a sandwich for lunch or dinner. I would to thinking about it but my husband would need a whole sandwich and salad and fruit and so would my oldest boy. I think it depends on the person why give a whole serving to a 5 yr old if you know they will not eat it.

 

[mickeyfan2]

well, that's pretty cool. I wish I had a place like that between my house and work.

He is less than a mile from my home.

 

[Ally_DeVille]

That's where I am confused. It seems like such a small amount to feed more than 1 or 2 people.

I am all for budgeting - and have been reading this tread for good ideas - but just can't wrap my head around some of the costs vs. people served.

Right there in the confusion with you frndshpcptn, from what I understand about the poster who posted about 1 can of tuna for sandwiches, mommiepoppins is feeding 6 people, her, hubby, 2 teenage daughters and 2 younger girls (4&6?).

The standards don't change if it's a child or an adult; a serving of canned tuna fish for one person is 1/2 a 6 oz. can.

When this thread first started, the recipes on how to make bread, rolls, pizza crusts from scratch; to name but a few, were great examples of how to feed your family cheaply as well as nutritionally. Lately it's all about how cheaply....

 

[dawn1967]

Right there in the confusion with you frndshpcptn, from what I understand about the poster who posted about 1 can of tuna for sandwiches, mommiepoppins is feeding 6 people, her, hubby, 2 teenage daughters and 2 younger girls (4&6?).

The standards don't change if it's a child or an adult; a serving of canned tuna fish for one person is 1/2 a 6 oz. can.

When this thread first started, the recipes on how to make bread, rolls, pizza crusts from scratch; to name but a few, were great examples of how to feed your family cheaply as well as nutritionally. Lately it's all about how cheaply....

Mommie has not posted she is feeding 6 or 12 for dinner tonight or even 1 person and we are assuming she is feeding 1 can of tuna for a family of 6 when maybe she feeding then 6 cans we don't know it doesn't state how many eating or how many cans. Just the cost. Which she could of have a coupon for buy 1 get 1 free we are making assumptions. I feed 4 kids and my self on one can of tuna and 5 hoagie rolls for a cost of 75 cents how come no one questioned this?
and serving sizes do change for children and adults. protien amount is way different. look it up at usda.gov

 

[frndshpcptn]

I don't what big deal is for the tuna being .36 a can or maybe cheaper i can get 24 to a case in october for .15 to 18 cents a can. As for the bread .25 I can make it for that price or less depending on what kind i make for lunch or dinner. Or go to the bread store and get 5 loaves for 1.00 I think mommies has stated before her kids are very light eaters and picky eaters she's also serving salad and apples. My little one he's 8 would eat the salad and apples and half a sandwich for lunch or dinner. I would to thinking about it but my husband would need a whole sandwich and salad and fruit and so would my oldest boy. I think it depends on the person why give a whole serving to a 5 yr old if you know they will not eat it.

I agree - I wouldn't give a whole serving to a 5 year old who only eats half a sandwich. That's why I asked mommie how many people she was feeding with the one can of tuna. If it's three kids - that makes sense as they all eat smaller portions! But if that also includes an adult I'm a bit skeptical.

I'm honest - I also wouldn't buy the lower quality tuna. But I really do understand that not everyone can afford to buy or wants to buy Albacore.

Spray buter is another example. 10 cents for spray butter - is that 10 cents a spray? 10 cents for two sprays? That makes sense for a bagel (sort of) but not for a larger dish. I haven't seen spray butter (even out in NJ) for less than 1.99 a bottle.

Maybe I'm really out of touch with prices across the country and serving sizes...