Tomorrow is payday and I have $12 left in my checking account. I also have $31 left in my fuel allowance. I have 3/4 tank of gas so I won't need that $31...straight into the Car Maintenance fund it goes.
Today is day 17 of no eating out. I am feeling more and more motivated. We are going to eat at Olive Garden on Sunday as a treat. We have to go to Canton anyway so it kind of makes the trip worth it.
I also made it not going to the grocery store. I was trying real hard to just eat what we had and not make a trip to the store. We will have spaghetti tonight which we have everything for and I can go to the store tomorrow. It is not going to be cheap because I have to buy meat. All we have in the freezer are roasts. But I hope to stay in my budget. Thanks to CeeJay for the recipe website. I am going to try the sweet and sour pork this weekend!
Sliding into Payday with $12 left
July 14th, 2011 at 05:01 pm
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July 15th, 2011 at 12:26 am 1310685983
Hey, the roasts would make for really great meals, like beef stew, etc. Another recipe site is http://www.food.com.
July 15th, 2011 at 03:21 am 1310696477
You could use the roasts and make other things...thaw it some and cut it up for stew or even cut up and put in a Crockpot with some broth and a cut up onion and service it over noodles. Here's the recipe:
Creamy Crockpot beef
1 pound beef stew meat (or in your case, the cut up roast)
2 T butter
2 T 2% milk or lower
1 T Worcestershire sauce
2 t of your favorite steak sauce
3 T beef broth
1 small chopped onion
1 t herbs, chopped (I used oregano)
2 oz. cream cheese
Use a small slow cooker. Put everything but the cream cheese in the Crockpot. Cook on low 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. Stir in the cream cheese (I diced it up so it would melt quicker) in the last 30 minutes of cooking. Serve over hot buttered noodles.