"The best food storage is not in welfare grain elevators but in sealed cans and bottles in the homes of our people. What a gratifying thing it is to see cans of wheat and rice and beans under the beds or in the pantries of women who have taken welfare responsibility into their own hands. Such food may not be tasty, but it will be nourishing if it has to be used." (President Gordon B. Hinckley)
At the time of this writing, this it is two weeks ago as you read it. We have cold weather and there are fires in California out of control. We should pray for them, it will be a hard recovery. It is so hard to build back from scratch.
I have asthma so here in Central Iowa we are having the smoke from those fires which is setting off my asthma. It is hazy out with the smoke.
My heart goes out to them and they are in my prayers.
Prices still have not gone down and they are saying will go up. We need to do what we can to stretch our groceries. The first way is cooking from scratch. Yes, it takes a bit more time but it is a lot less costly and a whole lot more healthy. Plus, tastes a lot better and to show you just how much better here is a favorite recipe all from scratch...
Peanut Butter Brownies
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. Sugar
3/4 c. Brown sugar
1/3c. Peanut butter (I use crunchy)
3 tbsp butter
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 c. Flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
Mix in first six ingredients given, mix well, then add dry ingredients, mix till smooth.
Spread in sprayed 9x13 pan. Bake 350 for 30 min.
For frosting - powdered sugar, two tbsp butter, tsp vanilla and big spoon peanut butter. Then I add a little hot water and mix till spreading consistency, then spread on cooled bars.
Keep haunting those thrift stores. I found a food saver for $4.99 today at Salvation Army it doesn't look used at all. I always check electrical things out there before I purchase. It works great! It has the vacuum hose but I put it away for a spare as I have one in my canister already.
I share this with you to show you that you can still find these things. Just put a list of these together and carry it with you to look for them when you are in the thrift stores.
With things continuing to climb in price, we should buy used when we can. We may no longer say it stretches our budget but instead it is what we can afford.
It is what we could afford all those years buying used. If I didn't we would not have the things we do that make life easier like a blender, waffle irons, etc.
It was just a way of life for me. Who knew that now in my old age this would bless us ever so much more than before.
https://www.awilson.co.uk/how-to-make-a-crocheted-hot-water-bottle-cover/ - this would be a good project for crochet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF30B6wrC68 - if you need a thick yarn, this is a way to get around that twenty-five dollar ball of super bulky yarn in crochet and knitting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFy09KHvGI - this hat is fantastic and uses the thick yarn but doing the yarn as the video shows, you can make this size.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MW25Ub94I - this lady does the best sewing info for you to learn.
Here is a palette I made using what I had at home. I saw on Pinterest someone do something similar. I used button parts that you use to make covered buttons. You glue them into a tin then fill with watercolor tube paint, let it dry, and now you have made a wonderfully useful item. I had gotten the tube set on a half-off sale a couple years ago. For me, this was a frugal thing as watercoloring is a skill I am working to build.
You may not want to make this but I put it here to say - what do you have on hand already that you can redo into something more helpful?
Now is the time you might start hanging onto things you have. Try to fix it rather than getting rid of it, as replacement costs will not come down any time soon. For example, you have a lamp and the shade falls apart...you can redo a shade for a lot less money than it takes to purchase another.
We need to start thinking and living more frugally.
Missy says learn to make things for yourself, like this pillow my mommy made...she thinks it is hers but really it is mine.
Tippy Longstockings says learn sewing so you can make cat toys as well.
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