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Almost Frugal Emergency Food Funds — almost frugal — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:25:36 +0000

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By: Kelly from My Small Cents

Kelly from My Small Cents — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:09:07 +0000

Oh some other great meal ideas! I’ll have to try them.

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:39:31 +0000

Nice ideas. We often have soup when time is short. Any sort of vegie soup (pumpkin is our favourite), you can use pretty much what you’ve got. Another one is pasta with a creamy pesto sauce – a jar of pesto and a cup of cream combined and heated through. Yummy

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:55:15 +0000

Ooh I’ve got one to add. Take a bag of frozen cheese tortellini, some frozen spinach and canned tomatoes. I like to add some water to make it a bit soupy and then top it with some Parmesan cheese. It’s quick and cheap, and a nice way to get some spinach into your diet!

By: Frugal Chick

Frugal Chick — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:53:44 +0000

I gotta try the one with peanut butter. I imagine it to be something like a Thai or Vietnamese noodle somethered with peanut sauce.

By: Amiyrah

Amiyrah — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:25:05 +0000

I love these ideas! That egg drop soup is classic! I have a “leftovers night” every week as part of my weekly meal plan and these are the kinds of meals I think up. Last week I had leftover meatloaf and leftover meat sauce from spaghetti night. I chopped up the meatloaf piece, added it and the sauce to a pot along with a can of diced tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, onion powder, pepper and a bit of cayenne and voila! Instant chili! We had a bag of tortilla chips and I cooked some frozen peas in the microwave while the chili simmered for 10 minutes. I also crunched up some chips and put it in the pot to thicken the chili. the whole meal took me a little over 10 minutes.

By: pamela munro

pamela munro — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:09:47 +0000

Love the peanut butter/soy sauce mix! You can also take the bowl of ramen, poke a hole in it, put in a raw egg and bacon bits and ginger, and dried onion and garlic and then pour in the hot water! It makes a nice little stew…

Also – just add canned tuna to bulk prepared cole slaw, like the kind they have at Smart & Final – and voila! very EZ tuna salad!

By: TheresaD

TheresaD — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:02:53 +0000

Marci: our new “comfort” food dinner is soup and grilled cheese sandwiches – Trader Joe’s tomato soup, and cheeses are varied depending on what is on hand, our favorite is sourdough bread.