We are making all of our quick breads from scratch. I have plenty of blueberries, bananas, and cranberries in the freezer. I have plenty of canned pumpkin in the pantry.
We no longer buy canned beans. I buy dry beans. You can soak them overnight and then cook them. If you have an instant pot you can quickly cook them up.
I am looking at every sauce I have and seeing if I can find a recipe to substitute for them.
I no longer buy chicken broth. I can or freeze my own that I make from chicken carcasses. I use beef bouillon cubes or beef soup base to make my beef barley soup.
We no longer buy ready to eat cereal. We make our own granola. We also eat oatmeal with berries from the freezer. I am going to research and see if I can make yogurt from my shelf stable milk.
We no longer buy seasoning mixes. I have plenty of spices that I can make them from.
We do not buy shredded cheese anymore. I have a grater attachment for our Kitchen Aid mixer. So we buy blocks of cheese and grate our own.
We no longer buy cold cuts because of the listeria risk. We roast and slice our own.
I have some canned soup on the shelf. However, most of the time, I make my own from scratch. We will use up the canned soup and then make all of our soups from scratch.
I no longer buy jams and jellies since I started making my own peach and strawberry which are Hubby’s favorites. I can control the amount of sugar in them also.
We make our own cranberry sauce from fresh cranberries. I buy them at a rock bottom price around Thanksgiving and freeze them.
Smhuh left some comments on my last post. She suggested cutting back on the olive oil you have by using your bacon grease to saute veggies. This is something that I do often. We cook so much bacon that I always save the grease. I put it in the refrigerator to keep it from going rancid and use it for lots of things. She substitutes applesauce in baking for oil and flax seed for eggs. She also mentioned All Recipes to find salad dressing recipes. Thank you for sharing with us.
I hope some of these suggestions will help you save some money.
2 replies on “More Things I Am No Longer Buying”
Hi Precious, these tips are great. And thanks to Smhuh too, I will go back and read her comments. We have a friend whose son was allergic to corn and it is in everything. She had to do a lot of what you are doing and this was back in the ‘90s. She was able to find substitutes for a lot of spice mixes and condiments. I try to make things from scratch also. Do you freeze the beans if you don’t use them all? Or can them yourself? I am down to only buying kidney beans for chili now and buy enough for a year around Thanksgiving. The past few years I was able to get some in the clearance area at our Kroger before Thanksgiving. Other beans I buy the dry ones also.
I will have to ask hubby if he wants to exclusively go to oatmeal and grits for breakfast. We do eat them when it starts to get cold. And I get the cereal on deals. Looking forward to when the Chex cereal goes on sale at the holidays since we use for Chex mix and I know you do too, for Christmas cheer.
I usually freeze extras. But with more time over the winter, I will do big batches and can them. We like black beans, pintos, and kidney. I already have my cereals for the party mix. They are packed in mylar and will keep until the holidays.