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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Looking for cheese-less recipes :-/
With money being so tight I've had to find ways to get around
the fresh potatoes and Cheese in everything.
Why oh God is it just so hard to find good stuff with no cheese in it.
I've given serious thought to buying those buying those cheap packages
of mac & cheese from aldi's I think they are like .22 cents or something like
that and using the cheese out of them and giving the noodles to the kids
for art projects. I hate buggies in my food and since most of the box items
I find at aldi's like the mac and cheese or the jiffy mixes at the stores seem
to have these I've steered clear of them. Since I've got nothing against the sauce
since it's in a sealed package of it's own I might try some conversion just to see
if it can be done.
I know there's a cheese sauce using make your own mix for the cream of soups. Which I'm going to start using next payday but the cheese sauce for it calls for shredded cheese to be added. Since it's more of a flavor thing in most things like casseroles I'm wondering if I might be able to fool my family into thinking there's cheese where there is none. Yes it's not healthy but look at it this way. Since it's powdered and the milk will be powdered it will be healther than real cheese plus I'm saving on the fat content.
Also I've been looking into buying diced dried potatoes or something to do the job for me. Part of the problem we have around here is that we go paycheck to paycheck like most of you and when it's near that payday our supplies are low or next to nothing. So I get stuck with coming up creative ways to fill those gaps.
I would love to be able to have eggs and potatoes or something like that. If I dried the potatoes out and keep them in ziplocks in the freezer until I needed them we'd have them at the end of payday and be able to have potatoes and onions...etc
Can you tell I've been reading the backpacking sites. I figured why not check where they need to keep it for awhile. Those who can do ...well do and those of us with little devils enjoy those who keep doing and sharing. So I'm off to see what I can find and if you happen to be one of those doers please feel free to share. I'm always looking for a couple of more minds than just mine to add to the mix.
Posted by bluechillies ::
6:46 PM ::
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