Faith, Food and Family

Click on the image to go find your Bargain Meal of the Week! Welcome to the sixth installment of the Bargain Meal of the Week. I am enjoying this and hope you all are too. Check out even more great recipes and bargains at $5 Dinners ! Food Lion had some great things on sale. I definitely would encourage you to check your local ad. Some of the highlights are: chuck roast $1.89/lb bone-in assorted pork chops $1.79/lb ground beef $1.79/lb whole chicken fryers .89/lb butterball turkey smoked sausage 2/$5 tilapia fillets $3.99/lb green seedless grapes .99/lb sweet potatoes .69/lb celery .99 italian bread B1G1F (I think these are usually close to $2.00 so it'd be $1.00) sara lee bread B1G1F 8ct hamburger and hot dog buns B1G1F yoplait yogurt 20/$10 16oz sour cream 4/$5 food lion shredded cheese 3/$5 20-32 oz food lion frozen fries or tots 2/$4 Food lion salad dressing B1G1F Kellogs cereals 3/$5 ragu pasta sauce 4/$6 lysol wipes B1G1F Meal #1 Using the ground beef on sale for 1.79/lb ta...

Life is busy for all of us. It's so easy to get so busy that instead of home cooked meals we grab food through the drive through and eat on the run. A big timesaver is cooking for your freezer. You can do this as simply or as complicated as you want. Some do once a month cooking. However, it's also handy to double up on a casserole or main dish that you're making and freeze one. This is a bit more manageable for me. For the most part, I cook meat and freeze it. Then use it to make a meal at a time. My favorite thing to cook is ground beef. I just cooked up about 10 pounds of this and put it in my freezer. It is so nice to pull that package of frozen cooked ground beef and use it for whatever I need. Spaghetti, a casserole, tacos, burritos, anything! It eliminates a step and a pan to be used. How to cook the ground beef: I place several pounds of ground beef in my stockpot and then add some water. Usually a 2-3 cups. Then season the beef however you like. This time I just us...