Bubble and squeak

I was asking my granddaughter what she had for lunch at school. She didn't remember.    I kept naming off things typical of a preschool lunch. I kept getting  a no answer.  So, I said bubble and squeak!    She said what's that!    It a dish that Peppa Pig would eat.   It's British.    I googled it and showed her a picture.   Her answer was "I would eat the bacon!"

We went to happy hour last night,   I had chicken skewers and quinoa , one of my friends had Mac and cheese with bacon.  It looked amazing!  

Taking a lesson from the Happy  hour menu gives you new insight in what  is cheap to cook.   It's usually very tasty or it wouldn't sell.    It's also economical, or they wouldn't  make any money.  You have to also factor in that it probably isn't a balanced meal-- except maybe the Ceaser  salad with salmon or chicken.  

Safeways has a B5, S5 -  offer out there.

1. 2 cereal - use coupons 
2. 1 cake mix 
3. 1 Tabasco sauce 
4. Herdez salsa - use coupons

That is the best low cost senecio on an make from that.    I haven't checked the size limitations on the salsa. But there is a coupon.   I have seen Tabasco coupons and don't know if there is a match.  Check favado.  Just note, they are not always accurate .   

Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different

 pro sypxective.  The emphasis is on purchasing good food( shelf- stable/ freezer staples )at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. It means that when you shop, rather than purchasing just what you need for a day or a week, you  buy a loss leader protein, produce you will 

need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead.    This allows you to put well balanced meals 

on the table consistently  for a four dollar a day budget per person.   You spend more time on the 

planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.    

Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard.   You still get more bang for your buck.