Waste not, want not.

I recently saw a u tube post where a mother of seven fed their family for a month with what they had in the house.  Now, its true that they had a very large productive garden and a 1/2 a cow in the freezer, but still, I think that was remarkable.  

Yesterday, I made blueberry muffins.   I used blueberries that needed to be used up and some sour cream that was about next to its pull date.   Having recipes that are economical and use the last of things in the fridge are a good way to  s-t-r-e-t-c-h your food budget.  

These recipes are from Taste of Home and probably can be googled.   I cant post them here legally.  There are cookbook programs that are free on the Internet that allow you to plug in an ingredient and will provide recipes that use a specific ingredient.   Betty Crocker is one.  

• Strawberry watermelon slush.
• Dandelion salad 
• Taco avocado wraps.( vegetarian ) 
• Creamy carrot and tomato soup 
• Apple chicken quesadilla 
• Fried rice 
• Apple slaw burgers 
• Creole corn bread ( uses leftover rice ) 
• Apple and banana bread -uses over ripe bananas and chopped apple 
• Lemon blueberry muffins.  (Uses lemon peel , not necessary for the muffins if you dont have any) 
• Smoothies 
• Vanilla french toast 
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