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Cooking Tips From The Great Depression

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Did any of your relatives live through The Great Depression? There are many words of wisdom that can be learned from people who survived this very trying time in America’s history. Back then, people did a lot of cooking from scratch, from inexpensive ingredients. A 94 year old woman named Clara is teaching people Great Depression cooking, through online videos. One of my grandmothers lived through The Great Depression. She had a lot good advice about how to get by on very little money. She taught me that garage sales were excellent resources for clothing, books, and interesting little knick-knacks. … Continue reading →

YouTube Depression Era Cooking

Many families today are looking back into the past to see what they can learn from generations before, especially folks who lived through the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate reached 25 percent, and food as well as most everything was scarce. Feeding your family became a battle of creative ingenuity. While we still have it a lot easier today, there is a lot that we can gain by practicing some depression era cooking. We can learn to make healthy meals and even treats for less. Sure there were a lot of beans on the stove, but … Continue reading →

Can You Be Frugal and Healthy?

“Unhealthy people are poor people… and vice versa.” This is a title of a 2002 report from Columbia University. There are many reasons that poor people are unhealthy, but the number one reason is that they can’t afford and don’t have access to healthy food. Let’s face it. A 2 liter bottle of store brand soda costs $.69. Meanwhile, a gallon of orange juice costs $3.69. A large bag of potato chips cost $2.00. A small bag of banana chips cost $3.00. A Donut costs $.35. A mango costs $1.00. A coffee cake costs $3.69 and a fresh fruit salad … Continue reading →

How to Make Oat Flour

Oats are still pretty inexpensive around here, especially when you consider all of the nutritional value that they contain. Oat flour is also gluten free in and of itself. Buying oat flour at the grocery store or specialty store can be quite expensive. This is because there isn’t as much demand of oat flour, making it a specialty item. You are much better off making it yourself. While oat flour won’t behave like wheat flour, you can use it in baking when you combine it with wheat flour (white or whole wheat). If flour prices are getting a bit to … Continue reading →

Free Cookbooks and Recipes

Are you ready to start cooking more from scratch? It will save you a lot of money over the coursed of a year if you can make your meals at home. Embracing cooking at home is wonderful, exciting and maybe even a little overwhelming. Do you just want to run our an buy up a bunch of new cookbooks? Well, you could do that and still save money by not eating out on one or two occasions, but wouldn’t it be better to take advantage of getting free cookbooks and recipes. Here are my favorite sources. Free cookbooks from manufacturers … Continue reading →