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Tomato Sauce - one of the original five mother sauces can provide you with an array of economical meals! Pictured above is my homemade spaghetti/marinara made with 2019 garden tomatoes we cooked down and canned. Making your own large pot of sauce which can be frozen is something I highly recommend to folks on a tight food budget. There are some keys to making it inexpensively: Often stores have 10 for 10 sales on tomato products and that's when you buy your plum tomatoes, tomato puree and tomato paste - stock up. Another on sale item is your pasta. In my area some brands will go on sale for $1.00 per box and that's when I stock up. Third, our store makes a wonderful Italian sausage and I buy it on sale - it is at times so much less expensive than ground beef and is a great meat addition to any Italian style dinner. I am a fan of fresh garlic and onion. However budget cooking often requires that you go less expensively. There are brands who offer a frozen variety of chopped oni

With the flavors of Thanksgiving, this budget recipe is a great replacement for the big Thanksgiving turkey dinner. I haven't blogged in a very long time and am so excited to share this wonderful recipe, Thanksgiving Chicken with you!  Family pack chicken thighs (bone-in)  3-4 carrots, sliced into bite sized pieces  2 large celery stalks, medium dice  1 cup onion, small dice  1 - 32 oz. box chicken broth  5-6 medium sized red potatoes - cut into small bite sized pieces  1 pkg. fresh sage, minced (be sure it's full of good sized leaves)  1 1/2 cups (dry measure) corn kernels  2 tbsp. olive oil (regular), canola or vegetable oil  1 tbsp. butter   2/3 cup all purpose flour  salt and black pepper to taste  granulated garlic to taste  onion powder to taste  gravy master or kitchen bouquet - just a few drops Before I get into the how to make part of the recipe I want to speak about how it originated. With two previous dinners that we had there was some left-over corn, boiled red pota