Your local grocers will run big ads on the Wednesday a week and a day before Thanksgiving with all the ingredients needed for the feast, including the bird, at reasonable prices. BUT (and this is a BIG 'but') they will more than likely run another ad on the Monday of Thanksgiving week wherein the turkey price will be slashed - as low as 29cents a pound, historically. It'll be a frozen turkey, so you'll need to use the cold water method to thaw it in time for dinner Thursday - or this can be an opportunity to stock up the freezer for Xmas or the New Year.
Mashed potatoes are surely one of the least expensive, and most loved, Thanksgiving dishes. My favorite recipe involves red potatoes (skins on!) with lots of garlic and butter. Delish!
I love creamed corn pudding. You take a couple cans of creamed corn, add in some butter and crushed crackers; then you bake it. Delicious :) And very inexpensive (corn is one of the least expensive vegetables and crackers are cheap as well)
Forget cable. While the Roku and Boxee boxes are great options if your main concern is quality. You can also just use a PS3 system with a media sever like tversity, and play all your movies and tv shows stored on your pc wirelessly to your TV. With the built in Netflix, and crackle (which is ad supported unless you upgrade, skip it still needs work.)Apps. You can still get new movies here as well. Then connect your PC either wirelessly or ethernet cable. Toggle between the two and go to free tv sites like JustinTV, Rentadrone.org, ITV, Hulu,etc. They have every channel, sporting event, News, even live cable channels, AMC, showtime, etc. All available streaming free online. I have not needed cable in months. You do sacrifice quality and some stations are not full HD mind you but nothing is perfect, in time it will be. But if quality and ease of use is most important to you. The Roku option is your best bet combined with Netflix and HULU plus. subscriptions. You won't miss cable and cut your bills in half.
I'm a huge fan of green bean casserole. I shop mainly at Aldi, so my ingredients are fairly cheap. I look for French's french-fried onions on sale! I LOVE this time of year, and I LOVE giveaways. Thank you!
My favorite Thanksgiving comfort food is sweet potatoes with marshmellow ontop. We use a simple recipe of sweet potatoes sliced in half. We fill a large pyrex dish with 1/2 cup water and place the sliced in half sweet potatoes in the dish and bake at 350 until they are soft. Then right before serving I put on mini marshmellows and broil until the marshmellows are lightly brown. The whole family loves these.
Thanks so much.
Back when I was first on my own, I became a huge fan of the Reynolds cooking bags. They had recipe cards in the box and I tried everyone! Today I still make some of my favorite. Not always using the cooking bag, but just in a skillet or in a crock pot. I took one and created my favorite potato dish that's really inexpensive. I would quarter/slices/or cube potatoes, cream of mushroom soup, can of cheese soup, and onion and simmer together. I would switch it up occasionally, however, the cream of mushroom soup was the constant. I think I might try the cream of mushroom with garlic soup this year!
Turkey is my favourite budget food. Sure, it costs more upfront, but apart from giving a large number of people an excellent Thanksgiving meal, I use leftover meat for chili and soup and boil the carcass for stock. Leftovers from one turkey can feed my household for a week.
My favorite budget recipe is for pumpkin pecan pie - the best of both Thanksgiving pie worlds! My husband loves pecan pie and my favorite is pumpkin, so rather than make more than we can both eat (if I'm not the one hosting Thanksgiving dinner, at least), it's the perfect solution.
My favorite Thanksgiving budget dish is Green Bean casserole!! I never use canned soup (Campbell's Cream of Mushroom) except for this recipe this time of year! I always make my own because of how inexpensive homemade soup is per serving!! :)
My favorite Thanksgiving food is both a budget and comfort food. I love taking the homemade stuffing, and putting it on a roll with butter and gravy. No waste and delicious!
Ditto on mashed potatoes. Such a simple, inexpensive dish, but so comforting. If you want to splurge you can add extras like smoked gouda cheese, but the dish can also just stand alone and be amazing.
My favorite Thanksgiving comfort food is definitely mashed potatoes (and gravy, of course!) Potatoes go a long way so it's easy to make more than enough for everyone and still have leftovers. They fill the stomach without emptying the wallet. I add milk, butter, garlic and salt and pepper to mine - doesn't get anymore tasty, simple and cheap than that!
My favorite Thanksgiving budget dish is sweet potato casserole and turkey! Yams are inexpensive and make a delicious treat. So filling and so much to be thankful for!
Fresh cranberry sauce is my absolute favorite Thanksgiving dish. I used to buy the cans but now I figured out how easy and cheap it was to make it by myself and it's so good!
Thanksgiving is filled with comfort foods! My personal favorite is slow roasted turkey seasoned with sage that I grew myself. All the fixin's (side dishes) are great too, and let's not forget dessert. I can hardly wait!
My favorite Thanksgiving budget dish has always been stuffing. It's warm, spicy and filling! You can add it to turkey, chicken, ham, pork chops or eat it alone. It's just yummy. Speaking of budget dishes, I have found two ways to budget your entire Thanksgiving dinner if you are up to trying something non-traditional versus making your entire Thanksgiving dinner from scratch. The first way is to go to your local grocery store and see if they have a deal on a basic Thanksgiving dinner. They usually do and it will include your Turkey, potatoes, dressing, a vegetable and dessert for a great price. It covers a meal for 2-4 people depending on how much you eat. The second budget saver (and you'll need to research this) is a local restaurant serving a Thanksgiving buffet or dinner for the family at a budget price. It can be a nice change, especially for the cook of your house to be able to sit back and enjoy being served Thanksgiving dinner without having to do all of the work.
Your local grocers will run big ads on the Wednesday a week and a day before Thanksgiving with all the ingredients needed for the feast, including the bird, at reasonable prices. BUT (and this is a BIG 'but') they will more than likely run another ad on the Monday of Thanksgiving week wherein the turkey price will be slashed - as low as 29cents a pound, historically. It'll be a frozen turkey, so you'll need to use the cold water method to thaw it in time for dinner Thursday - or this can be an opportunity to stock up the freezer for Xmas or the New Year.
Mashed potatoes are surely one of the least expensive, and most loved, Thanksgiving dishes. My favorite recipe involves red potatoes (skins on!) with lots of garlic and butter. Delish!
I love creamed corn pudding. You take a couple cans of creamed corn, add in some butter and crushed crackers; then you bake it. Delicious :) And very inexpensive (corn is one of the least expensive vegetables and crackers are cheap as well)
Forget cable. While the Roku and Boxee boxes are great options if your main concern is quality. You can also just use a PS3 system with a media sever like tversity, and play all your movies and tv shows stored on your pc wirelessly to your TV. With the built in Netflix, and crackle (which is ad supported unless you upgrade, skip it still needs work.)Apps. You can still get new movies here as well. Then connect your PC either wirelessly or ethernet cable. Toggle between the two and go to free tv sites like JustinTV, Rentadrone.org, ITV, Hulu,etc. They have every channel, sporting event, News, even live cable channels, AMC, showtime, etc. All available streaming free online. I have not needed cable in months. You do sacrifice quality and some stations are not full HD mind you but nothing is perfect, in time it will be. But if quality and ease of use is most important to you. The Roku option is your best bet combined with Netflix and HULU plus. subscriptions. You won't miss cable and cut your bills in half.
I'm a huge fan of green bean casserole. I shop mainly at Aldi, so my ingredients are fairly cheap. I look for French's french-fried onions on sale! I LOVE this time of year, and I LOVE giveaways. Thank you!
Stuffing. Hands down. Either grandpas cornbread and sage or dads sourdough & giblets. Yum.
My favorite Thanksgiving comfort food is sweet potatoes with marshmellow ontop. We use a simple recipe of sweet potatoes sliced in half. We fill a large pyrex dish with 1/2 cup water and place the sliced in half sweet potatoes in the dish and bake at 350 until they are soft. Then right before serving I put on mini marshmellows and broil until the marshmellows are lightly brown. The whole family loves these.
Thanks so much.
Squash soup is my budget friendly food. 1 onion, 1 squash, 1 apple, some pepper and chicken stock. It is fast, easy and is perfect for fall days.
Back when I was first on my own, I became a huge fan of the Reynolds cooking bags. They had recipe cards in the box and I tried everyone! Today I still make some of my favorite. Not always using the cooking bag, but just in a skillet or in a crock pot. I took one and created my favorite potato dish that's really inexpensive. I would quarter/slices/or cube potatoes, cream of mushroom soup, can of cheese soup, and onion and simmer together. I would switch it up occasionally, however, the cream of mushroom soup was the constant. I think I might try the cream of mushroom with garlic soup this year!
Turkey is my favourite budget food. Sure, it costs more upfront, but apart from giving a large number of people an excellent Thanksgiving meal, I use leftover meat for chili and soup and boil the carcass for stock. Leftovers from one turkey can feed my household for a week.
My favorite budget recipe is for pumpkin pecan pie - the best of both Thanksgiving pie worlds! My husband loves pecan pie and my favorite is pumpkin, so rather than make more than we can both eat (if I'm not the one hosting Thanksgiving dinner, at least), it's the perfect solution.
My favorite Thanksgiving budget dish is Green Bean casserole!! I never use canned soup (Campbell's Cream of Mushroom) except for this recipe this time of year! I always make my own because of how inexpensive homemade soup is per serving!! :)
My favorite Thanksgiving food is both a budget and comfort food. I love taking the homemade stuffing, and putting it on a roll with butter and gravy. No waste and delicious!
Whipped yams with cinnamon, raisins and walnuts. My Dad makes it best.
Ditto on mashed potatoes. Such a simple, inexpensive dish, but so comforting. If you want to splurge you can add extras like smoked gouda cheese, but the dish can also just stand alone and be amazing.
My favorite Thanksgiving comfort food is definitely mashed potatoes (and gravy, of course!) Potatoes go a long way so it's easy to make more than enough for everyone and still have leftovers. They fill the stomach without emptying the wallet. I add milk, butter, garlic and salt and pepper to mine - doesn't get anymore tasty, simple and cheap than that!
My favorite Thanksgiving budget dish is sweet potato casserole and turkey! Yams are inexpensive and make a delicious treat. So filling and so much to be thankful for!
Fresh cranberry sauce is my absolute favorite Thanksgiving dish. I used to buy the cans but now I figured out how easy and cheap it was to make it by myself and it's so good!
Thanksgiving is filled with comfort foods! My personal favorite is slow roasted turkey seasoned with sage that I grew myself. All the fixin's (side dishes) are great too, and let's not forget dessert. I can hardly wait!
Green bean casserole that is so easy & delicious! It's also very inexpensive! Great comfort food and healthy!
I can't say I have a favorite food. It'd probably just be the side dishes in general. I'm not big on turkey.
My favorite comfort food is Skillet Macaroni and Broccoli and Mushrooms and Cheese. Nothing like a twist on an original for good eats.
My favorite comfort food is Zucchini Cakes. Not only are they tasty, but they also are inclusive of the vegetarians in the family.
Sorry, did I miss something - why do you have to rent your house based on what it's worth?? is this a state rule? I've never heard of that...
My favorite Thanksgiving budget dish has always been stuffing. It's warm, spicy and filling! You can add it to turkey, chicken, ham, pork chops or eat it alone. It's just yummy. Speaking of budget dishes, I have found two ways to budget your entire Thanksgiving dinner if you are up to trying something non-traditional versus making your entire Thanksgiving dinner from scratch. The first way is to go to your local grocery store and see if they have a deal on a basic Thanksgiving dinner. They usually do and it will include your Turkey, potatoes, dressing, a vegetable and dessert for a great price. It covers a meal for 2-4 people depending on how much you eat. The second budget saver (and you'll need to research this) is a local restaurant serving a Thanksgiving buffet or dinner for the family at a budget price. It can be a nice change, especially for the cook of your house to be able to sit back and enjoy being served Thanksgiving dinner without having to do all of the work.