barney's Cheap Eatin' Thread

Homemade chicken noodle soup. The boy said he loves carrots, so I made sure that there was plenty in there. I'm sure the 2 gallons of soup was well under $5.

 

It's homemade from scratch, so the ingredients are approximate.
The stock.
5 chicken leg quarters.
6 quarts of water
1 bunch of celery leaves and all.
1 pound of carrots.
2 medium onions.
2 cloves of garlic.
4 bay leaves.
1 tsp. Dried basil leaves.
1 sprig of thyme.
1 tsp. of Accent.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Cook until the chicken is tender, remove it to cool. I also skim about half the fat from the stock at this point. Bring the stock back to a boil and add the egg noodles. When they are done, add the deboned chicken back to the pot.

Rather than trying to explain how I made noodles, this short video is spot on.

 

Supreme pizza a few days ago. We have homemade pizza and Stromboli several times a year, almost weekly starting in the fall, and through the winter. My dough recipe makes 4, 16" crusts. I make the dough a day ahead, but it really gets good if it's made a few days ahead and stored in the fridge. Any all purpose flour will work, but I like a high gluten flour best.

The sauce was made with fresh homegrown maters, oregano, basil, and garlic, just lightly cooked.

 

Any, and everywhere. The chicken and celery came from Kroger.
Chicken leg quarters are cheap, I gave $5.90/ 10 lb. Bag for those, and used about half of them. 2 cups of flour for noodles, maybe $.25, a stalk of celery, $1.39. a couple of onions, water, and a few spices. Yes, $5 or less.
Thanks!

 

I love turnips fried or cooked, and they are about as cheap as it gets!

 

Turnips, cooked or fried, with a pone of cornbread is one of my favorite meals EVER!

A few weeks ago a local Kroger had boneless skinless chicken thighs for $.39 lb. Needless to say, my freezer is well stocked!