tomatolord
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2004
- Messages
- 548
for when things were lean for me and mine<br /><br />on the cooking side... I always bought for 2 meals...for instance...<br /><br />Flank steak or beef tips...steak 1 night..steak tacos/burritos the next<br /><br />I would cook a brisket and get 2 meals out of it<br /><br />Go back to the foods grandma would make..chili, chicken and dumplings, meatloaf, flank steaks the reason she made those type food was because it was cheap!!<br /><br />cook a large full sized chicken 1 day and then on the third day bread the left over and fry them up for chicken nuggets/tenders<br /><br />buy real poatotos for french fries just soak them in cold water for an hour before frying...<br /><br />learn the nuisance of a crock pot...pot roast etc<br /><br />cook outside in summer for every watt you put into a house it takes 3 to get it back out. I even would take our toaster oven out in the summer.<br /><br />But cook inside in the winter<br /><br />get rid of long distance if you have a cell phone<br /><br />review your car insurance use the internet to get some quotes<br /><br />If you leave near a BJ's wholesale club let me know I can give a 2nd membership for free, or find a friend that has a wholesale club membership, they usually allow 1 extra person per card<br /><br />Find some older people in the neighborhood that need some work done..leaves, grass etc the problem is that todays kids wont work and they cant find reliable people to do things for them...you can easily pick up some extra cash easy.<br /><br />EBAY - look around the house for the things you have not touched in the last 3 years. I sold a blown briggs and stratton 5hp engine for $40 to a local person you would be suprised what people are willing to buy!<br /><br />Temperture I was able to cut my heat bill down to 100 by lowering the temp to 60 during the day when no one was around but me..a bit chilly but stoke the fireplace or throw on a sweatshirt.<br /><br />www.foodtv.com hit it for in expensive recipes as well.<br /><br />Most small companies are not willing to pay cash for work, set up tax id number with the IRS so that you can do odd jobs for companies and they can pay you with a 1099...just be sure you pay the taxes that you need or you could get into more trouble...then once you have this number go around to stores that deliver things and give the manager a brief resume..you want to tell them if they have someone out sick or need some temporary help to give you a buzz...<br /><br /><br />any other tips?
