With money being so tight this year I was very worried about whether we would be able to have any sort of Thanksgiving Day dinner. So after some serious thinking, I put my plan into action, and we ended up having the best Thanksgiving ever.
Just before Halloween, every time I went food shopping I picked up two to three extra items that we would have at Thanksgiving My husband isn't a big turkey eater so we bought two boxes of On-Cor Turkey Slices out of the frozen food aisle. It was the first thing we bought because we learned from the year before that anything with Turkey in the Frozen food aisle is long gone and sold out before Thanksgiving.
The next shopping trip we picked up some cranberry sauce and stuffing. The trip after that we picked up what I would need for a green bean casserole and scalloped potatoes.
The forth trip we bought what was needed to make our sweet potato casserole and turnips.
Anyway, to make a long story short, we had an incredible Thanksgiving with plenty of leftovers. I will definitely be doing the same thing for Christmas and all future holidays.
By caroleerose from Madison, AL
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11/19/2012
Where I live, unprocessed food is NOT always cheaper, in fact, it is rarely cheaper. And yes, buying a whole turkey is the best price/lb, IF you have the means to do so. And making homemade gravy is easy, IF you know how to cook. BUT, this post wasn't about the ideal way to shop or cook. It was how someone who was barely able to afford a Thanksgiving meal for her family made that possible. She planned, and did the best with what she had available to her, which is a lot more than some are able to do. I believe congratuations are in order. Like Maya Angelou said, "You do what you know how to do, and as you learn better, you do better." This is how I started my stockpile, just a few things here and there. It really adds up and impacts a family's lives.
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11/19/2012
Notice, the box even says gravy and sliced turkey, meaning you are buying gravy with a little turkey in it.
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11/19/2012
For slightly more than the oncor turkey you could buy a turkey breast. It's large enough that you would have leftovers, and it is lower in sodium than the frozen gravy with a few slices of turkey in it. Better value for your money. Learn to make gravy from scratch, it costs pennies! Right before Thanksgiving you can get canned veggies for $.45-$.48 a can, so I would worry about those last. The less processed food is always cheaper, and I'm surprised at some of the things called food. Better yet, buy a whole turkey. Get the largest you can find, and have leftover turkey for dinner 3 more nights, that's really good bang for your buck!
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12/12/2010
Glad to hear that even on a tight budget you made what you had work for you. Pre-planning is always key and this is a great example of that concept. Keep planning ahead, it is always worth the effort!
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