Here’s a little trick I use to save money on ribs. We love ribs, but I don’t like paying for so much bone, especially since I like mine falling-off-the-bone tender. To stretch the actual ribs, I buy boneless pork neckbone trimmings. I don’t know if they are available everywhere, but if they are, check them out. You can pay a bit more per pound for them that you do for the ribs, because it’s all meat.
Yesterday, the kids had pizza for lunch. I decided to try making it at home to see if I could make a good tasting pizza that was cheaper than the box stuff in the freezer section. Turns out I can, and here’s what we used:
2 packets of Great Value pizza crust mix at .44 each
1 can of mushrooms at .94
About a buck worth of grated mozzarella
leftover spaghetti sauce from the night before, original cost $6 because I added sausage to it
The kids all said it was fantastic, and the one bit I had left me drooling for more, and glaring at my soup balefully. Total cost, assuming $1 for the sauce: less than $4 for two good pizzas. As a comparison, 2 crappy Tony’s pizzas were $5 total.
Did I take a picture? Noooooooooooooo. Sorry.
Also, I am leaving tomorrow for a little fun. I’ll be in Orlando hanging with friends and learning some stuff. I’ll be posting more foodie goodness on the 18th.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:02 am
I arrived here after searching Great Value’s crust mix. We tried it tonight and I was blown away. I’m sure it will never win any awards from a gourmet chef, and it took me two packages (88 cents) to make one human-sized pizza of reasonable thickness, but it cooked very well, incorporated spices well, and baked like a champ, even when doused with toppings.
Better than a tube, and better than pre-made, dry or frozen — in my opinion. For 44 cents it’s worth a shot, if anyone out there reads this and is curious.