Forgot about that one. Yeah bread is crazy.Bread products.
I still have a full box of those. It came with the apple cinnamon ones I wanted last fall. Turns out no one I know likes pumpkin spice.I bought an 18 ounce box of Cherrios on close out at Walmart for $1.49. Pumpkin Spice flavor.
My husband taught himself to bake using You Tube. He now has a stand mixer, a set os USA pans and various tools. He has been buying flour , powdered milk etc in 50lb bags and storing in plastic containers. He now bakes all of our bread, rolls, baguettes, pita pockets, and recently attempted blueberry muffins. He enjoys it. He used to make beer but stopped drinking so this is his new hobby. It’s saving us a ton too. Oh and last year we added an Ooni pizza oven so he can make pizza. Once I perfect the sauce we will be good. We finally got the dough and the cheese sorted. We initially started how you did.Deli meats. I refuse to pay $10-12/lb for ham! I bought a nice sliced cryovac 3 lb ham which I will bake, serve as a meal and then we can enjoy sliced ham. It was $3.99 a lb. I'm getting creative.
$5-6/lb for hamburger is crazy. I had $2.99 roast beef ground for me at the supermarket. They are glad to do it and I see exactly what goes into the meat.
Bread products. We like those sweet dinner rolls, but I won't pay $5 for a package of 12. We have been buying bags of frozen dough rolls that look like gofl balls. I lay 12 out on foil that has been sprayed and place plastic wrap over. In about 4 hours they have risen and I bake for 10 minutes yum! 36 rolls in a bag for about $4.50.
Got the Ooni as well.Oh and last year we added an Ooni pizza oven so he can make pizza. Once I perfect the sauce we will be good. We finally got the dough and the cheese sorted. We initially started how you did.
Thanks for the tips! I’ve been buying crushed Italian tomatoes, grow fresh basil and using fresh garlic but there is something not quite the same as when we buy pizza. Galbani. Low moisture partial skim mozzarella is the best. We’ve been getting it at BJs but the bag is huge!Got the Ooni as well.
Still struggle a bit with launching the pizza and not making a mess - about 50/50.
For sauce I just use these - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077K8J467/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&th=1 - they are very good quality from Italy and reasonable for what you get IMO, also small packs so less chance of waste.
May be cheaper to get from Amazon Fresh if you have one near you or order from them.
Much better than dealing with those giant cans.
I also get the frozen cubes of minced garlic from trader joes, or crushed from walmart (their brand)
Then roll out the dough, put the olive oil on the dough then the Italian seasoning, crushed pepper\garlic etc.. the tomatoes on that. No need to make a sauce at all. Far better than anything I can buy locally.
Yup - that is the cheese we get. Finding Crisp and Cup pepperoni is the biggest challenge for me.Thanks for the tips! I’ve been buying crushed Italian tomatoes, grow fresh basil and using fresh garlic but there is something not quite the same as when we buy pizza. Galbani. Low moisture partial skim mozzarella is the best. We’ve been getting it at BJs but the bag is huge!
We also use the dough for calzone once in a while.
We don't use much milk other than for baking and I have switched to dry whole milk for that - used to be dumping milk all the time - so no more waste.Milk just went over $4 a gallon this week, and eggs are back up to $3.60 a dozen. Now that there are 5 of us I have gone back to getting staples at Walmart, so I'm still paying $2.50 a loaf for "brand name" bread (Freihofer's). I can usually catch a sale on DH's Mountain Dew; right now a 6 pack of the 16oz (I think) bottles is about $4 with tax and bottle deposit.
However, in general, I am always shocked by how much everything costs overall these days. Fortunately, if I shop carefully I can usually get SOME sort of chicken for under $2 a pound, but steak is another story, and burger is around $5 on sale, which kills me... $15 for meat to make meatloaf??? We don't have Aldi or any of the other low-cost stores here, and I am not a fan of produce or meat from Walmart (spoils so quickly), so we're kinda stuck.
We've reliably had weekly sales of $1.99/box lately. They seem to rotate brands, this week it's Post or Quaker.Cereal here is averaging $5-6 a box and it's $4.29ish on "sale."
A 2L soda is $3.29 on sale.
I know , it's crazy. What's even crazier is one week it's that price, the next Kroger is offering it at b2g2 free. So if you can sell it like that, which comes to about $5 a 12 pack, why sell it the previous week for double?soda in general-12 packs of coke products are running $9.99 here
I am honestly shocked at those of you with those low prices. Granted, pumpkin cheerios are way out of season so I can see that being discounted to get rid of them. However, there is nothing near that price where I am in NY state.We've reliably had weekly sales of $1.99/box lately. They seem to rotate brands, this week it's Post or Quaker.