Originally Posted by Pammie:
I LOVE my crockpot!!
I do this too and it not only save me $ but so much time in preparing lunches!!
It's so easy to drop in a couple extra veges and pieces of meat into the crockpot - or add a couple of extra pieces of chicken to the grill.
We have crockpot meals for dinner a couple of times each week - and the next day that's the daycare lunch! Except for Fridays which is always soup and sandwich day around here:-)
Fridays are homemade pizza day here.
Another way I save $$ on produce is my veggie garden. I spend about $20 in the spring on seeds and we have fresh produce all summer and fall. Some things like raspberries, tomatoes, and onions are a one time investment and they come back each year bigger than ever!
For example, this week I have a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes coming in, so that has been our veggie side with lunch. Cucumbers and tomatoes with ranch dip - yum!
I *think* the seeds cost me $.85 a packet and I only planted about half the seeds this season, so I have more than enough left over to plant again next spring. Plus, the planting and caring for the veggie garden works wonderfully into my lesson plans!
