and who couldn't use help with saving money these days!
Today, on Rachael , she created five meals under $22 for a family of eight from...Forest Grove, Oregon! They don't mention Forest Grove but during the video you may notice the utility bill with 'City of Forest Grove' at the top. I knew to look for them since the local paper had an article about their NYC adventure. They do some shopping at Winco (I don't shop there) it is a low price grocery store but is farther from us...gas may outweigh food costs these days, and walked around their neighborhood.
There go my chances of being on Rachael! How many families would they pick from a town of 20,000! Really, I'm so happy for this family, not only for their trip to NYC, but they received, from Sara Lee, $10,000 towards groceries!
My all time favorite tip from Rachael, freezing chicken breasts for future meals:
Place a single breast (or two depending on size of breast) inside a Ziploc Freezer bag and pound flat.
Add seasoning, marinade, spices (whatever you use that can freeze) and a little EVOO.
Repeat for all the breast and store flat/stacked in the freezer.
When ready to use, take out the number of breasts you need, defrost in the fridge.
Once thawed, the marinaded breasts are ready to be cooked.
It sounds simple enough, but I never thought of including all the seasonings. It makes for a quick dinner and it takes less room in the freezer than the store packaging.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Rachael Ray's Meals on a Budget...
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Such a simple idea but it saves lots of time.
I learned this tip from Nigella but am never organized enough to do the pounding and seasoning before hand. It seems so convenient though and the size of chicken breasts these days! Sometimes I take out 4 and really only needed two....have you done this yet?
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