Cooking & Baking

LisaM

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6. I get a lot of mileage out of a chicken or turkey.

Thu Nov 2, 2023, 02:06 PM

Nov 2023

After everything else is done, I cook the bones for 10-14 hours to get bone broth. I often save the cut up ends of carrots, celery, and onions and throw them in the freezer and then stick those into the pot too. They don't need to look pretty, since it's all being drained off anyway.

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If you are single, and frugal [View all] kozar Nov 2023 OP

Good approach, Koz. elleng Nov 2023 #1

Terrific idea! Marthe48 Nov 2023 #2

I'm a homemade whole foods fanatic. I cook and bake everything from scratch if I can. I'll be buying brewens Nov 2023 #3

I am a homemade freak myself. I have a MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #5

To reply, uhmm kozar Nov 2023 #7

You could get a turkey breast instead zeusdogmom Nov 2023 #9

I used to buy a lot of canned soup and chili. Buying whole turkeys, hams and chickens gets me brewens Nov 2023 #10

Totally agree zeusdogmom Nov 2023 #12

Uhmm kozar Nov 2023 #11

I get a lot of mileage out of a chicken or turkey. LisaM Nov 2023 #6

I would do same kozar Nov 2023 #8

Koz, every penny counts. Polly Hennessey Nov 2023 #4

Nice hints Old Crank Nov 2023 #13

Great money saving idea! Nothing worse than saving a sub in the fridge and it gets the Ziggysmom Nov 2023 #14

Interesting suggestion. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2023 #15

Nice! kozar Nov 2023 #16

Depending on your space at home, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2023 #17

Yes, I live full time in a camper, kozar Nov 2023 #18

That's a very different world. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2023 #19