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With people scrambling to make, save or avoid losing money, this month's FOOD REFLECTIONS provides some information that can help in today's economy. Here are just a few of them. If you would like the full list, go to http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/subscribe-FR.shtml and follow the directions to subscribe to the free FOOD REFLECTIONS newsletter.

Basic Foods for Fridge, Freezer and Cupboard

Here are some ideas and recipes for basic foods that will combine and re-combine into a variety of meals. It's like a buying an all-purpose wardrobe for your kitchen. http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/recipe.shtml#basic

Ingredient Substitutions

Avoid buying foods you'll seldom use or wasting gas for a trip to the store for a missing ingredient. http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciqsubs.shtml

Food Safety Checklist for "Planned-Over Foods"

Making extra food for later meals can save time and money as long as you don't let it make you sick. Think of the George Carlin quote: “Leftovers make you feel good twice. First, when you put it away, you feel thrifty and intelligent: ‘I’m saving food!’ Then a month later when blue hair is growing out of the ham, and you throw it away, you feel really intelligent: ‘I’m saving my life!” http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/checklistplannedover.pdf

Cleaning the Kitchen Cupboard: Toss or Save?

Learn how to save and manage your investment in kitchen staples such as flour, sugar, oil, etc. http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/CleaningCupboard.pdf

Source: FOOD REFLECTIONS – September 2008 - by Alice Henneman, MS, RD, Extension Educator at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County



 

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Joanne K. Austin, M.S.
Family & Consumer Science Extension Faculty

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