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don’t cost the earth. : :
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turnips and onions will do the same :
job as asparagus, red rs and, a
Sadly, broccoli: There's no way the p | 855177 - 2.60 kg
-average family can pay $2.39 a lb.
for it. Or $4 a pound for the others. :
“(1 Make a few basic recipesin. fresh, large,
quantity — like spaghetti saur-e. .&§

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"FREEZER TOMATO SAUCE”.
. This will make about 18 ‘cups “of
ue satice. For a family of four, freeze in
f zhi ‘abstinence ” ,2-cup lots. You will be adding other
and Milko Magnesia should work: ®/', ingredients: for. use: in'.some .of the . °F
i additional recipes aluiough the'sauce,;;
by itself, ic:excellent over spaghetti. -
4° 28-02, tins crushed tomatees -
: (these are not ordinary canned
tomatoes, they are very thick)
4 ¢. chopped onions .
2c, finely chopped green pepper.
10 large garlic cloves, crushed.
3 tins consommé soup, undiluted ’

oil :.and the ‘vegetables ‘are not’.
quite a timesaver. :

‘ ‘COMBINATIONS :
”@ Meat Sauce: ‘Combine'2 c, sauce:
with’ Ib. lean ‘ground ' beef. ‘Bither’
cook the: meat gently. until no jonger
’ pink before combining, or'stir it into -... §
“boiling ‘sauce and cook 15 minutes.*.” § Cateli, 900 bee assorted
You''can add* precooked Meatballs :
(éxceltent i item to keep in your freez-.
yer) or: 4 Ib. mild: or hot - Ktalian -
shelf); but the wast ‘that ‘comes from’. sausage; ‘sliced and precooked.. .
: @:-Mushroom Sauce: ; Slice 4 lb. f- : ;
“mushrooms” and. add: to simmering
id of cheese, it will last three. , Sauce. You can add them to any of the
: you buy two Pounds, it it ~ meat combinations too... |’
: a _.W@ Chicken Cacciatore: For speed, I.
~ use frozen’ chicken filets.:— they
come in 2 kg bags. Fry them in anon-

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easy to buy when you're buying a:, with leftovers came by accident. I
big k load aad gone just as fast.’ ’ “had two'containers of leftovers in the
fridge —‘ about a-cup or two of
._ Spaghetti sauce (with meat) and the
Cut the tunchbox-size puddings, same amount of homemade chili.”
ne-serving bags of cookies, the - was about to toss them out but
hips and the little drinks. Walk right” my, Scots. ancestry held me back.”
t ice cream and chocolate bars... |Instead, I made the greatest pot of
Instead, bake a few cookies or... .. Minestrone ever! i know it was good’
make a pudding. Buy big tins of -. “. because. four of. the kids showed up.
_juice’and send them for lunch in cand ate the whole pot full. : :
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‘Pian meals for a week, list what ‘ Approximately 1% c.each leftover." arkay, 36 9 eer or so
reed and buy it-Plan your” © - Spaghetth sauce and chill with a: or 907g Gold soft:
snacks — cut up fresh vegetables. wo
and prepare a low-cal dip, : ee, de water :
: Cut up rationed pieces. of cheese,.: 3 carrots, sliced *
Set out enough fruit for one day and: . 1c. elbow macaroni, cooked | 7
put the rest away. No one needs to..." \Combine the leftovers. Cook the:
at six ‘oranges and half a pound. Gf: cairots in the water until crisp tender
cheese just “because.” 05): °°. “and add, water and all, to the’ com-'
bined leftovers. Simmer about 10°
minutes, while-the macaroni cooks.
It doesn’t take much longer to..." Add the pasta and serve with lots
make a tomato casserole than it does : of grated Parmesan’ cheese, croutons |
to open a package of Hamburger ....:.: and crusty bread.
Helper (about $2 for a box of noo- © a : You may find that you’ re saving
dies and 2 spoonful of seasoning). these leftovers’ deliberately, to make
GO | Bake but use your head: _ this So-easy soup.

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