Working Poor

I don't know how economical they would be, but I like making things from scratch. We don't eat fancy things, roast turkey is a big enough thrill for us twice a year.

I do my own dressing, using a good whole wheat bread, dried cranberries and golden raisins and walnuts and a few other basic things. It's something I adapted from a cookbook I've had for years. And I make cranberry sauce using whole berries. It's easy, and hardly any more effort than opening a can and trying to get the contents out. Tastes great, too.

Other than that, we roast a turkey, make mashed potatoes, green beans (not a casserole, just beans), usually mac n cheese, deviled eggs and brown and serve rolls (though I may use a recipe I have this year, but I love those rolls!). I use the jar gravy from Aldi, because it tastes so good.

For dessert, I'll make a couple of pies (love pie), maybe a low-carb cheesecake.

Pretty simple, and the leftovers will feed us for days. I do all the cooking, but my middle son does the carving. He gets it all, and then I store what we don't eat that day. Which reminds me, I need to get some of those foil pans with lids from the dollar store.