They say we are in the “Silent Depression” & we are just all still rolling like normal because no one is talking about it.
We are all financially struggling to keep up and there is no "getting ahead". Below are some tips and tricks used during the great depression, but also tried and proven to work by us when we were financially struggling awhile back. Use these tricks to help take a little of the burden off of yourself.
Purchase ingredients instead of premade foods. You’d be amazed at what staple ingredients like eggs, flour, milk, and broth can make. You can make more meals with those items than you can with just a skillet meal in a box.
Everytime you go to the store buy one extra shelf-stable thing to put back. It can be an extra bag or can of beans, an extra bag of rice, an extra bag of flour, an extra box of pasta. Before long you’ll be stocked up in your pantry and you won’t have to go to town as often.
Soup & Bread, Soup & Bread! My grandmother always said that everyone was welcome and if she needed to she’d add more water to the soup! An interesting take, but soup is such an easy and simple but fulfilling meal. Add a roll or slice of bread and it’s even more satisfying!
Grow what you can! Growing food is an art. But if you can grow food, you can access a barter for other things. If you grow your own fruits and vegetables, you also have access to whole foods for your soups, entrees, and salads, the possibilities for meals are endless!
Don’t let any food go to waste. This past week I froze seafood leftover from a seafood boil then used it two days later for seafood alfredo, what isn’t eaten in our house or from the market goes to the chickens. There’s never any kind of wasted food here!
Save on meat by hunting, raising animals, or fishing. Wild boar, deer, pheasant, chicken, dove, fish, you can hunt/fish for all these, have them processed, and freeze them for later.
and last of all, if you're struggling to make ends meet, let someone know, ask for help. Use government resources if you're able to, and keep your chin up. It's not going to be that way forever.
-Lady of the Farm
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