Serval, I use this recipe for pizza dough (note it makes 3 pizzas, you can freeze two of them): http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pizza-dough-ii/detail.aspx. I can't get bread flour here so I just use all-purpose.

If you make the pizza thin-crust, it lasts even longer, and is more healthy!

I just eyeball my tortilla recipe- just water and flour. I'm sure there are some good ones online.

For cakes and such I use allrecipes.com. I have tons of recipes I've pulled from there. Like others have said, check out the Shoestring budget forum on here. Quite useful.

This is so cool!!! I didn't know this. I hate actually cutting coupons and searching through them at the store.

Thank you so much! I'm going to be doing some shopping at Kroger now.

You actually may. Because these stores don't advertise much, because they tend to be located outside the popular commercial areas (where commercial rents are cheaper), and because many people who use them don't talk about it, these stores can be difficult to find. Most of the ones we've used, we've stumbled across, or just happened to hear someone talk about it, or once in a while one will be mentioned in the paper (usually in the form of an article on something else, like a person falling on tough times using the stores).

I just googled the words salvage grocery tennessee and I found these two sites (there are a lot more sites, so you can search yourself, I just grabbed the first two).

This one is a map that you click on the nearest markers to your location

http://batchgeo.com/map/ac1a6ffbff37...9aa1b103f05723


and this one lists 28 stores in tennessee

http://www.frugalvillage.com/forums/...ist-state.html


If there's no store listed for your area, it doesn't mean there isn't a store. The store we use, isn't listed on any website yet, as far as I've found.

There are also bakery store outlets in many locations. These likewise don't advertise much. Usually you can find them in the yellow pages under bakery or discount store (you may be able to find the salvage grocery stores this way too. Try terms like discount, salvage, bakery, grocers or grocery).

It takes a bit of digging, but I bet you have stores closer than you think.

Also if you do discover these stores, when you shop ask when they get deliveries, or if they run special discounts. For example the bakery outlet stores often have a mark down day - the day before they get in new stock. I've seen bread prices as low as 4 loaves for $1.00 (when we bought bread this way, we'd freeze three loaves, or even all 4, because you can usually use the bread frozen for toast. Or I'd even make sandwhiches for our lunches with the frozen bread, and the bread would defrost by lunch time, but the lunch meat would still be cold.

frugalabundance.com is a website I've been using for frugal recipes.

I also just google frugal recipes, and find a whole bunch of sites.

If you google tortilla recipe you'll find dozens. This is one that is pretty similar to mine (I don't measure exactly anymore. I can tell by how the dough is coming together whether it needs more water. And the salt doesn't seem to matter. I use about a quarter to half tsp whether I'm making a small batch or a big batch)


Any way - I found this recipe just now in a google search, and it's pretty close to mine.

Mix together

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons oil
1 1/2 cups water


I usually cut the recipe in half and sometimes cut back on the oil or even omit it.

1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt (or less)
1 tablespoons oil or melted butter
3/4 cups water


A long time ago, I think I was still in high school, I checked out a book from the library called "flat breads" or something like that, and it made me realize that these breads are extremely forgiving. Some where even as simple as flour and water, and nothing else. Others added fats, eggs, herbs, baking powder, sour dough starter, or packaged yeast.





Mix the dough with clean hands, until the dough forms a smooth ball. Let the dough rest a bit (about 15 minutes). Then cut into equal size pieces (about the size of a golf ball) and use a rolling pin or a tortilla press to flatten them (or use your hands).

Cook in an oiled or buttered skillet (or a nonstick pan) on medium heat. (after you cook the first few you'll figure out how you like them. We like crispier edges, but that makes a tortilla that's hard to fold.

You can use whole wheat flour too.

Thanks, everyone! I will definitely try making my own stuff soon.