My grandma's bean soup trick saves me $15 a week now

Last week I was digging through my old recipe box and found my grandma's recipe for ham and bean soup. Three years ago I would have tossed the ham bone without a second thought. Now I soak a bag of dried navy beans for 8 hours and simmer them with the bone and some leftover veggie scraps I froze. One batch gives me 6 servings for about 4 bucks total. My coworkers spend 10 dollars on lunch every day and I'm over here eating soup I paid pennies for. It took me until last month to realize my grandmother was cooking this way because money was tight, not because it tasted better. Anyone else rediscover a cheap family recipe that changed how you eat on the regular?

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faithf772d ago

Used to think grandma was just being cheap. Now I get it completely.

oliverbailey2d ago

Watching my folks throw out half-eaten jars of jam last week just because they'd been open a while... made me think about how we've traded thrift for convenience without really noticing. My grandma would've scraped that last bit out and called it breakfast. We're all so busy buying new stuff that we forget the old ways actually worked fine.