Comments on: Delicious, Nutritious but Lower Priced Dishes…

by: risa

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:27:57 +0000

Hi MM, Too bad I did not get to see this post until today. I noticed that a lot of your readers freeze their leftover rice. Placing one teaspoon white vinegar in the cooking water for rice inhibits spoilage for more than 24 hours. There will be no trace of vinegar taste, and there won’t be any need to use the microwave as long as the ulam or sabaw is hot. This is the best advice I received and have been doing it for 4 years now. I have a small household, and it’s tiresome and wasteful to cook just one cup of rice.

My favorite nutritious inexpensive dish is lumpiang hubad - saute garlic, onions, ground pork, dried shrimp (hibe), with sliced baguio beans, julienned carrots, diced kamote, diced tofu and togue. Serve with fresh wansoy, garlic and ground peanuts with sweet brown sauce.

by: presentacion

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:41:05 +0000

to cut down on expenses i bake my own breads like ensaymada, siopao, cupcakes, cream puffs & pizza. i make my own boneless daing na bangus, tocino, laing, bicol express, siomai, fish balls, etc. as much as possible i don’t buy but make them myself like dishwashing liquid, fabric conditioner, toilet deodorant & sometimes i make my own laundry soap powder. in my small backyard garden i have kamias, pandan, alugbati, malunggay, sili, small pots of herbs like sweet basil, rosemary, oregano, etc. if i run out of lpg, i have a magic stove which is fueled by crumpled newspaper. only a few of my tipid tips.

by: corrine

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:23:10 +0000

So many tips! I am looking for more recipes using tofu, ground pork or beef or chicken. When you buy spring onions, save the white part with the roots. Plant it and see it grow in no time. I use it for garnishing and for Chinese omelette. My family has always been a baon gang because I cook good food for them. Anyhoo, we’ve also cut down on eating out. Now, I’m trying to see how to save on grocery purchases. My pantry definitely has to be disciplined.

by: sonianer

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:59:42 +0000

a food related tip: if space in your residence will allow it, replace your small LPG tank with a big tank . you will save at least 40% of LPG costs . it does for me

i read sometime ago that is because with the smaller tanks you leave behind some residual gas when the tank is supposed to be empty. the more frequently you change tanks, the more residual gas you waste your money on

by: cee

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:09:02 +0000

great, helpful tips indeed! here’s our way of coping with the high prices lately:

we buy GROUND CHICKEN instead of Ground beef or pork (it yoyo’s from Php135-150 per kilo whereas the cheapest ground pork is @Php 170! ground beef, mas mahal pa). Magnolia has ground chicken all the time in the wet market section of your grocery.

it’s so versatile you can use it to replace any ground pork/beef dish you usually cook. like ampalaya guisado with egg, ground chicken with some pork cube (or broth, if you want to mimic the pork taste)is good and it’s leaner and healthier! we use it also for tortang talong, adobong kangkong etc.