This weekend we had sleepover. So I had 6 kids to feed,three teens~tweens. Usually I am worn out and prefer to get the cheap-o pizzas that are hot and ready when we have loud late nights. But my budget was so limited, I knew that would not be a good use of my dollars So I looked at what we had...I shopped in my own kitchen! I found pepperoni, carrots, cukes, hotdogs, and chocolate chips. Oh, and Gatorade powder, milk, and popcorn.
I made homemade pizza pockets. They were so wildly consumed, I made a pizza pie also for those that were hungry. I made chocolate chip cookies, and oatmeal peanut-butter carrot chocolate chip cookies. And I also found a recipe for a corn-dog muffin to use the hotdogs in. I made a veggie plate and then popped some popcorn to leave out because kids stay hungry and like to graze.
I spent far less than getting cheap-o pizzas & sodas. I had cookies left to take to church Sunday to share. Plus I froze some for when our sweet tooth strikes. We had some leftover pizza pie too for lunch yesterday!
It was encouraging to be able to make a meal for the children that they enjoyed and that stayed on our budget.
My guess is this....the pioneer people (and many earlier people groups in various nations) did not forgo company (generally) because they did not have a nice "spread", rather they made use of two things....skill and circumstances. And I bet they had wonderful times with friends!
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