{"id":5080,"date":"2010-05-19T08:12:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T12:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=5080"},"modified":"2017-02-09T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:43:00","slug":"cant-cook-on-a-budget-its-grandmas-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/cant-cook-on-a-budget-its-grandmas-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Cook On a Budget?  It\u2019s Grandma\u2019s Fault."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cooking everyday at home is a great way to cook on a budget.<\/strong> But sometimes, the habits that we picked up as a kid can be detrimental to saving money on food. Let me explain what I&#8217;m talking about &#8211; remember the end of most family meals when grandma would push the serving platter at your already loosened belt and waist-band?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fOt7k19mEmc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cEat it or it\u2019ll go to waste\u201d she\u2019d always say.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf it\u2019ll go to waste, what did you cook it for\u201d? was my thought,<\/strong> even as a young kid. \u201cIsn\u2019t there a way to figure out exactly how much you should cook?\u201d I didn&#8217;t actually say that sentence out loud&#8230;I never was fond of the taste of soap. But, it only took my 8th grade math skills to figure out what grandma hadn\u2019t been able to for decades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The precise portions you feed your family is the basis of cooking on a budget.<\/strong> When you know exactly how much each person will eat, you\u2019ll know how much to buy, and how much to cook, eliminating over-buying, over-cooking, wasting leftovers, or letting food spoil while in your possession.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The average cooked portion is 4 ounces protein, 3 ounces vegetable, 5 ounces starch per person. <\/strong> If your husband is a big eater, adjust upward. If your wife is petite like mine, adjust downward. But, with a digital scale and keen observation, perhaps a notebook, you\u2019ll arrive at the quantifiable amount that everyone in your house eats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, you can begin saving money at the grocery store, or using the money you\u2019ve saved<\/strong> by buying more wholesome, exotic, or expensive ingredients because you know there will be little waste. You\u2019ll also be helping the health of your family buy controlling the amount of food they eat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In her everyday cooking, Grandma offered you more and more of what she prepared<\/strong> and she did it out of love for you. Today, when you&#8217;re cooking at home, the best way to show love to your family is by preparing a wholesome meal that is an appropriate amount for all to enjoy, while still being able to cook on a budget.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Spoiled Food Is Stinking Up Your Ability to Cook On a Budget\" href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/spoiled-food-is-stinking-up-your-ability-to-cook-on-a-budget\/cooking\/5078\/\" target=\"_self\">Spoiled Food is Stinking Up Your Ability to Cook On a Budget<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Grocery Shop to Cook on a Budget\" href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/grocery-shop-to-cook-on-a-budget\/cooking\/5076\/\" target=\"_self\">Grocery Shop to Cook on a Budget<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: dotted #FF0000 10px;\">Get my DVD \u2013<br \/>\n\u201c5 Chef Secrets for Creating Amazing Meals at Home\u201d<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1827\" title=\"5-secrets-dvd-image.small\" src=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/5-secrets-dvd-image.small.jpg\" alt=\"5-secrets-dvd-image.small\" width=\"75\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>\nThe DVD is my gift to you,<br \/>\nYou pay shipping only<br \/>\nFind out more <a title=\"5 Chef Secrets\" href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\" target=\"_self\">HERE<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your goal is to cook on a budget, why did you cook more than you can eat?  Over-portioning is will ruin your everyday cooking budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[29],"tags":[112,118,169],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5080"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}