Rock Bottom Broke
Most of these recipes and menus are intended to serve 2 or 3 people.
This Section is still a work in progress. Please be patient while I fill it up.
Tips & Tricks
- Saving Money on Beverages
- Best Buys in Fruits & Vegetables
- Best Buys for Grains & Starches
- Best Buys From The Dairy
- Powdered Milk
- Best Buys for Protein, Meat-Free
Recipes
Beverages
- Decadent Hot Chocolate
- Miss Maggie’s Magic Milk Shakes
- Frappuccino
- Kool-Aid Slushies
- Fruit Smoothy
- Instant Café Au Lait
- Vegetable Juice Smoothy
- Tomato Juice From Tomato Paste
- Sun Tea
- Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
- Lemon Water
- Lemon Slushy
- Old-Fashioned Lemonade
- Instant Iced Tea
- Natural Fruit Tea
- Citrus Refresher
- Instant Fruit Flavored Tea
Breads
- Basic Homemade Muffins
- Basic Homemade Biscuits
- Basic Homemade Pancakes
- Basic Homemade Flour Tortillas
- Basic Homemade Waffles
- Whole Wheat Biscuits
- Flat-Bread
- American Indian Fry Bread
- Country Style Skillet Bread
- Donut Muffins
- Oatmeal Muffins
Breakfast (also see breads, above)
- Cornmeal Mush Or Grits
- Cinnamon Rice For Breakfast
- Basic Brown Sugar Granola
- Bacon Gravy
- Maple Flavored Pancake Syrup
- Using Store-Bought Pancake Mix
Desserts & Sweets
- Cheap & Easy Cinnamon Cake
- Mock Cream Cheese Vinegar Frosting
- Grandma’s Vinegar Crumb Cake
- Basic Vanilla Frosting
Dried Beans, Peas & Lentils
- Easy Chili Beans
- Simple Black Beans & Potatoes
- Split Pea Fritters
- Gussied Up Canned Refried Beans
- Cold Lentil & Rice Salad
- Almost Instant Split Pea Soup
Eggs
Homemade Mixes
Meat
Oats & Oatmeal
Rice, Pasta, Potatoes, Starches
Snacks
Note From Maggie
This section is not gluten free or casein free. Hard Times is. Healthy food is not the highest priority. Cheap, filling food is. These recipes make free use of both white all-purpose flour and dairy milk. Certain products with hydrogenated fats, trans fats, artificial flavors and colors, nitrates and high fructose corn syrup are used and recommended, without shame or apology. If you have enough cash to afford a healtier diet, then please visit the rest of the website. It is full of nutritious, health-giving recipes that are all budget-friendly. This section is designed to use the absolute cheapest foods at the market. Many of them are extremely healthy. Some are not. Sometimes we’re so poor that we’re willing to bargain our long term health against the short term necessity of filling our bellies. I’ve been there, and I suspect that if you’re reading this, you’ve been there too. It may not be pleasant or pretty, but sometimes it is reality. If this reality makes you uncomfortable, please contact your congress person, not me. I cannot change this reality, but I can give tips for navigating it.