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  • Cheap Is Good - Free Is Better
  • Newsblaze Cooking
  • Bulging Budgets
  • Clone It Cathy
  • To Your Good Health
  • Under A Buck
  • Connie's Corner
  • Season To Taste
  • Hunger Hurts...
    • Cheap Is Good- Free Is Better

    "Free" is our favorite. As was mentioned in the last issue, so much family eating out and traveling this time of year, we though we could save you more by splitting out huge list of 110 deep discounts.

    • Modell's Sporting Goods: 10% off
    • Rite Aid: 10% off on Tuesdays & 10% off prescriptions
    • Ross Stores: 10% off every Tuesday (55+)
    • The Salvation Army Thrift Stores: up to 50% off (55+)
    • Stein Mart: 20% off red dot/clearance items first Monday of every month (55+)
    Grocery
    • Albertson's: 10% off first Wednesday of each month (55+)
    • American Discount Stores: 10% off every Monday (50+)
    • Compare Foods Supermarket: 10% off every Wednesday (60+)
    • DeCicco Family Markets: 5% off every Wednesday (60+)
    • Food Lion: 6% off every Monday (60+)
    • Fry's Supermarket: free Fry's VIP Club Membership & 10% off every Monday (55+)
    • Great Value Food Store: 5% off every Tuesday (60+)
    • Gristedes Supermarket: 10% off every Tuesday (60+)
    • Harris Teeter: 5% off every Thursday (60+)
    • Hy-Vee: 5% off one day a week (date varies by location)
    • Kroger: 10% off (date varies by location)
    • Morton Williams Supermarket: 5% off every Tuesday (60+)
    • The Plant Shed: 10% off every Tuesday (50+)
    • Publix: 5% off every Wednesday (55+)
    • Rogers Marketplace: 5% off every Thursday (60+)
    • Uncle Guiseppe's Marketplace: 5% off (62+)
    Travel
    • Alaska Airlines: 10% off (65+)
    • Alamo: up to 25% off for AARP members
    • American Airlines: various discounts for 65 and up (call before booking for discount)
    • Amtrak: 15% off (62+)
    • Avis: up to 25% off for AARP members
    • Best Western: 10% off (55+)
    • Budget Rental Cars: 10% off; up to 20% off for AARP members (50+)
    • Cambria Suites: 20%-30% off (60+)
    • Clarion: 20%-30% off (60+)
    • Comfort Inn: 20%-30% off (60+)
    • Comfort Suites: 20%-30% off (60+)
    • Continental Airlines: no initiation fee for Continental Presidents Club & special fares for select destinations
    • Dollar Rent-A-Car: 10% off (50+)
    • Econo Lodge: 20%-30% off (60+)
    Clone-It Cathy
     Merry Mary's Mock Apple Pie
     Serves 8
    Fool your friends with this family favorite dish. Mary's customers swear it really tastes like the best apple pie.

    • 2 cups water
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
    • 2 unbaked pie shells, or 1 package of refrigerated pie crust dough
    • 36 to 40 Ritz crackers
    • Zest of lemon
    • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
    • 2 tablespoons of butter cut into small pices
    Instructions
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium sized sauce pan combine water, sugar, and cream of tartar, bring to a boil. Once the syrup begins to boil add the lemon juice and lemon zest. Stir lemon juice and zest into syrup in the mixture, reduce heat to low, and simmer for approximately 15 minutes, after 15 minutes allow syrup to cool.
    Place one pie crust in a pie pan, and then break crackers into the pie pie shell. Pour syrup over the crackers. Sprinkle cinnamon over crackers, and sprinkle over nutmeg over the crackers. Top with pie shell with remaining pie crust. Pinch together crusts and then trim off excess pie shell. Make a couple of slits in the top of the pie so the steam can escape while cooking. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the pie crust is golden brown.

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    PUBLISHER'S NOTE
    As     Dinner On A Dollar expands, we are proud of our growth but more grateful to those of you who make it possible. This is today very true of the exceptional efforts and skills of webmaster Grace Petrucci.

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    Our     Fall Pumpkin Fest Fundraiser will be December 11, 2011. we look forward to the many of you who can and will attend.
    Thanks in advance for your donated items and for coming to purchases those of others.

    Any who cannot come, please feel free to come by the website and drop your donations in during this season of service as well as season of giving.

    We're rebuilding two of the Dinner On A Dollar websites again soliciting Volunteers and Interns to help.
    Always on the move dinneronadollar.org has been preparing new food articles plus 101 Class while dinneronadollar.mobi now brings cash saving recipes to your cell phones and other wireless devices.

    We are putting together two new contests and some website polls to find out what you like most, what you would like more of, and what we might be able to do that we may have not delivered to you yet.

    We want to hear more from you and about you, please forward your wishes and your advice.

     



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    Connie"s Corner
    Pork Chops with Gremolata
    (Gremolata is a combination of lemon zest, garlic, parsley, and olive oil. Traditionally an addition to Osso Buccoit is also great as a garnish on grilled foods.)

    Pork Chops
    8 ounces (250 g) cherry tomatoes
    ¼ cup (60 ml) extra-virgin oil
    1 small bunch chives, finely chopped
    4 pork loin chops, bone-in
    Finely grated zest and freshly squeezed juice of 1 lemon
    1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    1 teaspoon honey
    Salt and pepper to taste

    Gremolata
    Finely grated zest of 2 lemons
    ¼ cup finely chopped fresh parsley
    2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

    Place tomatoes on baking sheet, drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil. Roast for 10 minutes in 400 degree oven. Sprinkle tomatoes with chives. Set aside.

    Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large frying pan, add chops, sear for 1 minute on each side. Transfer to baking dish. Mix remaining 2 tablespoons oil, lemon zest and juice, mustard, and honey in a small bowl. Drizzle over the chops, bake until cooked through, 10-15 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes.

    Gremolata: Mix lemon zest, parsley, and garlic in small bowl. Sprinkle gremolata over chops. Serve hot with the roasted tomatoes on the side.
    To Your Good Health

    Five Healthy Delicious Seasonings to help you lower your blood pressure by reducing salt. Some you might be overlooking, many of these being with their use other health benefits.

    1. Garlic – Yes, Garlic tastes great, who notices garlic breath. Garlic can also prevent heart disease, reduce blood cholesterol, and again, lower high blood pressure. Garlic is found most often in Mexican, Italian, and Chinese foods. Garlic adds extra zest to them all.

    2. Oregano – second most favored. Sure it starts with Pizza since none could be as good without it. Oregano is known to give pizza its characteristic taste. What few people know is that oregano is also used in chili powder. So filled with antioxidant activity is Oregano that its commonly used as cough medicine for children is parts of the world.

    3. Rosemary – For those whose memory may be weakening, they might want to consider adding some Rosemary to their diet. Rosemary is most frequently added to recipes when preparing lamb. Rosemary adds interest to pork and chicken menus. Still, Rosemary is best known as the great herb for improving memory. It may even lower risks of Alzheimer’s and Lou Gehrig’s disease.

    4. Sage – My favorite, Good in pork, lamb, meats, and sausage dishes, Sage is thought to help ease stomach gas, stop excessive perspiration, and salivation. Sage delivers relief from anxiety and depression.

    5. Thyme – Most popular as poultry seasoning, also for stuffings cooked with fowl and pork chops. Thyme does fantastic things for fish sauces, cooking chowders, and vegetable soups. It also compliments lamb or veal dishes and egg salads. Thyme when made into a warm drink and used like tea, helps relieve coughs and even bronchitis.

    More on information on getting the most from your herbs and spices can be found in issues of recent Dinner On A Dollar eNewseltters, recipes on our main website as well as other Dinner On A Dollar websites.

    While spices listed above can make food taste great and offer some forms of medicinal assistance, it is important to always consult with a physician before taking a herb to help alleviate a health problem. Some herbs, such as Rosemary, should not be taken in too large of quantities.  
    Under A Buck


    Gravy Sauce - or dipping sauces this time of year warm sauces can top nearly every dish so why not make that a excellent sauces?

    * Step 1 – Rely on bullion, a outstanding grocery store product "Better The Bullion, or drippings from cooked a roast, chicken, or turkey or other meats. Remove liquid, strain if desired, then transfer cooking liquid into a measuring cup. Allow the cooking liquid to stand for a few minutes. You can see any fat it contains, rise to the top. If fat is an issue, skim this off keeping in mind fat does provide great flavor. With or without fat, do note amount of fluid left in measurer.

    * Step 2 – Pour liquid into sauce pan over medium heat. For each cup of cooking liquid, mix 2 tsp. of all-purpose flour and 1/4 cup of cold water until smooth. (If it appears to be a problem, put water and flour into small Ziploc bag and shake until well mixed.)

    * Step 3 – Stir flour mixture into boiling liquid in pan, stirring constantly 1 minute or until thickened.

    Any spice or seasonings which fit your taste as well as the dish you plan to use this over, can now be added. Then simply remove from heat.

    In the event you require larger amount of sauce or gravy, just add canned broth to the drippings measuring cup when you begin. Then increase flour and water accordingly. 13 cents per serving.
    Bulging Budgets

    Save Christmas cash. Offer a service, like shoveling snow for a neighbor. You can even put together then print a coupon or series of them with discounts to be redeemed at a later date.

    In this season of spectacular sales, things are cheaper then ever so now's the time to buy quality when you can. Top-dollar products are far less pricy. Both in-store brands as well as big brands aren't likely to break the bank during December. Expensive things aren't always a incompatible break with frugality.

    Frugality isn’t about being to cheap. It’s about getting the best value. Sometimes that means saving money by buying better quality. Think about cost-per-use terms, as opposed to total pay out. If you buy a pair of flimsy boots that are neither comfortable nor durable, maybe not good looking.... so you only wear them when you have to and they soon wear out your cost per-wear is, say 72 cents.

    But if you can get good quality well-made boots, and you wear them every chance you get, your cost per wear on the “expensive” boots may be 2 cents.

    Your smart frugal choice? Our parents and grandparents knew that before we became innodated with cheap imports, exactly the reason they had items to pass down to us.
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