Root Beer Chocolate Cake recipe (Less than $4 to make)

Hey everyone,

How did your weekend go?

Mine’s was great.

After church on Sunday, my church did a meal to appreciate what our pastor does for our church.

This meant that I had to make and bring something to this luncheon.

I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on making a meal.

Luckily it was a potluck meal (where I could bring what I was able to bring).

I decided to make a cake. I decided to put a twist on it.

I made a cake where you mix cake mix with soda. It was cheaper than having to buy eggs and oil for the recipe.

I pulled the idea from this website (I saw their post picture from a friend on Facebook): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/easy-cake-recipe-use-soda-be-bubbly_n_5717767.html

This cake is called Root Beer Chocolate cake.

Below are the ingredients needed to make this recipe:

• Box of chocolate cake mix (not any specific kind)
• Can of root beer or 1 1/2 cups of root beer
• Cake pan
• Container of cake frosting
• Mixing bowl & spoon or mixer
• Cooking spray

 

Here’s how to make the cake:

• Preheat your oven to what it says on the directions on the back of the cake mix box.
• Spray your cake pan with cooking spray
• Open the bag of cake mix and put it in the mixing bowl.
• Pour the root beer in the mixing bowl (on top of the cake mix)

• Mix the ingredients together until all of the powder is gone

• Pour the combined ingredients into the cake pan and spread out until it is even
• If your oven is preheated, go ahead and put the pan in the oven and cook it for as long as it says on the back of the box of cake mix.

• Once the cake has been baked, let it cool for an hour.
• After it has cooled, open the container of frosting and pour the frosting on top of the cake. Spread it out evenly.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. The people at church that tried it sure did.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

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Thank You and Have A Great Day

Millennial Dude

A big money mistake I made recently

Hey everyone,

Today, I wanted to share with you a costly mistake I made recently (so you can avoid making the same mistake).

I bought pork chops last weekend to make a recipe I was going to share with you guys.

They ended up getting a foul odor because I left them in the refrigerator for too long.

I ended up throwing away $10 worth of pork chops. Which is not good for me.

What can I do to prevent this from happening again?

• If I don’t plan on using a certain type of meat within 2 to 3 days, I will put the meat in the freezer until I’m ready to use it.
• I will be more cautious on “sell by” dates for meat. Some stores sell meat at a discount because the “sell by” date is about to expire on that package of meat. 
• If I plan on using the meat within 3 days, I will try to cook the meat as soon as possible.
• The meat I buy will be put in the coldest part of my refrigerator.

Here is an article with more information about meat storage:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/441979-can-you-eat-meat-after-sell-by-date/

If you have any questions, comments, tips, or ideas on this, please let me know.

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Thank You and Have A Great Day

Millennial Dude

My Grocery Haul for October

Hey everyone,

I hope you all are doing well today.

Today, I am going to share with you my grocery haul for October.

I gave myself $120 again for groceries this month. I did this because I had an extra paycheck in September that I normally wouldn’t have.

Below are pictures of what I got:

Did I stay on budget?

• I ended up having $3 left by the time the shopping trip was over. I did good on my grocery budget.

What are some deals I scored on this month?

• I bought 6 bags of apples for less than $1 per pound. Apples are on sale this time of year (because it’s apple season).

• I bought 2 packages of bone in chicken breasts for 98 cents per pound.

• I bought 2 packages of boneless pork chops for $1.79 per pound.

• I bought generic package bags of Koolaid for 79 cents each (10 pouches per bag).
• I bought four 4 packs of Annie’s organic berry yogurt for $1 each.

What meals do I plan on fixing this month?

• Easy smothered pork chops (A recipe I will share with you sometime this month)
• Baked chicken parmesan
• Chicken and broccoli alfredo

If you have any questions about my haul, please let me know.

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Thank You and Have A Great Day

Millennial Dude

Crock pot Chili Recipe (Less than $2 per serving)

Hey everyone,

I know that Fall time has come. It’s starting to get cooler outside in some areas.

I bet some of you want to eat food that warms you up.

Today, I wanted to share with you a frugal recipe that will do that.

It’s called Crock pot Chili.

This recipe is easy to make. It will feed around 4 people.

Below are the ingredients you need:

• Three 15 ounce cans of any chili related beans (Dark Red Kidney Beans, Light Red Kidney Beans, Chili Beans, Black Beans)
• One 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes
• One 24 ounce can or jar of spaghetti sauce ($1 kind)
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon minced onion
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• Cooking spray
• Crock pot

 

Now, let me give the directions to this recipe:

• Spray your crock pot bowl.

• Open your cans of beans and diced tomatoes and drain the juice out of them out in your sink.

• Open your can or jar of spaghetti sauce and dump it into the crock pot.
• Dump your drained beans and diced tomatoes into the crock pot.
• Add the chili powder, garlic powder, and minced onion into the crock pot.
• Mix it all together.

• Put the lid on your crock pot.
• Turn it on high and cook it for 1 1/2 to 2 hours (depending on your crock pot).

The total ingredients cost me around $4.50. That is around $1.13 per serving. It’s around what you would pay for an item on a fast food bargain menu item after taxes.

You can add meat to this recipe, but please cook the meat before you put it in the crock pot. (And beware that it will make the recipe more expensive).

I hope this chili will warm you and your family up. Please let me know how it turns out.

If you have any questions about this recipe, please let me know.

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Have A Great Weekend

Millennial Dude