Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget: Homemade Rolls, Creative Cakes and More

In my last article, I talked about how to make a nice moist, buttery Turkey using an inexpensive store brand Turkey. This article will further expand on the other Thanksgiving Day foods and how you can save money.

Thanksgiving Day again should not break the bank, nor should a blow your food budget for the month. Those of us living on a limited budget really need to watch how our food dollars are spent. Here are some helpful hints, that you can save money on your Thanksgiving Day dinner, and still have a great feast.

Per pound in the average grocery store, frozen vegetables are cheaper than canned vegetables are. They are also healthier for your family, but they require little bit more cooking time. The frozen vegetables usually do not have added seasonings, so you may want to season them a little bit.

If you insist on using the canned vegetables, you are going to pay more for them, per serving. To save money on the canned vegetables, stock up on them, when you are local grocery store has a sale. At this time of year are many of your local grocery stores and wholesale grocery stores will be running sales on the canned goods, so stock up early.

You also find deals, on whole white potatoes, and also the yams better known and sweet potatoes. You just need to peel and boil these potatoes up and then do your final preparations. For the mashed potatoes, you will need to cook the potatoes longer, so that they are easily mashed.

Making homemade mashed potatoes is easy, says dump the drained potatoes into a large bowl, add butter, and milk and use your electric hand mixer or a manual potato masher. Using the electric hand mixer will make your potatoes, fluffier, lighter, and smoother well using manual potato masher will leave chunks of potatoes would seem more authentic.

To make candied sweet potatoes, peel and boil some yams or a grab a can of yams off the grocery store shelf. When the potatoes are done, or you have opened the can jump the potatoes into a bowl. Add your seasonings, topped with marshmallows and put it into the oven and brown the marshmallows or pop that into the microwave and melt the marshmallows.