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FOOD Are you or your family in need of help with food to get you through the week or month? Here you will find contacts for food pantries in the area. The food is donated by area grocery stores, church members, groups in the area, and individuals. The people who donate know there are many people in the Branson area that are having a tough time paying bills and there isn’t enough money for groceries. They are more than willing to make sure no one goes hungry. Ask if they need any volunteers. Hard times can come for anyone during their lifetime, so you are not alone. Call your local food bank and check on the times they are open. Then take it upon yourself to get there. Also go to www.angelfoodministries.org to find a location near you. For a small amount of money you can get meat, produce, etc. ( a whole lot cheaper than at the grocery store). There are so many ways you can stretch your food dollar. Making use of it gives you more meals, For instance.....use rice to make all kinds of casseroles and soups go further. Today even a can of Campbells soup costs almost twice as much. Add a little instant rice to it. Oatmeal added to a casserole, stew, or hamburger dish not only makes it more filling, but it goes further and is good for you and your children. In any tomato sauce, add peanut butter. Yes I know it sounds strange but it makes your sauce healthier and gives it a more robust flavor. Instead of buying all these quick meal packaged meals at the grocery store, take the time to do the chopping, cooking, and prep. See recipes at the bottom of the page. FOOD PANTRIES Stone County
Taney County
For other counties go to www.ozarksfoodharvest.org/directory.html Ozark County Food Pantry Ozark Ozark Regional Share & Care Arkansas Harvest Assembly Arkansas Everton Baptist Church Arkansas About The Kitchen, Inc 420 E. Commercial Springfield, MO 65803 A ministry dedicated to meeting the souls of displaced persons by providing opportunities, health care services, educational programs, counseling service, job skills training, family support services, and spiritual nurturing. Christian Foundations Inc (417) 581-4559 102 E South St Ozark, MO Food pantry. They also have a thrift store with very low prices for clothing. Division
of Family Services: Stone County Family Support Division; 30832 State Highway 13, Galena, MO 65656; (417) 357-6118; Fax: (417) M357-8401; Kelly Cullers; Sharon.L.Holloway@dss.mo.gov; www.dss.mo.gov Taney County Family Support Division; 1756-A Bee Creek Road, Branson, MO 65616; (417) 339-0063; Fax: (417) 339-2770; Judith A. Whitlock; www.dss.mo.gov. The Least of These (417) 724-2500 101-A West Mt. Vernon Nixa, MO 65714 Food pantry and clothing bank for Christian County. CLOTHING and FOOD: Catholic Charities, Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, 426 S. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO 65806; Phone: 417-865-0050; www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org/states/MO.htm Christian Foundation Thrift Stores (Clothing Only);
They have several locations. (Main Office) 420 S. Campbell Ave.,
Springfield, MO 65806; ( 417) 831-5546 CROSSLINES: 1710 E Chestnut Expy., Springfield, MO 65806; (417) 869-0563; www.crosslines.org FOOD STAMPS: (IF ELIGIBLE): Family Support Division; 101 Park Central Square, Springfield, MO 65806; (417)895-6000 www.dss.mo.gov/dfs/fstamp Heartland Share: Buy good, nutritious food for half the cost. Some volunteer participation required. Call Crystal at: Toll-free: 1-800-7427307/Ext. 223 crystal@heartlandshare.com: www.heartlandshare.com Grand Oak Mission Center: 2854 W. Grand St., Springfield, MO 65802; (417) 869-4818; www.gbaptist.org The Kitchen, Inc. (Food Only); 421 E. Blaine St., Springfield, MO 65803; (417) 837-1511; www.kitchenministries.org Maggie's Boutique (Clothing/ Household Goods); 450 E. Commercial St., Springfield, MO 65803; (417) 837-1530; www.kitchenministries.org New Life Evangelistic Center; 209 W. Commercial St., Springfield, MO 65803; Ph: 417-864-5338 Ozarks Food Harvest Gardening Plots; 615 N. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, MO 65802; (417) 865-3411 Salvation Army; 1707 W. Chestnut Expy., Springfield, MO 65802; (417) 862-5509; www.salvationarmyusa.org Southwest Missouri Indian Center; 543 S. Scenic Ave., Springfield, MO 65802 (417) 869-9550 Southwest Missouri Office on Aging; 1735 S. Fort Ave., Springfield, MO 65807 (417) 862-0762; Toll-free: 1-800-497-0822; www.swmoa.com Senior Centers provide hot noon meals in the centers and have home-delivered meals available for eligible seniors age 60 or older. There are centers in Kimberling City, Forsyth, and Branson. They ask for a donation of $2.75. Victory Mission Thrift Store (Clothing Only); 206 E.
Commercial St., Springfield, MO 65803;
(417) 831-6395; www.victorymission.com
There are many ways you can save on your grocery bill.
Think smart and save time and money while eating better.
If you have a can of soup or
chili, add rice to it to make it go further. Or add more vegetables in the soup. Make a lot of one-pot meals and freeze the left-overs.
Quit buying ready made and start cooking from scratch.
Homemade vegetable soups are good for you and go a long way.
You can add many of your leftover vegetables in the freezer
until you get ready to make soup.
Add beans or rice to your soup.
And bean soup of any kind is very high in protein.
Online you can find recipes for everything with simple
directions. It doesn’t take much time at all to make one-pot meals
and less clean-up. Let it
simmer on low all day if you want to let the flavors marry. If you like to bake bread,
make a load of cinnamon bread, a loaf of garlic bread, and pizza
crust, and English muffins at the same time.
Freeze them to add to meals when you are in a hurry.
There is nothing like hot homemade bread. What can be easier than
using a crock pot. You
don’t have to tend to it so you can go about your busy day and know
it will be ready at dinner time. If you live alone, it’s
difficult to eat a loaf of bread without it going bad.
Divide your loaf up into smaller packages and put in freezer
bags. Take one out of the
freezer just before you need it. Or make up garlic bread and freeze it
in small packages. It
saves money rather than starting your oven every time you have a
desire for garlic bread. When you make pancakes,
make extras to go into the freezer in baggies.
Whenever you want one or two pancakes, put them in the
microwave. Any time you
can make extra and freeze it, you don’t use an excess of electricity
or gas….it takes more to heat up the pan each time).
And how nice to save time and not having to clean up the mess
so many times. Consider having a pancake for dessert with fresh fruit or
brown sugar and cinnamon (cinnamon helps diabetics reduce their sugar
levels). You could put
low-fat whipped cream and coconut and pineapple on top of your
pancake. Or heat up a can
of pumpkin with spices and spread on top.
Get creative. Have you ever noticed you
will have a desire for a certain flavor, but don’t really think
about what it is on or in. Say
you have a hunger for BBQ sauce.
You can add it to beans (which are good for you and have plenty
of protein). Maybe you
have a craving for chocolate. Instead
of eating a whole candy car or piece of cake, lick a teaspoon of ice
cream topping (slow and while really thinking about how great it
tastes, really enjoy it) and save calories.
If you want something crunchy, eat carrots or celery instead of
chips. Instead of soda pop, which
is terribly high in calories, drink fruit flavored tea with no
calories. Lipton makes
great zero calorie peach, lemon, or raspberry tea.
If you drink coffee and put anything at all in it, you are
adding calories. Check
the label on creamers including the flavored ones and cappacinos.
It’s amazing how many calories can be in one cup and you
probably have many in a day’s time.
And it saves a great deal of money. If you have a relative or
neighbor that also lives alone, you might go shopping together and buy
larger quantities and split it. You
save money buying larger quantities.
And anytime you have a little extra money, buy quantity of any
product you use regularly while it is on sale.
In fact, invest in cases of vegetables and canned tomatoes.
Add a little rice and you have a meal. Shop the ads and collect coupons.
If you know anyone who doesn’t collect coupons, ask them for
their Sunday paper after they read it.
You can double or triple the amount of coupons every week.
If you go to the manufacturer’s website, there are many times
free coupons for you to print out. That holds true for almost all
products on the market, not just food. Purchase fresh fruits and
vegetables direct from the farmers.
In fact, you may be able to work off the price of them by
giving the farmer a hand. And,
ask around to see if there is any place you can rent to plant a garden
if you don’t have space at home.
If there are any farmer’s markets in your area, visit them
weekly for truly fresh items. It’s
healthier. You can also buy enough to can or freeze for the winter
months. There is one item I can
think of that is better to buy in small quantity to keep from eating
too much. That is,
individual items such as one piece of cake or pie, one 4-pack pudding
instead of cooking a full package and trying to eat it all before it
spoils. Weigh a bag of oranges or
apples to see how much they cost compared to the same amount of
individual oranges or apples. A
bag is usually cheaper, but not always.
It depends on the product. If you buy a 5 or 10 pound
bag of potatoes, make sure you use them all before they spoil.
Do not put them in your refrigerator (they turn to sugar) but
keep them in a cool, dark place like a closet.
If you notice you still have potatoes and they are starting to
go bad, make soup. If you have trouble using
a whole stalk of celery, cut the ends off and place in baggies in the
freezer for cooking and soups. Cut
or dice carrots and freeze for quick use. Kale is very high in
Vitamin A and you can make a wonderful filling and tasty kale soup
with it. I buy a bunch of
kale and dry it, place it in an airtight container and put it in the
freezer. Whenever I want to make kale soup, I just take a handful and
put in the pot. Kale Soup Recipe In a soup pot, add bacon
ends and fry. Leave the
bacon and bacon grease in the pot until the soup is cooked and then
you can use a large soup spoon to remove the grease.
You need it to flavor the soup while cooking.
Add one diced onion and cook just a few minutes.
Add a handful of dried kale (you can use fresh kale but it
isn’t as flavorful so you need a lot more). Add spoon sized chunks of
potatoes, thinly sliced carrots, rice, salt and pepper.
Cook until the rice is done.
This can feed a family of four several days or you can make
just enough to freeze it in individual containers.
All of the children in our family for five generations have
been raised on kale soup. IF you have land, till up a large area and section it off. Charge people to plant a garden. There are many people who live in apartments and have no place to grow their own food. People are doing it all across the nation and saving on their food bills plus they have enough to sell at a farmers market. Brown a pound of hamburger and add a can of cream of mushroom soup, 1 1/2 c. of oatmeal, salt, pepper, and garlic powder if preferred. It may not look exciting but it's healthy and very tasty. Put it on hamburger buns and enjoy, CHILI Instead of just using red beans, add butter beans, lima beans, kidney beans, and pork n' beans to browned hamburger. For the sauce add ketchup, dry mustard, brown sugar, and a tsp. of vinegar. Your kids will love it as it has a sweet-sour taste and gives them the vitamins and minerals from four different types of beans plus it makes your hamburger go much further giving you more meals too. HOMEMADE VEGETABLE SOUP Instead of using pricey cuts of meat, use hamburger or sausage. Add every type of vegetables you have in the cabinet along with tomato sauce. Don't forget the cabbage, potatoes, and carrots. This will feed a family of four for several days or put some in the freezer for a quick meal. KALE SOUP Most people haven't eaten kale, but it is very high in Vitamin A and so good for you. In a large pot, brown bacon and saute chopped onions. Add chopped potatoes, carrots, and long grain rice, salt and pepper. Add kale (you can use fresh kale chopped or buy a bundle of kale, stick the whole stalk in the freezer after washing and letting it dry. Once frozen take out and run your fingers along the stalks to easily take the kale off. Lay out on paper towel until totally dry. Store in a air-tight container). It takes more fresh kale for kale soup then dried kale. Five generations of our families babies and children were raised on kale soup as it is so cheap to make and goes so far. It freezes well. MISC. HELPFUL HINTS
Miscellaneous helpful hints can save you money. It can cut your time and energy down. So why not give it a try.
It's cheaper to buy a bag of onions than one at a time. Chop the whole bag of onion and put in the freezer. You can take out what you need and put the rest back in the freezer . When bell peppers are cheap, chop them and keep in the freezer for cooking. Great for omelets.
When you make meat loaf, add mashed potatoes or oatmeal to bind it together. Both add nutrients and make it go further.
If you have small amounts of milk or just a few eggs left and know you won't need them for a few days, freeze them. Do the same with leftover canned milk, fruit, vegetables, meat etc. and leftovers. It not only saves you time and money, but a special trip to the grocery store when you don't feel like going.
There are many recipes for bread that you can keep in the refrigerator or freeze until needed. It can make loaves of bread, rolls, sweet rolls, dumplings, hamburger or hot dog buns. Kneading bread is so relaxing and fresh bread tastes so much better, lasts longer, and stays fresher longer than store-bought. JimHenry BillDees bransonLowIncomeHousing Photos of Jesus Yes-Daddy@GoDaddy ResellerWebsites FrontpagWebHosting ChristianMusician DomainForumSound WebsiteSaleOwnerKCLowIncomHousing WebSitesForSaleByOwner EthanolStillPlans HowToMakeAStillOutOfBeerKeg FreeTattoo CrossClipArt PicturesJesusChrist WeBuyUglyWebsites WAHMMessageBoards ChristianWritersWanted SingleMomsPrayer OneLineBibleStudy FunctionalAlcoholic HistoryHybridVehicles CarLoanAfterBankruptcy SEOMarketing OnlinePrayerRequests SEOTraining We have over 70,000 pages a day looked at. Do you need Real Traffic, Website Work, Cheap And Free Domains, Single Domain Hosting, Reseller Hosting and We help you learn to make a living at home just like Us. Contact me Jim@JimHenry.info We Have a lot of Free Stuff Free-Website-4U.info |
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