We have all lived through tough times when we have trouble paying the bills. After they are paid, there is nothing left over for food. What do you do then? When your household is looking to you for a meal and you don't know how to come up with anything. I have lived through those times too. This book, I hope, will help you. It is not a book of tips on how to save money. It is a book of recipes that I hope will help. You can substitute other ingredients if that is all. I have tried to come up with good ideas and good food. Learning how to make meals out of simple every day ingredients is the first step. This is the way it used to be done. I know. My grandmother did that. So did my own mother. It makes the hard times easier to get through if you can put a decent meal on your table.I have recently updated this version and added more recipes to it. I hope you find it useful and use it when you have to cut back. The first place most people cut back is on their grocery budget. I hope that this book will help you through that struggle.