My mom called me out for spending $60 on fancy pasta sauce ingredients

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Hold on, sixty bucks for pasta sauce ingredients? I mean, I like good food too but that's a whole grocery run for some families.

spencer78228d ago

Mason, you're not wrong at all. Parent would lose their mind if they saw my credit card statement for a single jar of imported San Marzano tomatoes and real Parmigiano-Reggiano (the stuff with the rind still on it). Best trick I've learned is to buy the expensive olive oil in bulk at Costco and store it in a dark cabinet, cuts the cost of any sauce by like 40% over time. One batch of that fancy sauce can stretch into three meals if you freeze half of it too.

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lindag3328d ago

Yeah, the whole "stretch it into three meals" part is key. I do the same thing with my good chili verde. You drop sixty bucks on tomatillos and pork shoulder but portion it out right and you're eating like a king for a week. The trick is to freeze it in flat quart bags, takes up no room and thaws fast. And yeah, Costco olive oil is a lifesaver. I keep a big jug in the pantry and refill a smaller bottle for daily use. Keeps the good stuff from going bad before you can use it all.