NEW YORK, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In a time when the state of the American economy is still at odds, attempting to leave the supermarket without spending $100 or more can prove to be quite an obstacle. Along comes a smart, penny-wise cookbook that aims to stretch today's dollar, fill the pantry and deliver some extra sizzle to home kitchens everywhere: Family Feasts for $75 a Week (Oxmoor House, $17.95, September 2009), written by blogger mom and savvy shopper extraordinaire Mary Ostyn. Family Feasts for $75 a Week features 200 recipes for home-cooked, from-scratch meals that make the most of economical ingredients.
Ostyn shares her unique and resonating voice in this guidebook and on her blog, Owlhaven.net, which consistently ranks in the top 20 personal/parenting blogs. "The ideas in my book can help the average family save $100 - $200 or more at the grocery store each month," says Ostyn, a mother of ten (six of whom are adopted).
In Family Feasts for $75 a Week, Ostyn, who cooks three meals a day for her family of 12, each in under an hour's time, delivers real-world advice for her readers including:
- Setting budget goals by evaluating your limitations and following Ostyn's steps to reducing your restaurant spending and grocery expenses.
- Buying staple ingredients that can last a week, a month, or even an entire season.
- Knowing your supermarket by understanding value of brands and pricing for Breakfast Foods, the Baking Aisle, Canned and Dry Goods, Drinks, Snack Foods and even Paper Goods.
Family Feasts not only sets out to help families broaden their choices in the grocery store and free up dollars, but it provides them with delicious recipes for finicky and adventurous eaters alike. Family Feasts also delivers several international recipes as well as game plans for entertaining on a budget during special occasions, holidays or just because.
Mary Ostyn, who has contributed to Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul, has written articles for Christian Parenting Today, Adoption Today, and Adoptive Families, among others. Ostyn lives in Nampa, Idaho, with her husband and their ten children.
SOURCE Bullfrog & Baum
