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If you look at the amount of money that you spend on things like preservers, gravies and sauces, you would be amazed at how much money is actually wasted. Not only that, but you are probably not even really happy with the quality of the stuff that you are eating. You use it out of sheer convenience when in reality you could be making it on your own instead of sitting around watching television. If you get yourself a good food mill, you will be surprised at how much better your food tastes and how much money you save.
If you have never used a food mill, it is a device that usually comes in three pieces. It will have grinding wheel, a bowl and then the handle that is used to turn the grinding wheel. In most cases, you will be given several sized wheels to use to vary how fine you want to grind or puree the food that you are using.
One of the best ways to make use of a food mill is to make your own sauce or gravy. Instead of using bottled, prepared sauces, you can get the tomatoes, blanch and skin them and then put them through the food mill. You can make it a fine consistency or change the wheel and make it garden style if you prefer. Regardless, you will be using fresh ingredients and have a sauce without all of the nasty preservatives that are usually used in jarred sauces. The flavor difference will be incredible and the money that you save will add a few digits to your bank account.
Another use for a food mill is to make your own preserves. Now I don’t know about you, but something that bothers a lot of people is that there simply is not enough fruit in the preserves when they eat them. Now is your chance to rectify that as you can put in as much as you like and make sure that there is literally a piece of fruit in every spoonful that you put on your sandwich or morning toast.
Another great use for a food mill is to use them to make baby food. Like everything else that is served in a jar, they are loaded with salts, sugars and other preservatives that mask the flavor of the real food. This is no way for your baby to learn about food. Once again, it is also a great way to save money. For the cost of a single jar, you can buy enough ingredients to make several meals for your child. Every penny counts in today’s economy and the savings will quickly add up.
If you have soured on the taste of foods, look at the type of food that you are eating. If you find that you are regularly using prepared sauces and such, it is time to fight back and rediscover the true taste of food. The time you spend preparing the items with a food mill will not only pay you off in the wallet, but your taste buds will be thanking you as well.