Never throw away stale bread again
Twelve Depression-era tricks, from homemade breadcrumbs to a casserole that feeds six.
Watch the videoOld kitchen wisdom for today’s grocery prices.
My mother fed a family through the Great Depression and never wasted a crumb. Every week I share her tricks, so you can waste less and spend less.
From Hazel’s kitchen
Hazel, in her kitchen
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Each video is a countdown of old tricks, explained step by step, with the money-saver at number one.
Free printables for your fridge
One-page cheat sheets of the tricks from each video. Print one, stick it on the fridge, and you’ll have it when you need it.
- 12 ways to use stale breadBreadcrumbs, croutons, bread pudding and Hard Times Casserole.
- 15 grocery tricksThe shopping list, unit prices, the cash envelope and planning backwards.
“Stale isn’t spoiled, honey. It’s a second chance.”
About Hazel
I’m Hazel Abernathy. I grew up on a little farm outside of Dayton, Ohio. My mother was just a girl when the stock market crashed in 1929, and she never forgot those years. Every scrap in her kitchen had a second life, and every penny had a job.
She taught me to plan meals from what was on sale, to stretch one chicken into three suppers, and to keep an envelope of grocery money and stop when it was empty. Those habits still work at today’s prices, so I share them here, one trick at a time.
A note about Hazel
Hazel is an AI-generated character. Her story is fiction, but the tips and recipes on this channel are real, practical and checked before they’re shared.