Milk is almost $5.00 a gallon now

I have tried the following, because I use a lot of milk: I don't use milk anymore in mashed potatoes. I whip them and add a bit of butter. I drink a cup of water before I drink any milk if I am thirsty. We've been having yoghurt, bought on sale or with coupons more often. We have toast with jam for breakfast instead of cereal. This morning we had fruit crisp.

I eat cereal alot and so this has really hit me. I don't know why it all of a sudden went to high but I bought one gallon ($4.65--2%) and when thats gone I won't buy anymore till next month. I've also noticed that produce has went way up too. I don't know of any ways to stretch it except like one person said you might try buying whole and then splitting it half and half with water. AT PEACE WITHIN

I only really drink milk in tea so a normal litre bottle lasts me all week. Its probably different if you have young children who need the extra milk, but otherwise just use less of it. I know during the war people used to thin milk down with water, but I suppose it all depends on what you use it for.

I cook with the powder milk. It is a lot cheaper than fresh milk, although a glass of the stuff tastes God awful. You can get a very large box for about $20. If you MUST drink a glass of powdered milk, or feed it to kids, add some chocolate. That should make it go down a little easier. * I use Mochamix in my coffee. A half gallon costs $2.80, but it lasts the full month. * I get extra calcium from Tums tablets if I don't get milk.

Hi. If you dont mind drinking trim milk, you could always water it down... At least that will make the full cream milk stretch... At $5.00 a gallon I would probably buy cream and add water to that... Just a suggestion... Good luck n Have a great day...

I buy powdered milk and use that in gravies and cooking. It tastes terrible as a regular milk substitute, but it's OK for scrambled eggs and such. Because it's dried, it makes a lot of milk. We add a little to what we are cooking at a time, so a box lasts a long time. Often I only use a tspoon or tablespoon in a recipe with a little water. I had a small box last 2 months. Then you can keep the fresh milk for drinking or in cereal. You may be able to buy smaller containers of fresh milk because you're using the dried for cooking.

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