Creative and Frugal Gift Ideas…General Store

If you are like most of us you probably still have friends and family who are not yet accepting the idea that a self reliant life style is the only one that really brings peace. There are several recipes in the December Newsletter for “cheap” yet fun gifts from the kitchen but those not yet embracing food storage, who are also on your gift list, the following is a list of inexpensive and thoughtful gifts to help them begin their General Store.

1. Purchase several varieties of popcorn and include a favorite classic movie.

2. Purchase a loaf pan and fill with quick bread mixes and an IOU to teach the recipient to bake bread.

3. Place a variety or herbal teas in a basket or pretty gift bag, along with a list of when to use each (ie. chamomile for stomach upset or Peppermint for a tension headache).

4. Purchase a pretty non-Christmas gift bag (could be red gingham with a green bow) and fill with jams or mustards. Better than another basket that has no purpose, the gift bag can be reused.

5. Several varieties of olive and other cooking oils.

6. Homemade pancake or waffle mix (with the recipe so they can make their own mix when the gift is gone) and a bottle of real maple syrup.

7. Gift a variety of honeys.

8. Purchase a variety of vinegars and give with a few recipes for using them.

9. Comfort foods are a must in any General Store. Give a collection of comfort foods (hot chocolate mixes, brownie mixes, cake mix and frosting, cookie mix).

10. Purchase a variety for barbecue sauces and marinates for the grill master in your life.

Of course a subscription to our Newsletter or a copy of Mother Hubbard:What She’s Doing Now would always be great gifts!

Keep gifts thoughtful while still helping those you love prepare.

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One Response to “Creative and Frugal Gift Ideas…General Store”

1. bzymama says:

   December 8, 2009 at 12:46 am

   You have a lot of really great ideas here that would make good gifts for school teachers or people like that. I am always stumped on what to give my kid’s school teachers.