Frugal Friday: Homemade "Hot Pockets"

Since we homeschool, I try to keep the kids from getting the "not again" blues at lunch *too* often, although it's hard, especially when you're trying to be frugal. I hit a home run today - well, maybe just a triple!

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across a fabulous deal - the local Walmart was selling packs of Land O Frost deli lunchmeat for only 50 cents. For 12 ounces! That was a deal I couldn't pass up! Nothing was wrong with them, they weren't even close-dated. It's just that we live in a college town, it was almost Spring Break, and they had more than they knew would sell in the next week with all the kids gone. Score for me - I bought enough ham and turkey to fill a plastic bag!

Today I got to thinking about Crystal's super easy pizza dough recipe. So I made one batch of that and divided it into 6 pieces. (Really should have made 8 - there was really too much bread in each of these.) Rolled out the dough, plopped on about 2 oz. of ham plus one good slice of cheese each, and folded them up sort of like burritos. I baked them at 400 for about 15 or 20 minutes. They were GREAT! Only problem was that I didn't think to pinch the seams and a lot of the cheese escaped. We just scraped it up off the pan and plopped it on the outsides of the pockets.

You could fill these with lots of stuff and make very healthy or not-very healthy pockets, your choice. They're puffy and light and just right, and it was a nice change of pace when compared to yet another ham-and-cheese sandwich.

(And here's another frugal thing - have you gotten your FREE copy of my Presidential Elections lapbook kit yet? Why not?!)

Don't forget to head to Crystal's blog for more frugal goodies!