January 1st- Cheeseburger Pizza

I have started my 50.00 a month budget. I kicked it off with pizza! Homemade. Here's some pics and the breakdown of costs. I also made another crust to freeze as well.

Crust:
Yeast, Flour, Sugar, Water, Olive Oil, Salt

Yeast- Buy in bulk from Sam's Club. Its much cheaper then the packets you can buy. Unless you have coupons to make them free. I have loaded up when I have .40 cent off 2 coupons from the commissary as it made them around 40 cents each in the past. However, I can purchase 2 huge bricks of Yeast for around 5.00 at Sam's. If you don't think you would ever use that much yeast ( and some dont) then go in with someone else that is a baker/bread maker etc. 2.50 for several lbs is much cheaper then 3 packets for 40 cents to 1.00. It only takes 2 1/4 teaspoons for a pizza crust.

Flour- Same. I buy in bulk as well from Sam's and I use this. My only tip would be to get something for it to be in instead of leaving it in the bag. I bought a 5 gallon white painters tub from walmart to use. Its worked amazing for over 5 years now. Not all will fit in it but I go through it fast enough to only need one tub. You can of course go in with someone and split the flour as well. I believe the last time I purchased the flour it was around 8 bucks for the large bag. This is regular all purpose flour. Not bread flour.

Sugar- I want to purchase in bulk I just never have as it calls for very little in most baking items I do. But I am getting to the point where I will need to start purchasing in larger bulk.

Water- um its free ;)

Olive Oil- I do not buy this often. I do not use it often. I actually use grapeseed oil. Which is not cheap either. this is the most expensive ingredient by far. But it doesnt take a lot so it lasts me a good while. I dont fry anything anymore.

Salt- I buy it as well in bulk from Sam's because I use very little in every day stuff but need it for baking. I use sea salt in my every day life stuff.

Now onto the toppings. I am on a budget. And I still wanted to be able to make a cheeseburger pizza. However, ground beef is freaking expensive. So , I got creative. {dont judge}

I had purchased a 40 ct box of hamburgers from Sam's back in like October. We use them for obviously our hamburger nights. Sooooo.... I got one out, cooked it up ( no oil!) and cut it into tiny pieces. Voila! There's our ground beef. I used 1/4 cup may and a 1/4 cup ketchup for the base ( makes thousand island dressing thats pretty much what it is peeps) and spread it around. Added pickles. Topped with 1/3 bag of shredded cheese. I also used real butter and garlic to brush around the edges. Gave the crust an extra kick.

Best. Pizza. Ever