This time of year may bring you excitement over cooler weather, pumpkins and wearing those sweaters that have been in the back of your closet for months. However, at my house, fall means harvest time on the farm! It is such an exciting time to be able to “reap what you sowed” back in the spring.
My husband has been a farmer ever since we got married in 1984. Of course, he helped on his family’s farm for many years before he started his own farming operation. When we were dating, I would go home with him from college and ride the cotton stripper with him. He rigged up a 5 gallon bucket for me with a pillow on top and I would ride for hours on end. Just being with him was so much fun!!!
I don’t get as excited to ride the cotton stripper with him anymore, but I enjoy helping him when I can and one way that is always a help is to take harvest meals out to the field for him and his crew. They usually don’t have much time to stop for dinner so I’ve had to get creative in what I take to the field. They like to keep going while they are eating so “forkless” meals are their favorites. Listed below are 25 budget friendly meals that you can make (or pick up) that are quick and easy.
I call this first set of meals my “White Sack Meals”. During harvest time, you can look in the back of my Yukon and find white sacks, bags of chips, fruit, cookies and an ice chest full of water. At any given time, I can grab a few things and have a meal put together in no time. For every white sack meal, you can feed 4 guys or 10 guys at a moment’s notice. All you do is grab a white sack for each helper, fill it with a bottle of water, a bag of chips, a piece of fruit or cookie and the following:
- Subway sandwich ($4.99 for six-inch)
- BBQ sandwich
- Grilled bratwurst wrapped in a tortilla
- Meatball subs*
- Hot ham/cheese croissant*
- Chicken fajita with guacamole
- Roast beef sandwich
- Baked cheeseburger sliders*
- Pulled pork tortilla wraps*
- Chicken quesadillas
- Pigs in a blanket
- Sonic hamburger (1/2 price on Tuesdays)
- Classic patty melt*
- Chicken pot pie*
- Crunchwrap Supreme
Other easy fork-free meals to pick up when you don’t have time to “cook” include:
- Dairy Queen country baskets
- Little Caesar’s Hot and Ready pizzas ($5)
- Casseroles to Go offers daily meals
- Taco Bell dollar craving menu
- McDonald’s Everyday Value Menu (triple cheeseburger $3)
- KFC $5 fill ups
- Chicken express
- Burger King value menu
- Field house sandwich basket
- Allsup’s burritos (I know, I’m getting desperate here….)
Plus you can always throw in the best chocolate chip cookies. The recipe is here.
Farming is a family business and harvest is a time that we all have to pitch in to make it work. For other ways that you can support your husband, check out this blog post.
Be blessed,
Vickie