[jodi]

A lot of good advice here...my mom always buys a ton of pies for the freezer around Thanksgiving. She gets them for a few bucks each. You can't even make them for that! So keep an eye out for pies and keep them in the freezer until you need them.
Remember all that bread/hamburger and hot dog rolls/Italian bread etc. that goes bad before you use it? Stick it in the freezer if it looks like you won't use it before it gets hard and make stuffing out of it later. We never use fresh bread for stuffing, and it never matters. We use sausage in ours, but a meatless stuffing would cost very little.
We also have potatoes with gravy, veggies, dinner rolls, etc. Be creative!