new trucking family & we are STARVING! It has to be better than this!??

I hear you about feeding teenage boys. Sometimes you can not fill them up with a cement truck.

How about we help out with some cheap recipes that will fill them up at a low cost. Everyone has some they can probably chip in with.... Remember, potatoes will always stretch any meal.

Here is one my grandma gave me years ago and I have not found any of my kids or grandkids that did not eat it up.

1 lb meat browned (burger works well)
1 can green beans (drained)
1 can lima beans (drained)
1 can pinto beans (drained)
1 can kidney beans (undrained)
1 can pork and beans (undrained)
1 cup ketchup

Combine it all in a crock pot and cook till done.

I have expanded on the recipe to fit my tastes...

I drain the kidney beans
I add one can of corn (drained)
I add either potatoes or yams peeled and cubed
I add chili powder to taste
I add cayenne pepper to taste
I replaced the ketchup with tomato sauce

This is a great stick to your ribs kind of meal. My 3 year old grandson ate 3 bowls of it the first time he had it. I made it without the pepper and chili powder for him though.

A word of caution.... The boys may want to sleep with the windows open. We would not want anyone to get hurt...

I have fed 5 adults and 2 kids on this one pot.

 

I don't know anything about maverick.. sorry

 

As a flatbedder I can tell you there is no flatbed company that has a worse reputation than Western Express. The drivers for Melton, with whom I spoke were not to fond of them either. I spoke with a TMC trainer, and it sounded like they make sure the driver is ready to be safe.

It sounds like the OP's husband is getting a decent gross for an inexperienced driver, the insurance deduction is killing them.

 

So western express is the c.r ENGLAND of flat beds companies?

 

There's no taxes taken out of that either, that is only his gross after the company takes out all of their deductions. Figure the tax that will come out of that and he is no better off than what you have right now. Worse actually, when it comes time to fix something on that truck he is leasing, or needs to buy new tires for it, its gonna hurt.

 

He should drive for a food service company or pull refrigerated. They haul food! Large families need lots of food! Many reefer drivers have 2 or 3 or more huge freezers at home.