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Ann Romney Reveals How She Feeds 30 for Under $5 Each

Oct. 26, 2012 8:00am Liz Klimas

While her presidential hopeful husband Gov. Mitt Romney spends the last couple weeks before the election working the campaign trail, Ann Romney is making more light-hearted appearances on daytime television shows to shed light on the softer side of the GOP candidate.

Most recently, Romney appeared on The Rachael Ray Show where she revealed not only some of her husband’s favorite foods but also shared how he’s not a picky eater and how she’s able to feed their entire family for less than $5 per person.

Ann Romney on Rachael Ray Talks Bulk Food Shopping, Dealing With Multiple Sclerosis and Meatloaf Cakes

Ann Romney appeared on Rachael Ray Thursday. (Photo: Facebook/The Rachael Ray Show)

With five children who have youngsters of their own adding up to 30 people, buying enough food at a reasonable price might seem like a tough task. But Romney on the show revealed her secret: Costco. At the bulk food store, Romney provided tips including the importance of a “game plane” and if you’re going to buy a rotisserie chicken — “every cook’s best friend” – you should pick it up at the end of your shopping trip so the rest of your food doesn’t get hot.

Romney spent $137.50 at Costco, but it’s enough to feed everyone for about $4.58. The meal included creamed spinach, rotisserie chicken, honey mustard, butternut squash and frozen cream puffs for dessert.

Mr. Romeny’s favorite, his wife shared, is meatloaf. On the show, she dug her hands in herself and shared the secret ingredient — lemon juice — to making her famous meatloaf cakes, which she has been cooking for 43 years. As Ray pointed out, the lemon adds a “brightness” that meatloaf usually doesn’t have.

Romney made her meatloaf into small cakes, instead of the traditional single loaf, which Ray said helps speed the cooking process. Get the recipe here.

Watch this clip:

Aside from eating “anything you put in front of him,” Romney went on to share other things with Ray and the audience that she feels makes her husband so special. When she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was having a particularly tough time with fatigue that prevented her from cooking, Mr. Romney said, “I don’t care if I eat cereal and toast for the rest of my life, as long as we’re together we’re going to be OK.”

During a later segment on the show, Ray asked random questions during “Romney Roulette,” including what Mrs. Romney’s most embarrassing moment was. She responded saying that she once walked in on George Bush while he was having a massage.

“Can you beat that?” Romney asked.

Watch this trailer showing highlights from Romney’s appearance on the show here.

(H/T: Daily Mail)

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Comments (31)

Eastinfection
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 2:26pm
“Romney Noodles”?

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jungle J
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 12:51pm
..only imbeciles respond to this tick. ie: EtchASketch.

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oldduffer
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:08am
Sorry folks but our meals are under $5 and we eat well and generally 3 different on our plates. Can and is being done. Thanks to 99c stores and sales it can be done easily with a little cooking experience and imagination. Before you say outdated at 99c stores I hate to tell you but they seldom sell after pull date and if you tell them, it’s pulled. Fruit and Veggies from Calif. most of the time. Lettuce from Calif. when the markets here were selling Mexican lettuce. Learn to cook and quit eating out and learn to brown bag. We also have a freezer that we store excess in.

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- Mudd
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 3:48pm
  It’s amazing what you can do with a few dollars worth of rice, chicken and vegetables. For the record, eating isn’t a hobby. I work a physically demanding job and I know people who sit on their butts for a living and eat more for breakfast than I eat in a day.
  
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jpndhouse
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:04am
What a cool woman! She is so wholesome and fun! I am amazed…

Think of that…these guys are worth millions, yet they still budget…

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Tigress1
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:03am
Ann Romney will be a great First LADY, unlike Michelle, who is the First…uh…well…(You fill in the blank.)

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80mesh
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:49am
mooshill feeds 150 people for$40,000 a plate

as former foster parents there could be as many as 15 people at our house for dinner on any given night , feedin cheap is easy when you buy bulk food staples

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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:37am
Moochelle can beat that.
She will cut up a carrot, divide up a few raisins and serve it on a oak leaf for sixty kids school lunches.
Meanwhile, Moochelle will dine on the finests meats, and fries while never going all the way down.

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Steve28
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:36am
I think she will be a great first lady also. Heck, anyone who has raised all those boys has to be pretty sharp. I think how they all came out shows they are good parents. I feel they will be good role models to any family.

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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:41am
  I imagine it’s pretty easy to raise 10, 20 boys when you have unlimited funds, nothing to worry about, and no need to show up for work.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:51am
  Your constant jealousy of the wealth that other people have EARNED reveals your inability to create your own. You’re a sad little man.
  
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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:05am
  LOL, “earned.” Right. He was born with a silver spoon, and even he has admitted it. Haha, earned. You crack me up!
  
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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:05am
  Either way, I stand by my comment. It’s much easier to do it you’ve got nothing to worry about and nowhere to be.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:25am
  In case you really ARE that uninformed, he gave away ALL of his inheritance to charity. Should I define charity for you as well? As a devout liberal, I’m quite sure it’s not part of your vocabulary.
  
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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:51am
  Gonzo, do you really need me to define the word “privileged” for you?
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 2:47pm
  ETCH….
  
  “Either way, I stand by my comment. It’s much easier to do it you’ve got nothing to worry about and nowhere to be.”
  
  Curious comment coming from someone who spends their whole day on the Blaze….. Are you telling us you’re a 1% er, too?
  
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- Morningglory
  Posted on October 27, 2012 at 7:23pm
  Yes, but they don’t live like that, do they? Mitt continues to work and gives up his salary to charity. More than I can say for any Democrat I know…
  
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EtchASketch
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:26am
LOL, “hard working.”

More like “hardly working.”

Whoever programmed these Romneybots have some pretty amazing skills. I wonder if they work for Google.

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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:30am
  Good morning, Etch! How are you on this glorious day?! Still being an icky little wretch,er, Etch, I see. Oh well. Have a lovely day! :)
  
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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:40am
  Thanks, Bio! It really is a beautiful day, and sincerely hope you have a nice day too. Please don’t mistake my disdain for these mainstream candidates as disdain for the common man or my fellow citizens. Be well.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:48am
  Well, since Sandy the Frankenstorm is missing us altogether (but sending some beautiful breezes our way) this probably will be a nice day, weather wise. But everyday we wake up is a gift, something to celebrate! And I, too, sincerely hope you enjoy yours to the fullest. :)
  
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- EtchASketch
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:52am
  Agreed. Cheers, Bio!
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:11am
  Sláinte!
  
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karenm
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:26am
Please be our next First Lady….I hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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Tri-ox
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:25am
What a lovely woman – she is going to be a wonderful First Lady.

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Gonzo
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:23am
Michelle’s been doing it for about $600 a plate and we’ve been paying for it.

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:38am
  It shows.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:57am
  I underestimated…by a long shot:
  http://washingtonexaminer.com/spending-on-white-house-dinners-soars-under-obama/article/2511758#.UIqVo8XA-4d
  
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sWampy
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:18am
Well she sure won’t appeal to liberals, after all ignorant people always hate bright hard working types with good personalities. Birds of a feather stick together and all that jazz.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:39am
  Oh she is so pretty and happy!!!
  That makes me so angry!!
  I can’t stand people who are full of joy and love!!!!
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:42am
  They just won’t understand why, after putting all the soda, cookies, and candy on the EBT card, it goes over $5.
  
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