This recipe for Baked Stuffed Heart uses many ingredients, such as rice, onion, tomatoes, and flour that would have been considered affordable and easy to find at the time. The most unique ingredient is the beef heart because it is not often found in recipes today. During the Great Depression, to make food dollars stretch, many Canadians resorted to eating cheaper cuts of meat and organs like the heart. The beef heart is prepared by removing the veins and blood vessels and then it is put into a pot with water to simmer for 1 1/2 hours. This was a common preparation method at the time because it was low maintenance and did not require a lot of attention, allowing the cook to do other things around the house while it was cooking. The beef heart is then stuffed with the other ingredients and put in the oven, requiring an occasion baste to keep it moist. 

The Potato Rolls recipe utilizes ingredients that would have been found in many pantries at the time, including the main ingredient, potatoes. Potatoes were cheap, easy to grow, and could be cooked in so many different ways that they complemented almost any meal. This recipe requires mashed potatoes, flour, egg, salt, and butter. The ingredients were combined and then rolled out and cut into squares. To avoid food waste and save some money, any leftover meat in the home could be added to each square for flavour and to bump up the nutritional content. The rolls were battered in an egg and crumb mixture and then fried in boiling fat. This method of preparation would have given the rolls a soft interior and crunchy exterior. This recipe is ideal for using up leftovers and allows the cook to prepare potatoes in a unique and delicious way.