Thread: cheap recipes

Alright folks I am looking for some good ideas for cheap recipes. Some tasty home cooked meals! Does anyone have any that they would want to share? I know some people don't like sharing there "secrets" of cooking but some of you love sharing, so let me here what ya got.............

if you like mushroom, I put some onion and a egg in with some hamburger, mix it up and make hamburger patties, then mix up 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup(only 1/2 can of milk so it isn't too runny) mix the patties and mushroom gravy together, and make up some mashed potatos and a veggie.

also if you cook a roast(beef, doesn't taste too good if a pork roast), save the left over roast, throw in some ground hamburger and put in the veggies you like, potatos, carrots, peas, corn...... maybe an onion, and a package of stew seasoning(maybe 2 packages depending on how much you cook), extra beef boullion cubes for extra taste seasoning if you like, and water and make a pot of homemade stew.

Dice up chicken, pork, or kielbasa (we use kielbasa). Fry it up in enough olive oil, enough to coat bottom of pan. Add drained canned vegetables. Meal for under $10 and serves 4-5 people.

Fry up hamburger patties. Make tomato soup. Add tomato soup to the pan with the hamburger patties. Optional: top with cheddar or mozarella cheese.

I just asked about this one the other day on here: Halushka

1 pound bacon
1 medium cabbage
1 bag egg noodles
butter

Fry bacon until crisp. Dice or shred cabbage. When bacon is done, leave grease in pan. Add cabbage to bacon and grease. Cook until cabbage is wilty. Meanwhile, boil noodles until desired tenderness. Drain. Add to the bacon and cabbage mixture. Now add butter. Some people use 2 tbsp., others use whole sticks. I use about a half stick of butter.

2 boxes Velveeta shells and cheese. 4 cans of tuna. Prepare Velveeta according to directions. Drain tuna and add to Velveeta.

Pork and beans and hot dogs. Cut up hot dogs and add to pork and beans. Can also use hamburger for this one.

If I think of anymore I'll let you know. As you can see we're used to eating on a budget.

how about a recipe for chicken pot pie? i love that!!

pot pie:
bag of frozen peas and carrots
1/3 cup margarine or butter
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 3/4 cup chicken broth
2/3 cup milk
2 1/2 to 3 cups cut up cooked chicken(or turkey)
pastry for 9 inch two crust pie

rinse the frozen peas and carrots so they will separate
melt your butter in a 2 quart sauce pan, stir in the flour, onion salt and pepper, cook stirring until mixture is bubbly, remove it, and then add your broth and milk, heat it again untill boiling stirring constantly. Boil it and stir for a minute, then stir in your chicken, peas and carrots, remove from the heat

heat your oven 425

use 13 in square pan, pour your chicken mixture into pastry lined pan

you can cut out designs with the rest of the pastry and place over the mixture, or just roll out and place over the mixture for a cover

bake it about 35 minutes or until golden brown

pastry:
for two crust(bottom and top)
2/3 cup plus 2 tbs. shortening, or 2/3 cup lard
2 cups all purpose or unbleached flour
1 tsp. salt
4 or 5 tbs. cold water

cut up the shortening into flour add salt, using pastry blender or just crisscrossing using your knife or fork until the size of coarse crumbs. sprinkle with cold water, 1 tbs. at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans the side of bowl, 1 -2 more tbs. can be added if necessary.

gather it into a ball, shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface.

Originally Posted by DBackFan

One of the things my kids loved and my husband still does is Spam and Noodles. It sounds gross but it wonderful! Just boil any kind of macaroni, I use shells, add a can of cream of chicken soup and diced up spam. I also add a bit of garlic to mine. Its really good! LOL

I'll have to try that, garlic salt or garlic powder?