strollingbones
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precooked bacon? o that is a bigger sin than adding the e.......
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I have committed to creating weekly menus. I'm on week three and I'm running out of ideas. I want to have 5 weeks, then we can just rotate.
My menus per day usually just have two items; the entree and one side. Spaghetti & salad, meatloaf & potatoes, Oriental Casserole and...well I think that one stands on its own.
I found it yesterday and can't wait to try it. Super simple, I think it will be a hit, SUPER cheap. Cook 4 packets of ramen, add oil, fry some ground turkey, add 2 packets of the seasoning to the meat, add 2 packets of the seasoning (and some frozen mixed veggies) to the noodles, then mix the whole shebang.
I work and I have a daughter learning to cook, so I'm looking for simple, super cheap, not many ingredients. We don't get home until 6 pm or so at night, so I'm not interested in recipes that need all sorts of prep and special ingredients.
So does anyone else rely on a menu to feed their family? I got tired of always having to scramble and never knowing what we were having. I want to have it laid out so we know when we go to school and work what we're going to have that night, and I can make sure we come home with whatever we might need.
Tonight we're having swedish meat balls and carrots. I'm using gr turkey, cream of mushroom soup (I know, I know, but it works for some things) and egg noodles (and sour cream). Carrots are about the cheapest veggie going if you buy the big dirty ones and cut them up. I cook them in the microwave, super easy.
Pears for dessert, but we don't always have dessert.
sometimes it is the most simple things that foul us up.....
this is kinda more for adults....
butter garlic....clams....angel hair pasta...french bread
melt the butter put in the clams.....put in sliced garlic and herbs
cook angel hair pasta
drain pour in bowl....pour the clams and butter over the pasta.....
you got a kinda nice adult meal on the cheap
sometimes it is the most simple things that foul us up.....
this is kinda more for adults....
butter garlic....clams....angel hair pasta...french bread
melt the butter put in the clams.....put in sliced garlic and herbs
cook angel hair pasta
drain pour in bowl....pour the clams and butter over the pasta.....
you got a kinda nice adult meal on the cheap
precooked bacon? o that is a bigger sin than adding the e.......
I have committed to creating weekly menus. I'm on week three and I'm running out of ideas. I want to have 5 weeks, then we can just rotate.
My menus per day usually just have two items; the entree and one side. Spaghetti & salad, meatloaf & potatoes, Oriental Casserole and...well I think that one stands on its own.
I found it yesterday and can't wait to try it. Super simple, I think it will be a hit, SUPER cheap. Cook 4 packets of ramen, add oil, fry some ground turkey, add 2 packets of the seasoning to the meat, add 2 packets of the seasoning (and some frozen mixed veggies) to the noodles, then mix the whole shebang.
I work and I have a daughter learning to cook, so I'm looking for simple, super cheap, not many ingredients. We don't get home until 6 pm or so at night, so I'm not interested in recipes that need all sorts of prep and special ingredients.
So does anyone else rely on a menu to feed their family? I got tired of always having to scramble and never knowing what we were having. I want to have it laid out so we know when we go to school and work what we're going to have that night, and I can make sure we come home with whatever we might need.
Tonight we're having swedish meat balls and carrots. I'm using gr turkey, cream of mushroom soup (I know, I know, but it works for some things) and egg noodles (and sour cream). Carrots are about the cheapest veggie going if you buy the big dirty ones and cut them up. I cook them in the microwave, super easy.
Pears for dessert, but we don't always have dessert.
Our cheap extra quick dinner here, apart from frozen pizza or frozen lasagna, are hamburger steaks.
Use about a third to half pound hamburger if you're hungry--a quarter pound for a small appetite-- throughly mix hamburger with chopped onion, salt, pepper, garlic, and maybe a little optional green chili or some such to taste, form into flattened pattys and pan grill until done. Save a little of the onion to grill/fry alongside the meat and heap on top to garnish the meat when done.
Serve with bagged cole slaw and dressing or a simple salad, maybe a microwaved baked potato or fried potatos or some such, a beverage, and simple dessert. Very fast, easy, inexpensive.
chili over rice......easy, fast with lots of protein....
fried tofu with soy sauce....bok choy on the side
chili over rice......easy, fast with lots of protein....
fried tofu with soy sauce....bok choy on the side
Chili with rice is one of my favs. I also like canned beef stew over rice. I guess rice can make a lot of meals kind of special and it's inexpensive.
Here is a good link to crock pot cooking I found on facebook.
They have a recipe for breakfast that you can just cook all night and it's ready in the am. They have a million of 'em.
Well, as a professional, classically trained chef, I can honestly say i'm thoroughly grossed out by most of the garbage mentioned up here.
lol
knowing how to use a manual can opener isn't the traditional definition of classically trained.
It sounds to me like your"cheap" just flew out the window.Love blts...
Another stand-by is chicken fettucini (but you can use any sort of pasta).
Fry two chicken breasts in butter...I usually cut them in the pan as they're cooking, but you can cube them or cut them into strips before you put them in the pan. When they're done, I take them out, add sliced mushrooms, fry them for a while, then add the chicken back in and add half and half and parmesan. Serve over pasta, with tomatoes and green onions.
Or a chicken salad with teriyaki sauce and blue cheese dressing...don't forget the slivered almonds and fried noodles.