Give me your recipes....

from JoeUser Forums
Karma and I had a discussion about meal plans and nutritious, cheap recipes today. She passed on a recipe for a rice spinach and cheese dish that I thought sounded really good and am going to try out.

It got me thinking...who else has recipes like that? Stuff that's simple, cheap, but good? Pass them on....
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Crabby Pabby Pasta (it's Kole's name for it, not mine.)

Crabby Pabbies
1 can of tuna
bread crumbs or cracker crumbs to mix.
1 egg to stick it all together.
diced onion.
bit of garlic
salt and pepper to taste.

Pasta and sauce
1 1/2 cups of cooked macaroni or other small pasta shape.
1 cup of milk heated, 2 T butter, 1/4 cup of parmesean cheese salt and pepper.
Melt butter, stir in flour and cook, stirring constantly until bubbling, but not browning for 2 minutes. Add heated milk, stir until thickened, bring to boil. Add cheese, pepper and salt.

Make tiny tuna balls and flatten. Should be the size of a loonie. (hahaha. Okay, silver dollar, then.) Either bake in oven to heat, or fry on non-stick pan. Add to pasta and sauce, along with 1 cup of frozen peas. Mix until heated through.

Variations: add corn niblets to crabby pabbies. Exchange ham flakes for tuna. Can make real meatballs instead, as well.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Mmmmm...that sounds really good, Nicky.....another one I'll have to try. Thanks!
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I posted this to the other article too:

Grandma's Master Casserole Recipe

1/3 cooked meat, fish, cheese or hard cooked egg
1/3 sauce, soup or gravy
1/3 potatos, vegetables, rice or pasta

mis together, cover and bake at 400 degrees until browned (40-50mins)
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

posted to the other article:

1 package mac and cheese (I like the shells kind for this)
1/2 bag defrosted frozen broccoli (can use fresh, too, it just takes longer to cook)
8 oz mushrooms
1/2 cup sour cream

make macaroni to package directions.  Slice and lightly cook mushrooms.  Mix all ingredients in casserole and cook at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.  Cheap, easy, and fairly healthy.  A salad on the side is a nice compliment.

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

My Mom used to make this wight watchers recipe that sounds kinda gross but isn't too bad:

1 can drained tuna
2 cups cooked rice
1 egg
2 Tbs dry milk (not sure why....and I usually don't use it)
Season to taste with pepper, salt and sage (yes, sage)
Bake at 400 degrees until crisp

I refer to this as "Tuna hash"  It's cheap, and filling.  Ate a lot of that when I first moved out on my own.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Velveta cheese and beans dip

Serves approx 10 people.

Buy a small box of velveta cheese and 2 or 3 cans of non-BBQ beans, preferably chili, but basically any beans works, as long as it has spices and NOT BBQ! BBQ makes dip tastes very weird and sweet.

First, chop velveta cheese into cubes that's less a inch long, wide or tall. Actually, it doesn't matter, but in my experience, that is best way. Use a entire box.

Now, put all 2 or 3 cans in a pan, and start cooking it and stir once a while till it's hot.

Drop 3 or 4 a time, making sure not to leave any cheese sticking to each other, it will slow down the cooking, nor to sides of pans, it will be burnt, and bit hard to scape it off.

When all cheese cubes is dropped in, keep stirring till it seems that it's all melted. It should be more or less yellow color.

Turn down heat to low, 1 to 3 depending on your stove top. Stir it often enough to avoid burning the dip on the bottom.

It will slowly thicken up and ready for a party!

This recipe works with almost anything. I even used 3 cans of tomato juice, and it tasted great!

Oh yeah it tastes great cold too, so no worries about recooking etc.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

Jeez, this is reminding me of all the cheap food that we used to eat-

Pizza toast:
lightly toast bread
cover with ketchup
sprinkle on oregano
slap a slice of sliced cheese on it
stick under the broiler or in a hot oven until it bubbles

now, *that* is cheap!  And, oddly, my husband likes it......

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Chicken and Rice

1 Cup Rice (uncooked)
1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup (if you don't like mushrooms use Cream of Broccoli)
1Can Chicken Broth
1 Package Instant Onion Soup
4 Boneless Chicken Breasts

Mix first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Place chicken in a 9x13 baking dish. Pour mixture over chicken. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hr or until all liquid is absorbed.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
I am starting to think that I need to start grocery shopping like I did when I had no money at all.  I bet I would lose weight and have money to buy new clothes
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
That chicken & rice sounds good. Isn't it amazing how many different ways there are to prepare chicken?!
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Karma's recipe for pizza toast made me laugh...because my hubby eats the exact same thing!

I think I'm going to try all of these out and see how much money we save on food. I'm due to go grocery shopping this weekend...I'll conduct my own experiment to see exactly how much it costs to feed us all, and feed us all well, if we cut out the canned and frozen junk.
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
I have just post a recipe that you might like...
Link

I will post more later...

:)
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
My friend, Derick, taught me how to make this the week before he died. IT's the most simple recipe I've yet to encounter.

1 bag of those spiral noodles (I call them shrivels)
1 bottle italian dressing
1 tomato
1 purple onion
salt and pepper
*I added olives to the recipe later

Boil the noodles, put them in the freezer to cool while you cut the tomato and onion up into chunks, then mix it all together and spice it up. Add Italian dressing. It is sooooo good.

Trinitie
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
I have a recipe for focaccia bread. that is fantastic. It is to big to write in a comment box. If you go to my blog I wrote it there a while back. It is under the name of Man can't live by bread alone. It is good, home made and cheap!**
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top

Trinitie, that recipe is also good with diced cucumber in it.

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, Trinitie....that does sound good. We're going to be spoilt for choice on next week's meal plan...
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
may be that a good idea would be to start a group blog dedicated to recipe.What do you think?