Budget-Friendly Meal Ideas for 2 Adults & 1 Toddler: Quick, Easy Recipes with Leftovers
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aaron_walker
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Goulash
1# cooked pasta of choice
1# burger chopped up with 1 onion and 1 green pepper chopped and browned together with seasonings of choice, drain.
2 cans stewed tomatoes chopped up rinse cans with a little water to get all the juice
1 - 11 oz can V8 juice rince can with a little water
1 can corn drained at the end, optional
Toward end add 1 stick butter or oleo
If tomatoes are sharp add a touch of sugar
Heat and serve with a few sprinkles of favorite shredded/grated cheese
*Later, if pasta absorbed the liquid add another can V8 juice
1# cooked pasta of choice
1# burger chopped up with 1 onion and 1 green pepper chopped and browned together with seasonings of choice, drain.
2 cans stewed tomatoes chopped up rinse cans with a little water to get all the juice
1 - 11 oz can V8 juice rince can with a little water
1 can corn drained at the end, optional
Toward end add 1 stick butter or oleo
If tomatoes are sharp add a touch of sugar
Heat and serve with a few sprinkles of favorite shredded/grated cheese
*Later, if pasta absorbed the liquid add another can V8 juice
Cranberry chicken. Mix a can whole berry cranberry sauce, bottle Catalina salad dressing, envelope onion soup. Pour over chicken tenders. Bake 350 for 30 minutes. A jar of jam can be used in place of cranberry sauce. BlackBerry jam is very good. I serve with mashed potatoes, corn or green beans and cinnamon applesauce. I spoon the sauce from chicken on my potatoes. So good
gabrielwennberg
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Tacos, spaghetti, French bread pizzas, sloppy joes, hamburger & frozen fries, grilled cheese
samanthashellyy
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*Burritos with ground taco meat and refried beans and cheese and picante, paint shut with flower water, fry in skillet, freeze half individual wrapped in plastic wrap and put in freezer bag.
*walking Doritos tacos
*taco salad
*Mexican casserole with Spanish rice, black beans, taco meat, onions, bell peppers, tortilla chips, shredded cheese over chip layers, Velveeta in meat layers sauteed with onions and peppers, diced tomatoes in rice, freeze half
*Spaghetti, ground beef and Tennessee pride hot sausage, hunts tomato paste, tomato sauce, fire roasted diced tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, hunts ketchup, chili powder, oregano, Italian seasoning, little basil, little sugar if needed, freeze half
*Squash with onions, butter, and kinder seasoning
*Cabbage with better than bullion beef and chicken flavor, onions, onion powder, pepper, cajon seasoning and bacon, freeze half
*blts
*Turkey sandwich
*Fried bologna sandwich
*Fried bologna with eggs and biscuits and gravy for breakfast
*Sliced potatoes skillet cooked in and ground beef seasoned with slap ya ma and cajon seasoning, ground beef seasoned with diced onions, garlic, little tumeric, kinder seasoning, freeze half
*Squash seasoned with butter, onions, onion powder, salt and pepper
* Cuecumber salad with sub sauce, onions and tomatoes sugar and salt
*Chicken Alfredo
*Hamburger steak with peppers and onions
*Chicken Broccoli cheese rice with better than chicken bullion, little tumeric, cheese, onions, onion powder, seasoned salt, freeze half
*baked Chicken or chicken strips salad
*Chicken quesadillas seasoned with salt pepper garlic onion powder Lowery's seasoned salt, freeze half in individual plastic and freezer bag
*frozen green beans with bacon, onions, onion powder, salt
*Cinnamon rolls
*Brownies freeze individual for brownie sundays
*Water Mellon
*Real mashed potatoes with half n half or heavy whipping cream, salt, butter, freeze half
*Loaded baked potatoes minus the sour cream,
*potato salad with dukes mayo, little mustard, sweet relish, little kinder seasoning topped with paprika
*Deviled eggs with diced onions mayo mustard and relish
*Tuna salad with dukes mayo, little mustard, boiled eggs, diced onions, onion powder, little sugar
*Chicken salad with dukes mayo, little mustard, boiled eggs, diced onions, onion powder, little sugar
*Meat loaf with crackers, beat egg, diced bell peppers and onions, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, hunts ketchup, make in small loaf pans and freeze half
*crushed Oreo shell peanut butter pie with chocolate chips, peanut butter mix with cream cheese or cream cheese frosting, crushed animal crackers, brown sugar baked on 350 for around 15 mins or till it starts smelling like peanut butter cookies
*peanut butter cookies by following recipe online
*Tuna or canned chicken with pasta, mayo, diced onion and bell peppers salt and pepper, maybe little sugar
*Pasta salad mayo, little mustard, sweet relish, salt, pepper, onion powder, little sugar
*Noodles and ragu sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni
*Chili with canned beans, ground beef, petite diced tomatoes, spicy V8 or hotter than hell bloody Mary mix, Tabasco, Louisiana hot sauce, onion, bell pepper, lots chili powder, onion powder, minced garlic, pace picante sauce, little tumeric, freeze half
*Bbq sauted ground beef with onions over tater tots
*Breakfast burrito with egg and cooked bell pepper and onion, cheese sausage or bacon, pace picante sauce in tortilla shell. Pain shells shut with flower water and freeze in individual plastic wrap in a freezer bag.
*Rotel dip
*Broccoli and cheese
*ground beef with frozen tri colored peppers, seasoned with garlic onion powder, slap yo mama seasoning, spicy cajon seasoning, (maybe potatoes and squash,) drain grease, melt Velveeta cheese in with it.
*Pepperoni, tomato, onion grilled cheese sandwiches
*Shredded potatoes, bacon cheese casserole with heavy whipping cream, potato seasoned with slap ya mama seasoning, onion powder, minced onion and garlic, butter , bacon, Velveeta cheese topped with broiled on sharp cheddar cheese
*Shredded potato breakfast casserole skillet cooked potato with salt butter onions bell peppers sausage and bacon. Put shredded cheese in bottom of casserole dish and broil til crispy, pour in blended egg and half of potatoes mix, top with cheese, broil til melting, pour in rest of egg and potato mix, top with cheddar cheese and crushed cheese and garlic croutons.
*Bbq ground beef with onions in baked beans with a little apple butter
*Wendy's mock Spicy chicken sandwich, spicy chicken patty thawed 30 second each side in microwave, fried in skillet in small amount of butter. Brioche buns toasted face down on skillet with butter. Precooked bacon cooked in skillet. Mayo on buns, and on top of chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, onions.
*Hot fry special:
Seasoned fries frie
*walking Doritos tacos
*taco salad
*Mexican casserole with Spanish rice, black beans, taco meat, onions, bell peppers, tortilla chips, shredded cheese over chip layers, Velveeta in meat layers sauteed with onions and peppers, diced tomatoes in rice, freeze half
*Spaghetti, ground beef and Tennessee pride hot sausage, hunts tomato paste, tomato sauce, fire roasted diced tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, hunts ketchup, chili powder, oregano, Italian seasoning, little basil, little sugar if needed, freeze half
*Squash with onions, butter, and kinder seasoning
*Cabbage with better than bullion beef and chicken flavor, onions, onion powder, pepper, cajon seasoning and bacon, freeze half
*blts
*Turkey sandwich
*Fried bologna sandwich
*Fried bologna with eggs and biscuits and gravy for breakfast
*Sliced potatoes skillet cooked in and ground beef seasoned with slap ya ma and cajon seasoning, ground beef seasoned with diced onions, garlic, little tumeric, kinder seasoning, freeze half
*Squash seasoned with butter, onions, onion powder, salt and pepper
* Cuecumber salad with sub sauce, onions and tomatoes sugar and salt
*Chicken Alfredo
*Hamburger steak with peppers and onions
*Chicken Broccoli cheese rice with better than chicken bullion, little tumeric, cheese, onions, onion powder, seasoned salt, freeze half
*baked Chicken or chicken strips salad
*Chicken quesadillas seasoned with salt pepper garlic onion powder Lowery's seasoned salt, freeze half in individual plastic and freezer bag
*frozen green beans with bacon, onions, onion powder, salt
*Cinnamon rolls
*Brownies freeze individual for brownie sundays
*Water Mellon
*Real mashed potatoes with half n half or heavy whipping cream, salt, butter, freeze half
*Loaded baked potatoes minus the sour cream,
*potato salad with dukes mayo, little mustard, sweet relish, little kinder seasoning topped with paprika
*Deviled eggs with diced onions mayo mustard and relish
*Tuna salad with dukes mayo, little mustard, boiled eggs, diced onions, onion powder, little sugar
*Chicken salad with dukes mayo, little mustard, boiled eggs, diced onions, onion powder, little sugar
*Meat loaf with crackers, beat egg, diced bell peppers and onions, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, hunts ketchup, make in small loaf pans and freeze half
*crushed Oreo shell peanut butter pie with chocolate chips, peanut butter mix with cream cheese or cream cheese frosting, crushed animal crackers, brown sugar baked on 350 for around 15 mins or till it starts smelling like peanut butter cookies
*peanut butter cookies by following recipe online
*Tuna or canned chicken with pasta, mayo, diced onion and bell peppers salt and pepper, maybe little sugar
*Pasta salad mayo, little mustard, sweet relish, salt, pepper, onion powder, little sugar
*Noodles and ragu sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and pepperoni
*Chili with canned beans, ground beef, petite diced tomatoes, spicy V8 or hotter than hell bloody Mary mix, Tabasco, Louisiana hot sauce, onion, bell pepper, lots chili powder, onion powder, minced garlic, pace picante sauce, little tumeric, freeze half
*Bbq sauted ground beef with onions over tater tots
*Breakfast burrito with egg and cooked bell pepper and onion, cheese sausage or bacon, pace picante sauce in tortilla shell. Pain shells shut with flower water and freeze in individual plastic wrap in a freezer bag.
*Rotel dip
*Broccoli and cheese
*ground beef with frozen tri colored peppers, seasoned with garlic onion powder, slap yo mama seasoning, spicy cajon seasoning, (maybe potatoes and squash,) drain grease, melt Velveeta cheese in with it.
*Pepperoni, tomato, onion grilled cheese sandwiches
*Shredded potatoes, bacon cheese casserole with heavy whipping cream, potato seasoned with slap ya mama seasoning, onion powder, minced onion and garlic, butter , bacon, Velveeta cheese topped with broiled on sharp cheddar cheese
*Shredded potato breakfast casserole skillet cooked potato with salt butter onions bell peppers sausage and bacon. Put shredded cheese in bottom of casserole dish and broil til crispy, pour in blended egg and half of potatoes mix, top with cheese, broil til melting, pour in rest of egg and potato mix, top with cheddar cheese and crushed cheese and garlic croutons.
*Bbq ground beef with onions in baked beans with a little apple butter
*Wendy's mock Spicy chicken sandwich, spicy chicken patty thawed 30 second each side in microwave, fried in skillet in small amount of butter. Brioche buns toasted face down on skillet with butter. Precooked bacon cooked in skillet. Mayo on buns, and on top of chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, onions.
*Hot fry special:
Seasoned fries frie
samanthashellyy
New member
*Hot fry special:
Seasoned fries fried in electric skillet in vegetable oil, put on pan and cover with shredded cheddar cheese and real bacon bits and bake until melted. Dip in ranch.
*Taco bell chicken quesadilla, tortilla, precooked Tyson chicken, shredded cheddar cheese, taco bell creamy chipotle sauce, cook in skillet until melted and sides browned. Slice and serve.
*Loaded tacos
Ground beef with McCormick taco seasoning, and other taco seasonings, cook box Spanish rice, add can rotel, microwave black beans and or refired beans, serve in hard or soft tortillas shells with lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese, rice and beans
*Chicken pot not
Crock pot chicken in better than bullion chicken and chicken broth with onions, once shredded add frozen peas and carrots. (Optional, add heavy whipping cream and starch to thicken. Unroll raw croissants in pie dish stretched thin, pour mixture in, top with somewhat stretched croissant. Brush with melted butter. Bake on 350 on bottom til bottom is done. Move to top and broil if needed for top to cook.
*Croissants with fruit chicken salad. Caned shredded chicken, dried cranberries, halfed red grapes, celery, dukes mayo, chopped walnuts or pecans, salt and pepper to taste
*Chicken mushroom broccoli bake, cooked chicken chopped, home made cream of mushroom soup with baby Bella's, heavy whipping cream, sage, rosemary, thyme, diced onions, onion powder, salt and pepper. Add flour whisked in cool water to thicken. Put chicken chunks, thawed broccoli florets, pour filling over it and mix up, top with cheddar cheese, bake on 350 til done, top with crushed Ritz crackers crushed in small amount of melted butter.
*Steak, coat with melted butter with kinder steak seasoning , onion powder, minced garlic mixed in, and refrigerated until butter hardens. Skillet on high heat, sear both sides, cook to medium rare. Serve with real creamy mashed potatoes, green beans cooked with onions bacon onion powder and salt, or with butter, veggie seasoned broccoli or broccoli and cheese, And a roll.
*Pigs in a blanket
*broccoli and cheese baked potato
*Chili and cheese baked potato
*Pulled bbq chicken. Cool chicken in crock pot or on stove in better than bullion, onion powder, diced onions, and water until shredded. Drain. Mix with BBQ sauce, little apple butter, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve on buns with skillet steak fries or seasoned fries.
*Spanish chicken rice
Cooked shredded chicken mixed with Spanish rice, whole kernel corn, black beans, diced tomatoes, topped with cheese and baked
*zatteran's red beans and rice and dirty rice combined together, add cooked ground beef and Tennessee pride hot sausage, optional Rotel.
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Seasoned fries fried in electric skillet in vegetable oil, put on pan and cover with shredded cheddar cheese and real bacon bits and bake until melted. Dip in ranch.
*Taco bell chicken quesadilla, tortilla, precooked Tyson chicken, shredded cheddar cheese, taco bell creamy chipotle sauce, cook in skillet until melted and sides browned. Slice and serve.
*Loaded tacos
Ground beef with McCormick taco seasoning, and other taco seasonings, cook box Spanish rice, add can rotel, microwave black beans and or refired beans, serve in hard or soft tortillas shells with lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese, rice and beans
*Chicken pot not
Crock pot chicken in better than bullion chicken and chicken broth with onions, once shredded add frozen peas and carrots. (Optional, add heavy whipping cream and starch to thicken. Unroll raw croissants in pie dish stretched thin, pour mixture in, top with somewhat stretched croissant. Brush with melted butter. Bake on 350 on bottom til bottom is done. Move to top and broil if needed for top to cook.
*Croissants with fruit chicken salad. Caned shredded chicken, dried cranberries, halfed red grapes, celery, dukes mayo, chopped walnuts or pecans, salt and pepper to taste
*Chicken mushroom broccoli bake, cooked chicken chopped, home made cream of mushroom soup with baby Bella's, heavy whipping cream, sage, rosemary, thyme, diced onions, onion powder, salt and pepper. Add flour whisked in cool water to thicken. Put chicken chunks, thawed broccoli florets, pour filling over it and mix up, top with cheddar cheese, bake on 350 til done, top with crushed Ritz crackers crushed in small amount of melted butter.
*Steak, coat with melted butter with kinder steak seasoning , onion powder, minced garlic mixed in, and refrigerated until butter hardens. Skillet on high heat, sear both sides, cook to medium rare. Serve with real creamy mashed potatoes, green beans cooked with onions bacon onion powder and salt, or with butter, veggie seasoned broccoli or broccoli and cheese, And a roll.
*Pigs in a blanket
*broccoli and cheese baked potato
*Chili and cheese baked potato
*Pulled bbq chicken. Cool chicken in crock pot or on stove in better than bullion, onion powder, diced onions, and water until shredded. Drain. Mix with BBQ sauce, little apple butter, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve on buns with skillet steak fries or seasoned fries.
*Spanish chicken rice
Cooked shredded chicken mixed with Spanish rice, whole kernel corn, black beans, diced tomatoes, topped with cheese and baked
*zatteran's red beans and rice and dirty rice combined together, add cooked ground beef and Tennessee pride hot sausage, optional Rotel.
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manasseh77
New member
We sometimes hit the cash and carry in kelso to save a few. I got a cheap meat slicer and a few others things to help but for years I gust used a knife.
spottswoode
New member
Kielbasa or smoked sausage with cabbage and noodles. Makes a ton and is cheap.
catholic78
New member
Quesadillas are good and filling.
Put refried beans, hamburger, cheese inside and cook in pan until melted. Serve with inexpensive salsa.
Put refried beans, hamburger, cheese inside and cook in pan until melted. Serve with inexpensive salsa.
Taco soup
1 can each of
Rotel
Fiesta corn
White hominy
Northern beans
Black beans
Pinto beans
Kidney beans are optional
Mild Taco Seasoning
1 1/2 to 2 pounds hamburger meat
1 1/2 -2 pounds hamburger meat (browned with chopped onion & green pepper & 1/2 pack Taco seasoning)
Serve with
Shredded cheese
Sour cream
Corn chips or what ever kind you like
It makes a lot. You can freeze leftovers (if there are any)
1 can each of
Rotel
Fiesta corn
White hominy
Northern beans
Black beans
Pinto beans
Kidney beans are optional
Mild Taco Seasoning
1 1/2 to 2 pounds hamburger meat
1 1/2 -2 pounds hamburger meat (browned with chopped onion & green pepper & 1/2 pack Taco seasoning)
Serve with
Shredded cheese
Sour cream
Corn chips or what ever kind you like
It makes a lot. You can freeze leftovers (if there are any)
Here's an EASY recipe for the crockpot. You can vary the meats and veggies and make many meal combinations. It can be put together the night before or even q few days and set in fridge..then just set in crockpot the next morning
Complete meal in the crockpot!!
1) place 1-3lbs of meat in bottom of crockpot (steak, chicken, pork, etc) drizzle with 1/4-1/3c favorite sauce or marinade (A1, Heinz 57, lemon pepper, etc).. place a piece of aluminum foil directly on top of the sauce drizzled meat
2) take 2 pieces of aluminum foil and make a pouch of baby potatoes seasoned as desired (we like butter, salt pepper and fresh rosemary).. place this pouch directly on top of the foil covered meat
3) take 2 more pieces of aluminum foil and make a pouch of fresh veggies seasoned as desired (we like asparagus with butter and lemon, green beans with bacon butter and garlic, baby carrots with butter and fresh dill)(can also do individual wrapped ears of corn seasoned as desired).. place this pouch directly on top of the baby potato pouch
4) place lid on and lock (mine doesn't lock so I use two heavy rubber bands)
5) cook on high 6 hrs or low for 8 hrs..DO NOT REMOVE THE LID during the cooking
If you use a crockpot liner, then the only cleanup you have is the plate and utensils you used to eat with.
Complete meal in the crockpot!!
1) place 1-3lbs of meat in bottom of crockpot (steak, chicken, pork, etc) drizzle with 1/4-1/3c favorite sauce or marinade (A1, Heinz 57, lemon pepper, etc).. place a piece of aluminum foil directly on top of the sauce drizzled meat
2) take 2 pieces of aluminum foil and make a pouch of baby potatoes seasoned as desired (we like butter, salt pepper and fresh rosemary).. place this pouch directly on top of the foil covered meat
3) take 2 more pieces of aluminum foil and make a pouch of fresh veggies seasoned as desired (we like asparagus with butter and lemon, green beans with bacon butter and garlic, baby carrots with butter and fresh dill)(can also do individual wrapped ears of corn seasoned as desired).. place this pouch directly on top of the baby potato pouch
4) place lid on and lock (mine doesn't lock so I use two heavy rubber bands)
5) cook on high 6 hrs or low for 8 hrs..DO NOT REMOVE THE LID during the cooking
If you use a crockpot liner, then the only cleanup you have is the plate and utensils you used to eat with.
Mexican Chicken Spaghetti
Ingredients
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 lb velveeta cheese, regular or mexican
1 can(s) rotel tomatoes, regular or hot
1 lb spaghetti pasta
1 stick butter
1 can(s) cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 can(s) cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
2 medium onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, red, chopped
1 bell pepper, green, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1
Boil chicken breasts in a large pot adding 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper to water.
2
Remove chicken when completely done, about 10 to 12 minutes.
3
Boil spaghetti pasta in remaining broth according to package directions. Drain pasta after done and discard water. Set aside the pasta...Do not rinse.
4
Melt the butter in that same (empty) pot and saute the onion and bell pepper.
5
Add tomatoes, soup, cooked chicken (cut into bite-size pieces) and spaghetti to the sauteed onion mixture, one at a time, and gently mix together.
6
Add cheese and stir together, mixing well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
7
Heat until cheese is melted thoroughly, stirring occasionally to keep from scorching.
8
SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Garnish with freshly grated Paremesan cheese and serve with a salad and hot garlic bread.
Ingredients
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 lb velveeta cheese, regular or mexican
1 can(s) rotel tomatoes, regular or hot
1 lb spaghetti pasta
1 stick butter
1 can(s) cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 can(s) cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
2 medium onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, red, chopped
1 bell pepper, green, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1
Boil chicken breasts in a large pot adding 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper to water.
2
Remove chicken when completely done, about 10 to 12 minutes.
3
Boil spaghetti pasta in remaining broth according to package directions. Drain pasta after done and discard water. Set aside the pasta...Do not rinse.
4
Melt the butter in that same (empty) pot and saute the onion and bell pepper.
5
Add tomatoes, soup, cooked chicken (cut into bite-size pieces) and spaghetti to the sauteed onion mixture, one at a time, and gently mix together.
6
Add cheese and stir together, mixing well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
7
Heat until cheese is melted thoroughly, stirring occasionally to keep from scorching.
8
SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Garnish with freshly grated Paremesan cheese and serve with a salad and hot garlic bread.
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