Need Budget-Friendly Meal Ideas: Tired of Chuck Steaks & Pasta - Looking for Cheap, Nutritious Recipes!

[timothysir]

Cheeseburger Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 box (16 oz) elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
- 1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes, drained
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup dill pickle relish
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes for garnish (optional)
Instructions:
1. In a skillet, cook the ground beef over medium heat until browned. Drain excess fat.
2. Add chopped onion and minced garlic, sauté until softened.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the cooked macaroni, drained diced tomatoes, and shredded cheddar cheese.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together the ketchup, dill pickle relish, yellow mustard, salt, and pepper.
5. Add the ground beef mixture to the macaroni mixture and stir to combine.
6. Pour the ketchup mixture over the casserole and toss until everything is well coated.
7. Serve hot, garnished with shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes if desired.

 

[timothysir]

Comforting Chicken & Noodles Crock Pot
Ingredients
2 can cream of chicken soup
2 can chicken broth (15oz each)
1 stick-butter or margarine
1 lb chicken breasts (fresh or frozen)
1 packages frozen egg noodles (24 oz) I used Reames.
Directions
In crockpot put chicken on bottom. Pour the chicken broth and soup on top. Then top that with the stick of butter. Put the crockpot on low for 6-7 hours.
Take the chicken out and shred. Put back in crockpot.
Add the frozen noodles and cook for 2 more hours. (I stir every 30 minutes until done.)

 

[timothysir]

Cabbage Soup
This is very healthy and so delicious
Ingredients:
1 large cabbage.
6 onions cut up in chopper or food processor.
2 cans stewed tomatoes.
1 bag of any flavor lipton onion soup mix.
1 large celery chopped very small.
Ground Beef
Directions:
1.) Fill up a big pan halfway with water bring to a boil, then add Veggies, then let simmer.
2.) Cook 1 to 2 lbs of hamburger separately drain any grease.
3.) Add any spices you love and Lipton soup mix.
4.) Add meat, let simmer a few more minutes then enjoy

 

[traveler72]

Italian sausage, penne pasta, and prego garlic sausage sauce with garlic bread is a hit here .

 

[sanfrank]

Cook your meat of choice and put it over a salad.
Pepper "steak" however use whatever meat you have on hand.
Shepherd's pie
Omelets
Fajitas
Quiche and I use thinly sliced potatoes for the crust versus a pie shell. Just thinly slice potatoes of your choice, sprinkle salt,pepper and olive oil then line a pie pan put in oven at 400 10 mins while you prep the quiche filling. Remove from oven pour in filling ans bake. 30 mins should do it. I serve it with meatloaf or by it's self

 

[kristaburgess]

Why not involve your husband in preparing meals? This way it won’t be so overwhelming for you. In other words, he can cook, too.

 

[soccer10]

Have you tried Swiss steak stew? You can use stew meat or any steak meat you got. Lmk if you need recipes Crockpot recipes I mean. I gotta bunch

 

[jbujok]

https://www.copymethat.com/.../melt-in-your-mouth-chicken

 

[gacu]

Pierogies with an onion and sc

 

[minddoctor]

A box of macaroni and cheese prepared. Add a can of chili. Makes chili mac Cheap and easy

 

[asheri]

Chicken casserole
2 cups rice
1 can chicken
1 can cream of chicken
1 can mixed vegetables

 

[bittersweet5]

@asheri that is all? Is rice precooked? How long do u heat please

 

[asheri]

@bittersweet5 cook the rice and then add everything in until it's warmed through. Super cheap and easy! Season to taste.

 

[tacomama18]

Dried bean cornbread, fried chicken legs

 

[presyephraim]

Curry chicken vegetables stews chicken vegetables beef stew steak and onion grave with vegetables

 

[jamesdonahueusa]

Biscuits and gravy

 

[lina0531]

Friendship Bake: cut 1 or 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts into chunks. Peel 6-8 small red potatoes, open a can of green beans and rinse them.
Line a 9x13 baking pan with foil, letting it hang over the edges. Put all the potatoes in 1 row, then the chicken, then the potatoes. Salt and pepper to taste, melt 4 tbl. butter and brush over all. Sprinkle dry ranch seasoning over the potatoes and chicken. Bake, uncovered, at 350 until chicken is 165 in center and potatoes are soft, about 40 minutes.

 

[deborah23]

Breakfast for dinner is always good and easy.

 

[jackdavon]

Cook some chicken breasts by boiling, or in the crockpot. Shred, with a hand mixer. Can be mixed with salsa and put into tortilla shells or wraps. Can mix with BBQ sauce and add to box macaroni and cheese. Add some Mayo and serve on saltines

 

[luiza4]

Roasted chicken, dear. With a baked potato and corn on the cob. Fried cabbage with kielbasa. Barbeque. All can be made in a slow cooker.