Need Recipe Ideas for My Household! Help with Budget-Friendly Meals Using Salmon, Tilapia, Pork, Beef, and Chicken

[forestc]

Maid Rites
1# 80/20 ground beef
1 onion chopped
1/2 beef bullion cube
1/2 C water
Peppe to taste
1 1/2T soy sauce
1 1/2T steak sauce
Cook beef and onion, crumble and drain. Add rest of ingredients. Simmer 30 min stirring occasionally. Serve on buns with pickles and ketchup/mustard..

 

[simplefaith1854]

@forestc maid rites around here (all closed now) but they made theirs with great beef, and sugar. That’s all they used, they were so good.

 

[forestc]

Mix a pkg of onion soup mix and sm jar of Apricot jam, pour over chicken or pork and bake in oven at 325 until internal temp of meat is 145 for pork and 165 for chicken.

 

[forestc]

Enchiladas
1# cooked shredded meat (can use ground meat crumbled and drained.) Add 1 block cream cheese, 1/2 C shredded cheese, 2T enchilada sauce. Combine well. Roll 1/4 C into flour tortilla. Lay rolled tortillas seem side down in 9 x 13 pan. Pour rest of enchilada sauce over the top. Top with 1/2 C shredded cheese. Bake 350 x 20-30 min. Use red enchilada sauce for beef and green sauce for chicken or pork.

 

[forestc]

Marinade: 1/2 C each: soysauce, olive oil, honey/molasses/brown sugar, 1/4 C lime juice/apple cider vinegar/rice vinegar, 1T each: chopped garlic, cilantro, 1t ginger. Bring to boil and cool. Save some to brush on while cooking. Marinade chicken/pork/lamb 1-4 hrs. Broil, grill or sear meat.

 

[passion3545]

@forestc here's a simpler marinade
Worchestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Can add brown sugar if you want. I just use about 1/4 cup of sauces and season to taste. Really good on pork chops.

 

[forestc]

Chicken stew: remove skin from a whole chicken. Put in large pot, cover with water/chicken broth by 2 inches. Put lid on pot. Simmer 1-2 hrs. Remove chicken from pot. Debone chicken and dice it and add back to pot along with several chopped potatoes (ok to leave skin on but scrub 1st). Add 1 bag frozen veggies, chopped celery, chopped carrots, several cloves of chopped garlic, 1T poultry seasoning, 1T thyme, salt and pepper to taste. Simmer 10-20 min until potatoes are done. (I like to add a package of chicken giblets when I cook the chicken) can be made with chicken breasts or leg/thighs.

 

[forestc]

Dumplings
1.5 C all purpose flour
2t baking powder
1/4t salt
3/4C milk
3T melted shortening/melted butter/oil
Stir ingredients in bowl with a whisk. Add wet ingredients and stir with fork.
Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto hot meat or vegetables in simmering stew. (Do not drop directly into hot liquid) Cook uncovered 10 min. Cover and cook 10 min longer. Makes 8-10 dumplings. To freeze: drop uncooked dumplings onto sheetpan lined with parchment paper that has been sprayed with no stick spray. Put in freezer. When frozen put in freezer bag. Set out separately x 30 min to thaw before cooking.

 

[forestc]

Cheeseburger Rice Hotdish
1# browned hamburger with 1 small diced onion, salt and pepper. Drain.
Add 1 1/2 cups water, 1/2 cup ketchup, 2 Tablsp. Yellow mustard. Bring to a boil, stir in 1 1/2 instant rice. Cover and remove from heat.
Let sit 5 minutes, do not remove lid.
Uncover, fluff with fork. Add 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese. Cover for 3-5 minutes to melt cheese.

 

[forestc]

Can be made with chicken breasts or thighs or pork chops.
Pork Chops with Orange Rice
Easy pork chops baked with orange juice and rice for an easy weeknight meal.
4 pork chops boneless or bone-in
3 cups instant rice
1 can chicken broth
1 1/2 cups orange juice
1 can chicken rice soup *Campbells
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Preheat oven to 375.
In a pan: brown the pork chops and season with salt and pepper on both sides as they cook.
Pour the rice, soup mixture, orange juice and chicken broth together into a 9x13 glass baking dish. Stir it together.
Place the pork chops on top of the rice and cover with tinfoil.
Bake for 35-45 minutes covered with foil. When you take it out of the oven, the rice should be cooked and most of the liquid absorbed.
Recipe Notes:
Serve with sautéd carrots in with the rice or on the side.
Garnish with flat leaf Italian Parsley and sliced oranges if desired.

 

[forestc]

Dumplings
1.5 C all purpose flour
2t baking powder
1/4t salt
3/4C milk
3T melted shortening/melted butter/oil
Stir ingredients in bowl with a whisk. Add wet ingredients and stir with fork.
Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto hot meat or vegetables in simmering stew. (Do not drop directly into hot liquid) Cook uncovered 10 min. Cover and cook 10 min longer. Makes 8-10 dumplings. To freeze: drop uncooked dumplings onto sheetpan lined with parchment paper that has been sprayed with no stick spray. Put in freezer. When frozen put in freezer bag. Set out separately x 30 min to thaw before cooking.

 

[mamalovesme]

Sweet bourbon salmon is one of our favorites! Mix a little bourbon, some honey, & a dash or two of Worcestershire sauce. Sautee/fry (basting frequently) salmon steaks in it till flaky. Squeeze a little lemon juice on just before serving (if you like). I usually serve this with baked sweet potatoes with butter & cinnamon sugar & fresh green beans drizzled with olive oil & steamed.
Parmesan crusted tilapia. Coat fish filets with mustard, cover with fresh Parmesan cheese, & fry in a nonstick pan. It’s great with buttered Orzo (cooked in chicken broth), & green peas.
I’m easy. I like pork chops just fried. Mashed potatoes & pork chop gravy & a green veggie.
Pork loin is fabulous cooked in apple cider, & can be done in the oven, on the stovetop, or in a crockpot.
Salsa chicken. Sauté chicken breasts in a jar of Pace Picante sauce. Serve with Spanish rice & a salad.
I’ve honestly never cooked flank steak, so you’re on your own with that one!

 

[tkdkid5282]

Tilapia from Costco I just sprinkle with seasonings & old bay, add some pats of butter on top and a few slices of lemon. Cover and bake 20 minutes. I usually throw some of the asparagus I get at Costco and slices of cauliflower in a sheet pan with a drizzle of olive oil, some garlic powder, cracked pepper and bake at same time as the fish on a lower rack. When the fish is done I bring it up to the higher shelf and broil for just a few minutes to get that nice little char on it. Serve with a squeeze of lemon. Then you don’t need a rice or potato because of the cauliflower.

 

[hopengod]

This is from a cooking class I took. I often make the salmon with just these seasonings - also great on chicken. My all time favorite seasoning on salmon!

 

[obs99]

There a lot recipes on Campbell website I have one with chicken breast, rice and cheese is one of my go to recipes

 

[angelbaby1977]

I brown hamburger meat with Italian seasoning and onions add a jar of pasta sauce and simmer. Then take a box of manicotti shells, put one cheese stick in each shell and place in casserole dish ( the shells are not cooked). Put roughly a half cup of broth( just enough to touch the bottom half of shells). Top with meat sauce and whatever shredded cheese you have ( I like Parmesan) cover with foil and bake 45 minutes. Take the foil off and brown the top. I serve with hot dog buns made into garlic toast. It makes enough for several meals. So though it's a bit it is cost effective.

 

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Pork chops in crock pot with can of cream of chicken soup and on envelope of brown gravy. Serve over rice.

 

[sunday823]

I am not being rude, I’m too lazy to google right now. When I was working, I used to use “quick family meals” or “30 minute meals”. I think there’s also some site that has quick recipes without too many ingredients. Phrase isn’t coming to me. I’m brain dead. If I can think better I a bit, I’ll list out some of our regulars.

 

[katyc]

@sunday823 Rachel Ray has some 30 minute meal recipes (seems like they took me more like 45-60 minutes though)

 

[sunday823]

@katyc I liked a lot of Rachel Ray’s stuff, but you’re right, they took longer than 30 minutes. All her food was prepped. That implies you meal prep and have that handy for the week. Not many people do meal prep after grocery shopping. The only reason I’m able to meal prep at all is bc I have groceries delivered, so I’m not burnt out when I get home. And I still don’t meal prep half the time.