Economy Cooking from your pantry

[Wifezilla]

Sounds really good....and I can easily adapt that to low carb by using more cauliflower instead of the pasta.

 

[gapeachy]

beans and franks....(beenie weenies) 4 cans pork and beans 1 pack of hotdogs cook on stove put some barbeque sauce in....also you can make kraut and weenies the same.....

 

[ams3651]

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definitely, the original recipe I used as inspiration uses a bag of broccoli and cauliflower mix

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/commun...Display.aspx?group_id=1&user_recipe_id=127173

its the dish I have to make for thanksgiving, my kids love it and its so easy. I use the low fat low salt cream of mushroom and low salt swiss

 

[Charlene1234]

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ooh thanks for this recipe!..i have my hubby searching the pantry now for the ingredients!..i want to make it tomorrow morning....thanks again, Wendy

Let me know how it turns out. We just finished up the leftovers today!!! I made a couple pans of the egg casserole. It's my favorite!!

 

[Judymae]

I just cooked some chicken with honey and soysauce brushed on it. Had the soysauce and honey in the pantry and the chicken was one of ours so it was almost a free meal. Tasted really good too!!

 

[Parson's Wife]

Mac & Cheese Casserole

2 boxes of Mac and cheese (or if you do the homemade 4 cups)
Prepare according to directions.
Pre-heat oven to 350*
In a large bowl:
Drain 2 can of English peas mix with the prepared Mac & cheese
drain 2 cans of Tuna, add to the mixture
Dice a medium onion, add to the mixture and pour into a casserole dish.
Smooth and bake for 20 minutes. Or till the top is a light golden brown... you can add an extra amount of cheese on top of this mixture if you like.

 

[Parson's Wife]

Pickled Eggs

These are great for snacks, salads, or whatever you need hardboiled eggs for and they keep for several days.

12 large eggs
white vinegar
water
dill (fresh if available)

Boil eggs in large pot. I pour a good amount of salt over eggs before
boiling, helps keep from cracking. Boil about 10 minutes, let sit for about 30 minutes. Drain, rinse eggs, peel and put in large jar or container. Pour white vinegar to top of eggs and add water to top of jar. If you have fresh dill, add this also. Let sit for a day or so and enjoy! The eggs get more pickled each day. We usually eat ours within 3 or 4 days. I wouldn't keep much longer than a week.

Hope this helps all the egglovers out there.

 

[Chew593]

What a wonderful thread! I have to throw in my 2 bits (my 3 favorite recipes) I love the ones I can remember and go back to time and time again. I love to cook but I also love keeping it simple

Corn bread Casserole
1bx Jiffy corn muffin mix
1 or 2 eggs (I use 1 - 2 is more cake like)
8 oz sour cream
1 stick butter melted and cooled a little
1 cn sweet cream style corn
1cn corn drained
Mix it all together and dump into 13 x 9 pan bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes.
Excellent with Chili

Did I say Chili?
1lb ground turkey browned with onion and garlic
2 cns stewed tomatoes
1 sm can tomato sauce
1 cn black beans
1 cn white kidneys
1 lrg cn red kidneys (double size) (drain your beans)
1 package taco seasoning
1tsp cumin
dump it all in crock pot in the morning on low... dinner is ready at 4ish

Easy Breezy Lemon Pie

wisk together 1/2 - 3/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice with pulp with 1 can sweetened condensed milk. Fold in 1 tub whipped topping and dump in grahm cracker crust. Put in freezer until ready to serve. Oh My Goodness this is a good pie!

 

[Big Red Hen]

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I made this 2 nights ago...I added cream of mushroom soup to the ground beef and put in a can of drained sweet peas and topped it with cheddar....YUM-O!

 

[msgenie516]

Hi,

When I think of an economy meal, eggs always come to mind! I always have more than I can use. I also always have fixings for homemade bread and egg noodles. I usually also have on hand pancake mix, pasta, evaporated milk, canned and frozen vegetables, cans of corned beef hash, and bacon, cheese and butter in the fridge. I buy these items very inexpensively at the wholesale clubs, so I think if I am cooking just for the two of us (DH and myself), I can come up with meals in the $5.00 range. Maybe a little more because I always have to cook for mom and it‘s hard to come up with a $5.00 meal for three people.

We have no problem eating breakfast items (eggs, pancakes, bacon, hash, toast, etc.) for dinner. As a matter of fact, we have done it quite often because of my "egg overload"!

The following is a very simple recipe for baked macaroni with tomatoes and cheese (no eggs in this one). It is not the usual macaroni and cheese recipe with added tomatoes, but something completely different. This is incredibly easy and always receives rave reviews.

Ingredients:

1 lb. package of macaroni cooked to desired tenderness (I use ziti or penne, but you can substitute any shape you prefer and you can also use whole wheat pasta.)

2 14 ½ oz. cans diced tomatoes, including juice

About ¾ of one can of water from rinsing the excess tomato juice out of the cans--don’t want to waste any juice (This is approximate and you can use more or less, depending on how “juicy” you want the dish to be but it does need extra liquid, so don‘t skip this.)

10 to 12 ounces cubed sharp cheddar cheese (You can use up to 1 pound, but it will be really “cheesy”. I usually use one 10 ounce package of Cracker Barrel sharp cheddar cheese.) Do not use shredded cheddar as it ruins the texture of the dish. Believe me, I tried it once and the results were disastrous!

1 stick of butter (¼ lb.)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Combine first four ingredients in large oven safe bowl. Cut the butter into little pats and arrange over the top. Cover the bowl with foil and bake for about 45 minutes, or until it is bubbly. Remove from oven and allow to cool somewhat before serving.

If you refrigerate this dish before baking, you need to increase the cooking time accordingly.

This will make 3 generous portions but the cost is over $5.00 because of the cheese and canned tomatoes. If it were not that I include mom in all of my meals, there would be leftovers to make another meal for at least one person, which brings the cost down. This is very nice accompanied with a fresh garden salad. Enjoy!

Genie