Dilled Chicken Recipe
1 small chicken cut up OR 4 chicken breasts OR 4-6 chicken legs with backs
seasoning
paprika
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 cup sour cream
1 package onion soup mix
2 tablespoons fresh chopped or 2 teaspoons dry dill
1 can mushroom stems & pieces undrained (optional)
1 can mushroom soup
Put chicken pieces in casserole or Roasting Dish which has been oiled lightly. Sprinkle meat with salt, pepper and paprika. Mix other ingredients, pour over meat. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F. for approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Longer if you like the chicken falling off the bones. (perhaps 2 - 2 1/2 hours). Sliced carrots, celery, peppers or other vegetables may be added.
I like to double the sauce recipe for a whole cut up chicken and bake for approximately 2 hours.
This chicken recipes will serve 4.
Tuna Casserole:
One of my favorite, easy to make recipes and cheap recipes is this tuna casserole. And if you have unexpected guests, just add more macaroni! This recipe will feed four hungry people, one or maybe 2 people that haven't eaten since breakfast or haven't eaten at all yet today. Leftovers keep well for about 4 days in a tightly covered dish too, so don't worry about making too much.Ingredients
1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni (uncooked)
1 can condensed mushroom soup
2 tablespoons cheddar cheese powder
1 can flaked tuna
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon margarine
Optional Additions
1 can sliced mushrooms
or 1 can peas
1/2 teaspoon pepper or other spices (to your taste, after all, you're cooking it, not me!)
Cooking Equipment Needed
Medium Size Pot
Large Casserole or baking dish with lid
Strainer
Spoon, can opener, measuring cup
Warm your oven to 375 F
(The stove and oven should not have to be mentioned, right?)
Step One: Fill the pot about 3/4 full with cold water and the salt and boil it. When it reaches the boiling point add the macaroni. Turn it down to what they call a rolling boil. That's about halfway from "high" and "medium" temperature on the stove. You're gonna cook the macaroni until it's a little soft, about 7 minutes. Take your spoon and grab a few, if they are soft (don't burn your mouth!) then they are ready. Strain out the water and check out step two.
Step Two (do some of this while the macaroni is cooking): Into your casserole or baking dish put the tuna (after you've strained it of the tuna water, the tuna water makes a nice treat for your cat if you have one, and if it does it's business outside, otherwise just dump the tuna juice down the drain, you don't want to have kitty diarrhea inside!) the mushroom soup, the milk, margarine, the cheddar cheese powder and any of the optional ingredients you may be using. Stir it all up real nice and then add your cooked (and still hot!) macaroni. Stir it all up again so it's nice and mixed, then with your spoon flatten down the top. Don't pound it down, just smooth the top. Then add your grated cheddar cheese to the top, put the lid on the casserole or baking dish and pop it into the oven for about 25 minutes total. At 15 cooked minutes remove the lid so the cheese on top will melt nicely. When the 25 minutes is up, you should have a slightly bubbly cheddar cheese top to the tuna casserole and that means it's done!
Total Cost: Approximately 90 cents per person when feeding 4 adults. Be sure to use all the cheap ingredients that you can find, the tuna and cheese will cover it all up anyways.
Cheap Burritos:
Ingredients:
One large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/4 pound of ground beef
16 oz can of beans , drained (pinto, red, kidney etc).. i like pinto
1 small can of tomato sauce
cumin to taste
hotsauce if you like it spicier
1/4 cup of shredded cheese
Directions:
Saute the onion and garlic , making sure garlic doesn't burn (or its bitter)
add ground beef and brown.. Drain beef.
add drained beans, tomato sauce and cook it till it thickens.
add cumin to taste and hotsauce if desired.
Put bean/meat mixture into flour tortillas and top with cheese
Roll it up. Eat
Can also be served on rice. It's cheap and good.
:)
Mom's Cheap Chili
regular ground meat - any amount but don't be stingy 3/4 to 1.5 lbs is great.
1 can chili beans (with sauce)
1 can dark red kidney beans
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 packet chili seasoning - not chili powder! There is a difference!
1 bag pre-shredded fiesta cheese blend
1 can cinnamon rolls (Pillsbury, ready to cook)
Fritos Scoops Tortilla chips
Brown the meat. Drain it. Add the other ingredients, juices and all. Once they're mixed and simmering, follow the directions on the can of cinnamon rolls. I know, it sounds strange, but they taste really good with the chili. Once cinnamon rolls are done, do the frosting thing. Pour whole bag of cheese into chili. Stir until melted. Serve, using fritos instead of spoon.
Tuna Melt Sandwiches
Ingredients
sliced bread (You're going to cook the bread, so it doesn't need to be fresh)
1 or more cans of tuna (depends on how many people your feeding. If it's just you, then one can will do, along with a couple of buns
1 1/2 tablespoons per can of tuna of mayonnaise or Kraft Miracle Whip (whichever you have handy)
processed cheese slices 1 per bun
margarine
pepper to taste
Cooking Equipment Needed
Medium or large frying pan
Spatula
Drain the tuna, add the mayonnaise and pepper to taste. Turn on the stove and preheat the frying pan at just about medium heat. Too hot and you'll burn everything in sight. Put a little margarine in it, you don't want the bread to stick to the pan. Spread margarine on both slices of the bread and add some of the tuna mixture and a slice of cheese, put the sandwich together and butter the third side. Once you place it into the frying pan, butter the fourth side. Fry it until the cheese is melted and the bread a golden brown color.
Sarah's Pancake mix
Blueberry muffin mix
Pancake mix
Make pancake mix as directed on box or how u like it, but add muffin mix to the batter. it will make them blueberry without having to buy fresh ones, and it will make your pancakes extra sweet and very fluffy.
Jessica's Ro-Tel Chicken
1 boneless chicken breast
1 can spicy Ro-Tel tomatoes
Put chicken breast in a bowl and cover with can of tomatoes. Microwave on high until the chicken is cooked all the way through. The tomatoes keep the chicken moist. Enjoy!
Michelle's Tuna-Noodle Casserole
1 large can of tuna (drain it)
one small bag of potato chips (crush chips in bag)
a package of elbow noodles
1 can of cream of chicken and a little milk
1 pkg. shredded cheese (sharp or mild)
Preheat oven to 350- boil noodles-pour can of cream of chicken in a bowl with enough milk to make it pretty creamy-get a large casserole dish and put in layers of noodles, crushed up chips, some tuna, and then cheese. (make the top layer noodles)- pour creamy mixture over top and then put on more cheese- cook in oven for about 20 min or till cheese on top is melted and browned a little.
Stephanie's Tip
2 words: Ramen Noodles - 10/$1 in most grocery stores! Follow package directions.
Cara's Breakfast Burrito
1 Tortilla
A Few strips of Bacon
Eggs
Salsa
Sour Cream
Lettuce(Optional)
Scramble the egg, then cook the bacon. Put them on the tortilla. Put salsa and sour cream on the salsa and if you want to put lettuce on it. Then wrap it up and eat. It's fast, easy and yummy!
Laura's Cheap Chicken and Dumplings
1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1/3 cup Bisquick
Heat chicken soup in pot adding water according to directions on can. Mix Bisquick with a couple tablespoons of water until mixture becomes slightly runny. Drop spoonfuls of mixture is soup. Allow to cook until soup is heated and dumplings are cooked. Makes one serving of cheap, easy chicken and dumplings.
Rachel 's "Alice Springs Chicken"
Buy frozen Chicken Breasts and put in the oven for 35-40 min set at 325'. Once Chicken is almost done, top with bacon (already cooked) and a mix of cheddar and Monteray Jack cheese. Continue baking for 10-15 minutes until cheese is melted.
Robyn's Cream Cheese Chili Dip:
Combine 1 can Chili (with beans optional) with one package cream cheese in a pot. Simmer, stirring constantly, until ingredients are completely melted and mixed. Serve with tortilla chips.
Robyn's Grandma Gooch's Fried Bologna Sandwich:
Cut one slit in each piece of bologna, from the center to the outside. This keeps the bologna from bubbling while frying. Place bologna slices in a frying pan (sprinkle pan with salt to keep meat from sticking). Fry until brown and half-crispy. Place bologna on your favorite bread. Add mayo (lettuce, tomato, etc. optional). Makes a great, quick sandwich!
Mir's CinnaCranDelicious
2 large apples (I prefer golden)
1 can of crushed cranberries
1 large casserole dish
sprinkle of cinnamon spice
Preheat oven to 375. Slice apples until in a desirable size. Mix apples in a
bowl with cranberry sauce, and pour into casserole dish. Sprinkle
cinnamon spice on top. Bake for 35 minutes. Let cool and then serve!
Carrie's Ironed Grilled Cheese
2 slices bread
2 slices cheese
butter
tin foil
iron
Butter one side of each slice of bread. Smack your cheese in the middle. wrap entire thing with tin foil. Place HOT iron on one side of your sandwich for about 3 min. flip and repeat on the other side. Let cool. unwrap and enjoy.
*Editor's note: Check your school's rules on appliance usage before using an iron in your room!
Carrie's Chicken Parm
Box of breaded chicken patties
cheese (your choice)
Jar of spaghetti sauce (Carrie recommends Ragu)
Place the amount of patties you want on a cookie sheet or make shift cookie sheet. Pour blob of Ragu on each chicken circle. Then, sprinkle some cheese on them. Bake for a few min. and voila!
TLynn's Sweet and Sour Beanie-Weenie
Serving for one:
2 beef hotdogs
2 cans Van-Camp's Pork n' Bean -((Campbells is good too, if you like saucier hotdogs and beans. The sauce is the addiction for this dish!)
1 cup sugar or 1/2 cup (depending on your taste, I like it sweet)
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 tblsp. mustard
Cut up hotdogs into bite size pieces, place in empty medium sized pot, add both cans of Pork n' Beans, and stir well. Add sugar and ketchup only, and stir. Taste test it to your liking. Cook over Med. Low heat until bubbly. Hot dogs will be tender when ready. Pour onto a plate or use a bowl. Squirt about a half a tablespoon of mustard around the top of the dish (just enough to circle all the hotdogs around the top of the dish) This gives the "sour" flavor...mmmmmmmm soooo goood!
Helena's Scrambled Eggs Burrito
Flour tortilla
eggs
diced tomato (add other ingredients like peppers, onions...or even sausage at will)
salsa
sour cream
Mix eggs and diced tomatoes in a bowl. Cook the eggs in a frying pan just like scrambled eggs. Spread salsa and sour cream over the tortilla and add the scrambled eggs. Wrap it up, then eat it up!
Tesh's Special Grill Sandwich
1/4lb of 2 Different Deli Meats
1/4lb Cheese
Slice Bread (I prefer Potato Bread)
Put some of the slices of the meat on a Foreman Grill (Its what I've always used and is just great). Grill them for about 2 - 3 Minutes or as you like. Put the meat slices with some cheese on 2 slices of bread. Put the sandwich on the grill for about 3 minutes. Eat with ketchup or any condiment you can find at your schools deli.
Serena's Chili Dip
1 can of chili
1 pkg. of cream cheese
1 bag of cheddar cheese
In dish spread cream cheese along bottom, then add chili on top. Add cheese on top of that. Bake in oven at 350 until the cheese is bubbling.
Therese's Easy Chili
1 lb ground beef
2 cans diced tomatoes, undrained
2 cans chili beans, undrained (get the ones with the spices already in them)
4 oz. can tomato sauce
onions and shredded cheddar if you want
Brown the beef and drain. Put the beef back in the pot. Add the tomatoes, beans, and tomato sauce, ALL UNDRAINED, into the same pot. Heat. Top with chopped onion and shredded cheddar cheese if you want.
Joe's Yummy Breakfast Skillet
Some Potatoes
Some Eggs
Any kind of breakfast meat (Bacon, Ham, Sausage)
Desired Vegetables
Cheese
Cream Cheese and milk optional
Microwave potatoes. Cook meat in large pan and set aside. When the potatoes are soft, cut into small pieces and fry in large pan with oil from the meat. If that bothers you, drain the oil and use vegetable oil instead. Add vegetables and meat. Whip the cream cheese or milk with the eggs in a bowl and add to the rest of the ingredients. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top when the eggs are done.
Chrysa's Easy Ziti
3 Hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
1 pkg Ziti noodles
1/2 lb pepperoni (the kind that's already cooked)
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 pound provolone or mozzarella cheeze (provolone works better)
1 jar tomato sauce (or less if you like)
parmesan cheese
Cook ground beef in a skillet until thoroughly browned. Boil pasta noodles, drain. Put noodles back in a large pot. Add remaining ingredients. Stir till cheese is melted. You can eat it like this, or you can dump everything into a casserole pan and bake at 375 for 1 hour. It's not necessary to do that - use whatever works best, and enjoy!
Mary's "Roll-Up and out the Door
Flour tortilla shells (Fewer carbs than bread, and easier eating in the car or walking to class.)
Cream cheese or American cheese
Ham or soft bacon bits (Hormel works great)
Put a good amount of cream cheese or two pieces of American cheese on the tortilla and microwave flat for thirty seconds. Spread cream cheese over entire shell, then lay pieces of ham or sprinkle bacon pieces over cheese. Start from the edge and roll tortilla up, more tightly than you would a burritto, and enjoy! Great fast fix for low-carb dieters.
Janee's Potato Stew
6 med potato's, cubed
1/2 lb bacon
2 cans green beans
Brown bacon and set aside. Place potatoes and beans and fill with water till vegetables are covered, after potato's are done, drain the water. Add cooked bacon. Eat and enjoy
Angela 's Easy Cabbage Salad
1 small head of cabbage
Italian salad dressing (enough to coat lightly,about half a bottle)
Pepper
Wash and cut cabbage into skinny strips and put into one large bowl and Italian dressing until it is lightly coated. Add pepper to taste. Enjoy! This dish is real cheap, tastes good and is pretty good for you too.
Staci's Chili Pie
1 Can Chili
1 Package cottin' pickin' cornbread (mix according to package)
1 Can White or Yellow Corn
Pour can of Chili into a pan, Pour corn over chili, Pour Cornbread over corn.... Bake at 350 until cornbreak is done. Really good when served with sour cream and topped with shredded cheddar cheese. This is so cheap and good!!!!!
Chandler's Monster Pasta
1 box of what look like monster Velveeta shells
1 jar of fav tomato based sauce
1 container of Ricotta or cottage cheese
1 can of chicken/ shredded meat of any kind (optional)
Boil and drain shells. if you are adding meat add it right into the cheese container and mix it up (unless its canned chicken, then you might want to drain it first.) with a large spoon, open shells and stuff with cheese. Place in a baking dish cover with sauce. iI you happen to have another kind of cheese, sprinkle that on top and bake at 350 degrees for about 10-15 min or you can microwave in baking dish for about 5 min or until the cheese in the shells. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Julie's Unbelievable Macaroni
1 package of cheap Mac n-cheese NOT KRAFT, it WON'T WORK
3/4 cup milk
3/4 stick of butter
Make pasta as directed but when you dump it into the strainer, put the empty pot back on the hot burner. Add butter first, then milk and cheese powder. LET IT THICKEN, stirring constantly over medium or med-hi heat... when the sauce is thick enough, add the noodles, stir and serve.
Easy add-ins:
1 can tuna OR
1 can chicken OR
1/2 can peas or corn OR
any leftover meat, cut up small
Lindsey's Easy Fat-Free Brownie In A Cup
2 Tbs. fat-free brownie mix
1 Tb. fat-free vanilla yogurt
Mix ingredients in a ceramic micro-waveable coffee mug. Stir very well. Microwave on high for 45 seconds and enjoy!!
Ashley's pasta salad (ie- dorm lifesaver)
angel hair pasta (or another kind if you'd like)
sliced black olives
cubed cheddar cheese
small cubes of ham or another meat
4-5 sliced baby carrots
1 hard boiled egg
Caesar or Italian dressing
You should probably hard boil the egg before anything, then cook your pasta. Add in the other ingredients, then when the egg is done, slice into tiny pieces and add on top. Pour on the dressing and a little parmasean if you wish and you're ready to go!!
Aubree's Easy Taco Salad Supreme
1 bag pre-washed salad mix
1 bottle country French "Catalina style" salad dressing
1 8 oz pkg. shredded cheddar cheese
1 small bag of Doritos (spicy if desired)
1 small can of tomatoes or 2 chopped fresh
1 bag frozen "soy burger" micro for 4 mins. or ground beef/turkey etc. (you can add taco season pkg. to meat if desired...not necessary)
Put all ingredients EXCEPT Doritos & French dressing in large bowl or plastic bag. Mix all other ingredients gently but well. Add Doritos.
Then add French dressing to coat. Garnish with cheese or sour cream. Even if you don't care for French dressing you'll love this!
Angel's Frito Pie:
1 Bag of Fritos
1 Can of Chili
Heat chili, pour over Fritos, add sour cream or cheese if desired.
Heather's Cinnamon Jalapeno stir fry
2 cups of your favorite frozen stir fry veggies
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon diced jalapeno
1 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Spray wok/skillet w/ cooking spray. Combine all ingredients and cook over high flame until veggies are tender, stirring constantly.
Katie's Amazing Quesadillas
2 large tortillas
Grated cheese (cheddar and mozzarella together is yummy!)
Salsa (spicier the better!)
Canned refried beans
1 chicken breast
Whatever veggies you like
Chili powder
Preheat oven to 350.. Cut chicken into cubes and cook in frying pan. While waiting for chicken take 1st tortilla and put it on baking tray. Spread layer of beans on it, then sprinkle with cheese, salsa, veggies, and chili powder. When chicken is done put it on as well, then put 2nd tortilla over everything and press down the edges so it sticks to the edges of the first tortillas. Put in oven for ten minutes, take it out and flip over the quesadilla, then bake for another five minutes. Cut it up and enjoy!
Kynsi's Awesome Beef Stew
2 cans beef broth
1.5 pounds chuck beef
3 carrots
2 potatoes
1 teaspoon of thyme
1 teaspoon of pepper
Use a crock-pot. Empty broth into crock-pot. cut beef into 1 inch cubes (not exact), cut up carrots and potatoes and throw them in along with spices. Cook until meat is tender (throw in in morning set on low and eat after classes) then take a small bowl or cup, mix 2 tablespoons of flour and 1/4 cup water together and slowly add to stew. There you go! Add salt to taste.
Isabel's Home-made Chinese food Orange Chicken
2 chicken breasts cut into cubes
2 Tbs. soy sauce
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 packet equal (or 2 tsp brown sugar)
1 clove garlic
1 Tbs. flour
1 Tbs. cornstarch
In a bowl combine chicken, soy sauce, orange juice. Meanwhile brown garlic in oil then add veggies (or Pam). Put to the side and fry up the chicken without sauce, once chicken is cooked add the sauce and veggies heat up. Bon appetite!
Jason's Chicken Dinner
1 can cooked white chicken (? oz.)
2 cans cream of mushroom
1 bag seasoned stuffing
Mix all except leave out about 1/4 of stuffing. put rest of stuffing on top for "crust". bake at around 350 until top browns (about 12 minutes). goes good with a side veggie or bread. Enjoy!
Matt and Jul's Taco Casserole
1lb ground beef
canned tamales
Mexicorn
taco seasoning
1 pkg. mexican cheese
tortilla chips
sour cream
Prepare meat as you would with tacos, add to bowl containing corn, cheese (leave about 1/3 c. for top), chopped tamales, crushes tortillas - mix. Put in 9x13 dish, sprinkle w/ remaining cheese and chips (optional). Bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes. Top w/ sour cream.
Paul's take on Bologna
American Cheese in the middle, a piece of bologna on either side, put it on cinnamon raisin bread, butter the outsides a prepare like a grilled cheese. Goooooood Stuuuuffff!
Matt's Chili-Mac
1 box of Mac and Cheese (I prefer Kraft)
1 can of chili (I prefer Wolf)
Follow directions on the Mac and cheese box till macaroni is done. Add the chili. Stir until hot. I like to use the spicy chili with no beans from Wolf. This will feed about 2 hungry guys.
Brandess' Tuna pasta
1 small onion chopped
1/2 green pepper chopped
two tablespoons olive oil
2 cans chunk lite tuna in spring water drained
2 tablespoons basil
1 small carton of whipping cream
3/4 cup chopped green olives,
ox of angel hair pasta
Start off by saute'ing the onion and green pepper in the olive oil, when onion becomes transparent add the tuna, then the basil, cook for a minute then add the whipping cream. Add the chopped olives. After adding the olives bring the sauce to a simmering boil, then turn down the heat. cook for about 10 more minutes on low heat. Serve over cooked angel hair pasta.....Delish!!!!
Rayne's Portuguese Rice
Rice
1 Tomato
1 Round onion (close to size of tomato, or smaller)
Olive oil
salt to taste
Slice the tomato and onion as thinly as possible (so you can almost see through the slices). Slices don't have to be perfect, just incredibly thin.
Even if you have a rice cooker this works best in a pot. Measure out your rice into the pot, add 2 parts water and however much salt you like ( I usually use less salt when doing this recipe than when doing plain rice), layer the slices of tomato and onion on top and drizzle generously with olive oil. Place uncovered on medium heat until it boils, then drop temp to lowest setting and cover, simmer for 20-30 min. The onion tomato and olive oil make the rice have a really nice sauce mixed in it.
Natasha's Amazing pasta with Italian Sausages
6 sausages
1 large jar spaghetti sauce (any variety)
pasta of choice, cooked and drained
Cut up sausages in chunks ,fry them until they are browned. Throw in sauce. Heat over medium high for 15 more minutes and meanwhile you have made and drained your pasta choice. Top pasta with sausages and sauce.
Mackenzie's Chicken Enchiladas
2 baked chicken breasts (diced)
6 flour tortillas
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 can diced green chilis
1 can of GREEN salsa verde
1 can of enchilada sauce
bag of shredded cheddar cheese
Mix chicken, soup, chili, salsa verde, and 1 cup of cheese into a mixing bowl. Fill tortillas with mixture, put them in a greased baking pan. Cover the top with cheese and enchilada sauce, cook at 350F for 20 minutes. Enjoy!
Crystal's "Get it all" salad
Your favorite bag of salad
Cheese (your fave)
Your favorite lunch meat (ham,turkey,chicken)
Chopped nuts (pecans, walnuts)
Your favorite salad topping (tomatoes, onions)
With salad, mix your favorite topping. stir in nuts. slice meat in strips and line the tops of the salad. finished of with strips of cheese or grated cheese. You get veggies, meat and dairy in one! (Kick it up!! fry or bake chicken breasts, cut into strips and put on top of your salad)
Nat's Avocado sandwich
2 slices of wheat bread
1 avocado
1 tomato
Mayonnaise to taste
Brussell sprouts
Salt
Toast your 2 slices of wheat bread, then cut your tomatoes into whatever size you desire. Cut your avocados and put little salt on the slices you are putting on your sandwich. Put mayo on your toasted bread (as much as you desire). Then apply your Brussel sprouts on top of the mayo. Put your tomato slices on (as much as you want). your Brussel sprouts, then put your last thing on, your salted avocados on the tomatoes, then the other slice of bread then Voila!!:) enjoy
Kyle's Chicken Cheese Bread
1/4 can of white breast chicken chunks (it's like tuna, but it's chicken)
1 slice of your favorite bread (sourdough is pretty good for this recipe)
1/2 cup of shredded cheese
1/4 tablespoon of butter
The magic of this recipe lies within its phenomenal simplicity and richness of textures and flavors. Take your slice of bread and spread butter evenly over the top. Then carefully sprinkle shredded cheese over the surface. After that, strategically place chicken chunks on top of the cheese layer. Stick in toaster oven at 400, or use the regular oven. Make sure to use some kind of cooking sheet. Remove when the chicken is slightly browned and all the cheese is melted (about 5 min). Serve with side of potato chips or flavored crackers and a soda. Wow! You've got chicken cheese bread. Enjoy
Jenny's Trail Mix Sandwich
2 slices whole wheat bread
Peanut butter
1/2 an apple
Raisins
Honey
Chocolate chips
Spread peanut butter lightly on both slices of bread. Chop the apple into thin slices and put them on one slice, sprinkle raisins on the other. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on both sides and drizzle both sides with honey. Put them together and enjoy. Apple can be substituted with a pear.
Jessi's Rabbit Pita
Cream cheese
1 Pita
Cheddar cheese
Your favorite rabbit veggies like sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes...
Spread cream cheese on a pita. Top with fresh cheddar and nuke for 20sec. Now, top with alfalfa sprouts-lots, tomatoes, cucumbers. Wrap it up and eat-very energizing and healthy!
Jessi's Angels on Fire
Angel hair pasta
minced garlic to taste
Olive oil
crushed red pepper, parsley, Parmesan cheese to taste
Cook angel hair. Sautee minced garlic on low heat in olive oil. Add this to angel hair. Add crushed red pepper and parsley. Top with Parmesan. A hot cheap date!
Oreo's Mac & Cheese! (feeds 5)
3 boxes of Mac & cheese
1 lb ground beef or chili
1 jar salsa
Prepare Mac & cheese normally. Brown ground beef or warm up chili and add to the Mac & cheese. Toss in salsa and depending on your taste for spicy foods, add chili powder. Mix and serve.
Jessi's Bagel, Hash Browns & Cheese
1 bagel
1piece of cheddar
1 hash brown patty
Salt & Pepper to taste
Bake hash brown, toast bagel and put it all together. Dip in ketchup or mustard. So good anytime of the day, esp. breakfast.
Jessi's Red Potato Tortilla
The biggest red potato ya got
tortillas-2
cheese
sauteed onion
sour cream
lettuce
salt & LOTS of pepper
Boil the potato. Mash it and mix in onions, salt and pepper. Spread this down middle of tortillas. Add cheese and lettuce. Wrap it up and fry it in oil. Dip in sour cream & salsa if ya got it! This is delicious and very affordable. You'll become addicted!
Murray's Portobello Mushrooms
1 stick real butter
2 large portobello mushrooms
3 tablespoon olive oil
3 table spoon powdered garlic
1. Rub olive oil onto smooth side of mushroom, it will soak in so don't put to much on.
2. Turn on oven to 275 degrees.
3. Cut butter into 1/2 inch sliced and put 5 on each mushroom.
4. Cover with garlic
5. Put into oven for 7-10 minutes
After they are out of the oven cut into 1/3 inch slices and enjoy with pasta or steak This is awesome for a date that you want to impress. WE DO THIS IN THE OVEN IN MINNESOTA BECAUSE IT IS TOO COLD OUTSIDE TO DO IT ON THE GRILL!
Katie's Tuna Wrap
1 can tuna
mayo
tortilla
lettuce
cheese (shredded).
Mix up tuna and mayo. Spread tuna on middle of tortilla- add lettuce and cheese. Wrap up and enjoy! Quick, easy, and yummy.
Ashlee and Kelli's Banana Grilled Cheese
1 Banana
2 Slices of Bread
2 slices of cheese
butter
First you butter the two pieces of bread. Then you cut up the banana into thin slices. You place a slice of cheese on each piece of bread and then put the slices of banana in the middle on top of the cheese. Grill until golden brown. YUMMY:)
Jasmine's Chicken Ceasar Wraps
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Package of Flour Totillas
1 Head of Lettuce
Ceasar Salad Dressing
Brown chicken in frying pan (3min. on George Forman Grill). Cut into strips, then place in fridge until chilled. Place about 1-2 cup of lettuce on tortilla then sprinkle chicken strips, pour salad dressing and fold (follow folding directions on wrapper to tortillas). Eat!
Red's Sweet flour tortillas
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of imperial sugar
6 tortilla
Get a knife and spread butter on both side of all the tortillas then on one side sprinkle the sugar mixture on all the tortillas. Put them on a cookie sheet pan and bake them until they are crunchy. Take out and let it cool off, then enjoy.
Chris' Sauteed Cabbage
1 head of green cabbage (haven't tried it with red, do so at own risk)
1/2 stick of butter
1/8th pound of bacon
Cut bacon into small bits and fry with a small amount of butter. In another pan, melt rest of butter on med-hi heat, tear off pieces of cabbage (as much as desired) and let cabbage pieces fry until soft (or desired). Add bacon to pan with cabbage and cook until desired tenderness. Ultra cheap and pretty good with a baked potato. Enjoy!
Adam's Rice Sandwich
1 cup water
1/2 cup rice
pinch of garlic salt
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
2 teaspoons cajun spice
2 slices of wheat bread
1 Handful of grated Cheese
Bring the water to a boil.. Stir in rice and spices. Boil for 20 minutes or until water is absorbed into rice. Butter up the bread. Put the spiced rice on the bread. Put the cheese on that. Eat like a Sandwich, it's actually really good.
Caitlin's Bar-B-Q Ham and Cheese
(For each sandwich):
2 slices of bread
2-3 slices of ham
1-2 slices of Swiss or American cheese
Barbeque sauce (as much as you want)
Put ham and cheese on one side of bread, and add dollops of barbeque sauce on the other side. Then put bread together and grill/toast in Foreman grill or in skillet, (Make sure to spray skillet with butter or Pam), until you reach your desired toastedness.
Greg's Poor Man's Veal Parmesan
Only 3 ingredients!
1 pkg. of breaded beef patties
1 jar pasta sauce
1 pkg. mozzarella cheese
Place breaded beef patties on a baking sheet. Cover them with a generous amount of pasta sauce. Top with sliced mozzarella cheese (you can grate it if you have the time). Bake at around 375 for about 10 minutes. Goes great with homemade garlic bread!
Sarah's Crunchy Ravioli
1 can of mini ravioli
1/2 a bag of Fritos®
Cook ravioli in the microwave for 3 min. When done put in the Fritos® and stir. Then eat up!
Matt's Hot Sandwich Patrol
Some deli meat, prefer ham, tuna, turkey, etc.
Bun
Place selected meats or poultry onto a hamburger bun, add one slice of Kraft cheese, salt and pepper if you have it, wrap in a paper towel and place in microwave for one minute. Pull sandwich out of the oven, and give it a dash of your favorite condiment (I like ketchup for that ham...mmm) and eat. Sounds simple, but it can be real tasty.
Rachel's Peanut Sauce--great for chicken or noodles.
1/3 cup peanut butter
dash garlic powder and cayenne (by the salad bar)
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. sugar
1/3 cup water
Eyeball the ingredients, place in a bowl, stir well, and microwave for 30 seconds. Pour over noodles or chicken.
Jeanine's Best tuna Casserole
8 cups cooked rice
2 cans mushroom soup
2 cans tuna
2 cans peas
Drain tuna and peas. Mix everything together. Put it in a casserole dish and heat in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 mins.
Kathy's Fabulous low-fat, cheap, yummy bean burritos.
Can cheap pinto beans
1 yellow onion
garlic cloves
flour tortillas
Sautee chopped onion and garlic cloves (amount your choice) in oil. add can of pinto beans, cook few minutes to soften. smash with fork to make beanie paste delight. put in warmed flour tortilla and add toppings to taste. (I am a simple girl and prefer just cheese and salsa.)
Kelli's Tortilla Pizzas
Flour tortillas
Shredded mozzarella Cheese
Pepperoni slices
Parmesan Cheese
Sprinkle Mozzarella cheese on tortilla, then put pepperoni on, then put on Parmesan cheese. microwave on medium for 1-1.5 minute or until cheese is melted. Fold tortilla in half and enjoy!
Elizabeth's Tortilla Dip
Mozzarella Cheese
Salsa
Sour Cream
Get a bowl and put a layer of sour cream on the bottom of the bowl, next a layer of salsa, and then a layer of mozzarella cheese. Put in microwave for about 2 minutes and serve with tortilla chips.
Carolyn's Banana Smoothie
2 Bananas
1 Cup milk
3 Tablespoons honey (or more to taste)
Vanilla (to taste)
Put all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth. Voila! healthy and tasty
Whitney & Friends' Tuna Casserole
1 package Easy Mac
1 small can chunk lite tuna in water
4-5(or more if needed) Ritz crackers crumbled
Prepare Easy Mac as it says on the package. Drain Tuna (I suggest in the bathroom or somewhere else, it really stinks). Stir the tuna into the Easy Mac. Sprinkle the crackers on top of the tuna/macaroni concoction. Now you have your own Dorm, Tuna Noodle Casserole.
Isi's Yummy Omelets
2 eggs
a few slices of tomato (to taste)
a few slices of green onion
a quarter of a green pepper
a few slices of shredded cheese (any will do)
2 tablespoons of medium salsa (or however spicy you like it)
2 tablespoons of shortening
Cut up all the vegetables in small pieces. Shred the cheese. Beat the eggs until all is well mixed. Add shortening to a pan and pour the egg into the pan. When egg has solidified, add the veggies, then the cheese and top it off with the salsa. Fold the omelet in half and cook until cheese is melted.
Briana's Spinach and Orange Salad
Fresh Spinach
1 can mandarin oranges
Toasted almonds
Sesame oil dressing
Rip spinach leaves into a bowl, pour in the can of drained mandarin oranges, a handful of toasted almonds, and serve with the sesame oil dressing.
Dayna's Spaghetti Pizza
1 box thin spaghetti
2 jars spaghetti sauce ('Ragu' marinara is best)
1 package shredded mozzarella cheese
2 eggs
1 cup of milk
sliced pepperoni (optional)
Cook and drain spaghetti. Beat eggs with milk. Put spaghetti back in the pot it was cooked in. Pour in egg and milk mixture and mix well. Spread the spaghetti in a Pyrex dish (round or rectangular will do). Pour sauce over the spaghetti and sprinkle the shredded cheese and pepperoni on top. Bake in oven until brown and bubbly.
Amy's Basic Vegetarian Couscous
1 Cup regular or Whole wheat Couscous
Dried Veggies (such as 'Just Veggies')
Small handful of TVP granules
1 heaping spoonful of vegetable soup mix our crushed bullion cube
Measure 1 cup of regular or whole wheat couscous into a large mug or bowl. Add the veggies, the TVP granules, and the soup mix. Stir and add about 1 cup of boiling water. Cover and let sit for about 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork. This comes out much like those instant cups of couscous you can buy at the supermarket, but is cheaper and takes up less space.
Variation: For a hot cereal, mix the couscous with a handful of raisins or other dried fruit.
Monica's Tuna Taco
1 can of tuna
1 boiled potato
1 piece of Cacique (Mexican) fresh cheese (to taste)
Garlic salt (to taste)
1 cup oil (doesn't matter which kind)
1 chopped tomato (optional)
Shredded lettuce (optional)
10 tortillas (approx.)
Smash the boiled potato (without the peel) and add the tuna, cheese, and garlic salt, mix well. Warm up the tortillas and fill each one with a tablespoon of the mixture and fold them in half. In a frying pan pour in the oil and let it warm up. When ready, fry the tacos until each side is golden and crispy. To make them tastier stuff them with chopped tomato and shredded lettuce. Voila!
Monica's Fettuccine Alfredo with Broccoli and Chicken (this makes a HUGE amount of food & will feed anyone for at least a week!)
1 pound Fettuccine noodles (angel hair pasta also works really well)
1 jar Five Brothers Creamy Alfredo Sauce (NO OTHER SAUCE WILL DO!!!)
1 package frozen broccoli florets (the cheap kind works fine)
1 can all white meat chicken breast
Boil water and cook the pasta to desired texture (while you're waiting, you can put the broccoli in a microwave-able dish and nuke it for about two minutes, and open and drain the can of chicken). Drain and rinse pasta with hot water from the tap, and pour back into the pot you cooked it in. Add the Alfredo sauce and toss the noodles till they're well-covered. Toss in broccoli and chicken, mix everything well. Voila!
Dizz's Garlic Cheese Bread
As many slices of bread as desired
Garlic salt (NOT powder!!!)
Mozzarella cheese (or any other's you prefer...)
Butter or margarine
Take bread, spread about teaspoon-tablespoon of butter on bread (cover all of it for best result). Then sprinkle garlic salt (as much as you prefer...to me the more the better). Then take tiny crumpled pieces of cheese and toss it on top (not too much). Then, slide into the toaster oven and press toast.
Erin's Banana Surprise
1 package instant banana pudding
2 fresh bananas sliced
vanilla wafers or graham crackers
Make pudding according to directions on the package. Layer bowl with crackers and then a layer of bananas. Top with 1/2 of pudding. Repeat. Refrigerate until chilled and enjoy!
Cynthia's Easy Baked Apples
1 Granny Smith apple
1 1/2 T. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 T. butter
Core apple. Peel if you wish (I prefer it w/ the skin because it gives you more vitamins.) Scoop out seeds and core. Pore butter, cinnamon, brown sugar, and raisins. Heat for 1-2 minutes in microwave, and Voila!
Serena's Fat-free Frittata
3 egg whites
chopped onions
chopped green pepper
chopped tomatoes
chopped mushrooms
salt and pepper to taste
Be creative! Separate egg whites from the yolk. In one bowl place egg whites and chopped vegetables. Mix them up and pour into a preheated skillet. ( spray it with some Pam cooking spray first!) Let it cook on one side then flip the entire thing over and cook the other side until it's done, (meaning no runny egg!)
Erin's Puppy Chow (This is messy and unhealthy but it becomes an addiction!)
9 cups of Rice Chex (almost whole box)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup chocolate chips
1 stick of margarine or butter
2 cups powdered sugar
Melt butter, chips and peanut butter together and mix. Pour mixture over Chex and stir until cereal is well coated. Place powdered sugar in a paper bag and pour in coated cereal. SHAKE vigorously! Cereal should be snow white. Pour yourself a glass of milk and INDULGE!
Saskia's Spicy Black Beans & Rice
Oil
Butter
2 cloves of garlic, crushed or chopped (if you only have garlic powder, put in one half to one teaspoon at the same time as the cumin and chili powder)
1 onion, chopped or diced
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder (add more if you like it spicier)
1 tomato, diced, or one can of diced/crushed tomatoes (unseasoned: this is cheaper and tastes better)
1 can of black beans (cheapest brand is fine)
salt and pepper
Rice (brown is best, but any kind will do)
To make the black beans:
In a saucepan over MEDIUM (NOT high) heat, place a couple of spoon-fulls of oil and a piece of butter. Add the garlic and onion at the same time and stir. Keep stirring every minute or so until the onions are soft. Try not to burn them. Add cumin and chili pepper. Stir for 15 seconds. Add tomatoes and stir one more minute. Add one can of black beans. Stir. Turn down the heat and let the beans heat up, stirring every once in a while so that they don't burn. It will take about 10 minutes. Taste, then add salt and pepper to your liking. Serve with rice (follow instructions on the box.)
Jerid's Turkey Burrito
1 flour tortilla
Some shaved turkey meat from the deli
Handful of shredded Colby Jack cheese
Put the turkey and the cheese on the tortilla and put it in the microwave for one minute; take it out and enjoy!!!
Yan's: Spicy Noodle & Veggie Stir-fry
A variety of fresh chopped veggies like: yellow squash, sweet pea pods, broccoli, carrots (chopped small), bok-choy or/and sprouts, spinach...
2 T oil
1-2 inches ginger root, peeled and grated
2 cloves crushed garlic
Cooked rice or noodles
1 cup water or bouillon
corn starch (optional)
Then pour about 2 Tbsp. oil, into a large wok or frying pan. Next, add ginger and garlic cloves, then add veggies. Then add about a cup of water; when this is heated add a chicken bouillon cube. (To make the broth thicker stir in a tsp. of cornstarch first into a small glass of water) then add to stir-fry. Stir fry quickly, don't overcook! Pile over some rice or noodles.
Serve with the following condiments: plain yogurt, peanut sauce (i.e. Thai: can buy this in a bottle), chutney, like mango and if you like it hotter, some hot pepper flakes or sauce. You know, we need to eat those veggies, just like the Doctor ordered! Enjoy
Trellis' Pasta With Smoked Salmon Cream Sauce (Ed. note: This may not be cheap and easy, but it looks great!)
1 small Zucchini (sliced thin)
1 small Banana Squash (sliced thin)
1 small leek (julienne sliced)
4 small mushrooms (sliced thin)
1 small pkg. smoked salmon chopped roughly
1/4 cup white wine dry or sweet
1 cup whipping cream (the liquid kind in carton!)
1/2 tsp basil + thyme (dry)
salt + pepper to taste
1tbsp olive oil (for saute')
Saute' the vegetables in saute' pan (or small frying pan) until just limp. Add wine and reduce (cook) until wine is gone. Add herbs. Add your whipping cream, bring to boil. The cream will thicken slightly. Reduce heat. Add your 1 or 2 servings of pasta to the veggie mix. Stir pasta in. Add the smoked salmon last - just to heat through. Put on plate. Top with fresh grated parmesan or Romano cheese.
Dave's Tasty Tuna Surprise
1 can tuna
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup olives
2 tbsp rice vinegar
Parsley to taste
Chives to taste
a single potato bug (* this is the surprise)
Sounds very odd, but is very tasty...the potato bug adds a texture all it's own and is imperative for this dish to have the desired affect. Mix all ingredients and enjoy.
Jill's Only-1-pot-to-clean Beans -n-Weenies
1 large can baked beans
1 or 2 hotdogs depending on how hungry you are
1-2 Tablespoons BBQ sauce
Boil hotdog(s). Remove them from pot and place on plate. Slice. Empty water from pot and place beans in it. Put hot dog pieces back into pot. Add BBQ sauce, and stir thoroughly. Heat through.
Gina's Fruit Shake With your Favorite Ice Cream
bananas
strawberries
ice cream
syrup
First you cut up the fruit and put it in a blender. Put a scoop of your favorite ice cream . And a drip of syrup, then you blend and drink!
Mandy's Shrimp-ball
2 boxes of plain cream cheese
1 can of tiny shrimp
1 jar shrimp cocktail sauce
Drain the juice from the can of shrimp and put the shrimp into bowl or plate. Smash shrimp with fork until it gets really tiny. Put the smashed shrimp and the cream cheese in a bowl. Mix them together with your hands and form it into a ball. Cover and chill. Pour sauce over the shrimp-ball and serve with crackers. Enjoy!
Cara's Fat-Free Potatoes
1 baked potato
1 slice of fat-Free Kraft American Cheese singles
Fat free sour cream
Imitation bacon bits
Poke holes in baked potato. Bake in microwave for 6 minutes. Cut potato open. Put on cheese and melt in microwave for 35 seconds. Remove, put on sour cream & bacon bits.
Terri's Tri-color Pasta Salad
1 pound tri-color Fusilli
1/4 pound hard salami, sliced into strips
1/4 pound Mozzarella cheese, cubed
1 can sliced black olives, drained
1 can artichoke hearts, drained and quartered
1 bottle favorite Italian dressing (Paul Newman's Basalmic vinagerette is great!)
Prepare pasta to liking. Drain and place in large bowl. Add other ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate at least an hour before eating. Will last about a week, the longer it sits...the yummier it is!
Ellen's Fat-Free-n-Easy Shake
Your favorite fat-free ice cream or yogurt
Your favorite Syrup
Skim milk
For each serving put 1 cup of milk and 1 large scoop of ice cream (yogurt) into blender. Add syrup to taste. Blend. Drink. Savor.
Rael's Meal-in-a-Pot
2 onions
3-4 garlic cloves to taste
1 can of spaghetti sauce
Turkey sausage, ground beef, tofu, etc. (optional)
1/2 cup of rice (approx.)
2 Tbs. oil or butter
Saute onions in oil until transparent. Add garlic and meat if desired. When meat is almost cooked add the entire jar of spaghetti sauce and the rice. Turn heat down and simmer until the rice is tender.
S. Bell's Strawberry Pizza
1 tube sugar cookie dough
1 1/2 baskets of strawberries
1 package of cream cheese
1 c. sugar
1 jar of Marie Calanders strawberry glaze
Pre heat oven to 350. Grease cookie sheet. Spread out dough over cookie sheet. About 1 cm. thick. Cook the dough for about 10-12 min. Mix together cream cheese and sugar. (you may want to add sugar to taste) Spread this out over cool cookie. Lay cut strawberries over the cream cheese mix. Spread glaze over the strawberries. Eat
Yo's Grilled Cheese with Tomatoes
2 slices of your favorite bread
2 slices of your favorite cheese
1 tomato
Put one slice of cheese on each piece of bread. Slice tomato and put slices on one slice of bread only. Put bread into toaster oven. When cheese begins to melt, take the slice of bread without tomatoes and put on top of the slice of bread with tomatoes. Bake until golden brown. (Note: A frying pan can be used instead of an oven. In this case, spread margarine or butter on the bread or put oil in the pan so that it doesn't stick to the frying pan).
Matthew's Peanut Butter Apples
1 apple
Peanut butter to taste
Cut apple into four sections from top to bottom. Carve out apple core and seeds. Place peanut butter on the inside of the individual pieces. Put the four apple pieces back together. The peanut butter apple is ready to travel.
Sabrina's Bagel Pizza
1 bagel (cut in half)
Pizza Sauce (as much as you desire)
Pizza cheese (you can buy packs of it shredded)
Toppings of your choice
If you have access to a toaster, toast the bagels before you add sauce. This gives it more of a "crust" texture. Add sauce, cheese, and toppings, and zap in the microwave for 30 seconds, Enjoy!
Dave's Mac-n-Cheese-n-Tuna
1 box Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (must be Kraft according to Dave)
1 can solid white tuna
2 Tbs. margarine
Miracle Whip Salad Dressing (must be Miracle Whip not mayo according to Dave)
(And no, he doesn't work for Kraft.)
Make Mac-n-Cheese according to package directions, except do not add milk! Mix Miracle Whip and tuna. After the Mac-n-Cheese is mixed add 3/4 of tuna mixture. Dig in!