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  • Recipe Good Budget Meals for a Bad Economy: Day 4
    Good Budget Meals for a Bad Economy: Day 4
    BEEFY ALPHABET SOUP Makes 12 servings Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 lb ground beef 5 cups beef broth 3 cups tomato juice 1 16-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables 6 cups water 1 6-oz. box alphabet pasta Instructions Warm oil in pan[...]
  • Recipe Good Budget Meals for a Bad Economy: Day 2
    Good Budget Meals for a Bad Economy: Day 2
    BAKED TOMATOES STUFFED WITH TUNA AND RICE Makes 4 servings Ingredients 1 5-oz. can solid light tuna, packed in oil ½ cup cooked fragrant rice, such as jasmine or basmati 6 medium-size black olives, drained, sliced and coarsely chopped 1[...]
  • Recipe Good Budget Meal: Hamburger Hash
    Good Budget Meal: Hamburger Hash
    I love eating breakfast for dinner--I mean, what can be simpler? Then factor in how eggs really are a great source of protein and you're good to go! I like Eggsland's Best Eggs because they have the extra Omege-3 boost that we all need; I buy[...]
  • Recipe Budget Cooking 101: Meatloaf! (recipe)
    Budget Cooking 101: Meatloaf! (recipe)
    As I have stated before, funds are limited. We barely have enough money for rent. So, money for food is next to non-existent. For the first time in my life, there is absolutely no rice in the house, not even those weird rice they sell at American[...]
  • Recipe Good Budget Side Dish: Smashed Potato Salad
    Good Budget Side Dish: Smashed Potato Salad
    I decided to wind down the week with a side dish you can serve as a meal if you add some canned tuna. But this recipe is totally fine on its own. This dish allows you to serve up a summer favorite, potato salad, without loading it down with[...]
  • Recipe Good Budget Meal: Sugar Snap Peas and Quinoa
    Good Budget Meal: Sugar Snap Peas and Quinoa
    SUGAR SNAP PEA SALAD WITH QUINOA, ORANGE SEGMENTS AND CITRUS VINAIGRETTE Makes 6 servings Sugar snap peas are packed with nutritious calcium, iron and vitamin C. Paired with quinoa, a whole-grain powerhouse, this salad is both healthy and[...]
  • Recipe Good Budget Meal: Ham, Egg and Cheese Pot Pies
    Good Budget Meal: Ham, Egg and Cheese Pot Pies
    HAM, EGG, POTATO AND CHEESE POT PIES Makes 4 servings Ingredients 1 package puff pastry (contains two sheets) 4 4 ½? x 1 ¼? mini pie tins 1 15-oz. can diced white potatoes, rinsed and drained 1 15-oz. can diced carrots and peas, rinsed and[...]
  • Recipe Stuffed Shells
    Stuffed Shells
    I haven't made these in a long time, in fact, I forgot I have made them in the past.  I like this recipe because it is prepared in 3 basic steps and can be done at once or in stages.  Mine are ready for the oven and took all of 40[...]
  • Recipe Zucchini Bread
    Zucchini Bread
    It's summer and what to do with that oversized Zucchini from your garden...or your neighbors?  Make bread, that's what.  Last summer my father in law brought over some beautiful vegetables and the zucchini was huge.  I[...]
  • Recipe Pizza made Simple
    Pizza made Simple
    I don't care for the show, Semi-Homemade at all.  I don't think it's appropriate to cut all manner of corners then take credit for something a 4th grader could make, but that's my honest opinion.  I like to make pizza dough from[...]