This is a great budget meal especially if you find a shoulder roast or such on sale. Here is what you will need for a family size meal.
- small roast
- 2 onions
- 1-2 bell peppers
- 1/2 C. flour
- 3 Tbs cooking oil
- 1/4 C. corn starch
Heat your oil in a skillet. Coat roast with flour and brown in skillet. Cut your onions and peppers in bite size pieces and put in crock pot along with browned roast. add enough water to fully cover all, I usually just fill to top. Cook on high for several hours until meat is tender. Remove roast and cut off fat and shred meat, set aside. Put the corn starch in a sifter and sift over the remaining liquid, stirring. Continue stirring until well dissolved and starting to thicken. Then add the shredded meat and turn to low until ready to serve. We serve this over either boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes or cooked rice.
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- 2 pounds ground beef, or ground chuck, or venison, or stewing beef, or sausage, or any combination that amounts to 2 pounds
- 3 onions diced
- handfull of peppers of your choice, diced
- 6 pound can of tomato sauce
- 6 pound can of diced tomatoes
- 6 pound can of pinto beans
- your favorite seasonings
In a large skillet brown meant and onions and peppers. Then add all ingredients to a very large crockpot or electric roaster. Season according to your preference, we use lots of chili powder and cajun seasoning. Cook on low about 4-6 hours, or until the aroma makes your stomach growl. Serve with a topping of fresh diced tomatoes, fresh diced onions, shredded cheese and sour cream. Also great to have cornbread muffins on the side.
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- 2 Cups natural sugar
- 3 1/2 C. self rising flour
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 3/4 cup butter
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 t. vanilla
- 12 oz bag chocolate chips
In a large mixing bowl mix dry ingredients and chocolate chips. Then soften peanut butter and butter slightly and mix together. Pour in with dry ingredients and eggs and vanilla and mix well. On cookie sheet form balls and bake at 350 degrees for 10- 15 mins until almost done. If you take them out before they look all the way done they will stay soft. If you like them harder then cook till firm.
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This is one of our family favorites and absolutely yummy. Not exactly frugal or low cal, but a definite celebration meal. We actually make a huge pan of this, but I will narrow it down here for reasonable amount. This would probably serve 4-6.
sauce ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 small onion diced
- 1/2 bell pepper diced
- 1 clove garlic, diced small
- 1 t.. Italian spice or fresh
- large can tomato sauce
filling
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese shredded
- 2 C cottage cheese
crust
- small box of spaghetti, cooked and drained
- 2 T. butter
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 oz parmesan cheese, shredded or grated
topping
- 2 oz parmesan cheese shredded or grated
- sliced peppers, mushrooms, pepperoni or anything you like
Start by making your sauce, brown meat and vegetables in a skillet and when well cooked add tomato sauce and let simmer. While that is simmering, make your crust, cook your pasta and drain and then add the butter and beaten eggs and 2 oz of parmesan cheese. Mix well and spread in a buttered baking dish. Then spoon in half of your filling ingredients, spreading well. Then add half of your sauce, spreading well. Repeat filling, repeat sauce. Then top with 2 oz of parmesan cheese and whatever toppings you might like. Bake at 350 until bubbly.
Great with garlic bread and salad.
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Fried okra is a southern favorite! It is very simple to prepare.
- approximately 2 dozen pieces of okra
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 cup corn meal mix ( if you can’t buy it, make your own with equal parts flour and corn meal)
- vegetable oil about 2 T
- couple shakes of Cajun spice
Cut the ends off the okra and cut the okra into thick slices or chunks about 1 inch thick. Add to beaten egg in mixing bowl. Mix well. Then add Cajun spice and corn meal mix. stir well until evenly coated. Heat a skillet to med hot and add oil, then add okra, let cook for a minute or two then turn with spatula. Turn occasionally until evenly browned. It cooks pretty fast. Serve and enjoy!
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These are so tasty we have even served them at showers and luncheons.
- 4 chicken leg quarters, baked or boiled then deboned and meat diced
- 1 bunch green onions, diced, use all but the very ends
- 1/2 bunch celery diced, including the leaves
- 1/2 sweet red pepper, diced small
- 2 cups mayo
- 1 t. Cajun seasoning, or more to taste
- homemade bread or rolls
- sliced tomatoes
- lettuce
Mix all of the top ingredients together and serve on roll with lettuce and tomato. Enough to serve a crowd.
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My Georgia makes incredible meatloaf. It is one of those things of mine that she has taken and greatly improved upon. We like it best with thickly sliced homemade bread. preheat your oven to 350
you will need
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 diced bell pepper
- 1 diced onion
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 Cups uncooked oatmeal, we use thick sliced non- instant
- 1 T Cajun seasoning
- 1 large 1 lb can tomatoes sauce
Add everything except the tomato sauce to a large mixing bowl and get your hands in it and mix well. Then put it all in a baking dish and pat down smooth like a loaf. pour the tomato sauce on top and bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes. It will be done when bubbly and you can insert a knife into center and it comes out clean like when you test a cake, leaving a slice in the top. We like to serve ours as sandwiches, but it is also great alongside cooked pasta.
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This is one of those throw it in the pan recipes so there are no amounts. It is more a recipe idea. Don’t be afraid to get creative.
- diced yellow squash or zucchini
- diced red peppers
- sliced mushrooms
- diced fresh garlic
- chopped green onions
- about 2 T. olive oil
- cooked rice
- optional ~ pita pockets
- salt and pepper to taste or a little Cajun seasoning
Sauté all of the vegetables in the olive oil in a med hot skillet until the veggies are soft but not mushy. Serve over a bed of rice, or with rice in pita pocket. Really easy and very yummy.
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