use the same recipe as the vegetable burritos, but substitute fajita seasoning and use small tortillas and add a bit of cheese and sour cream on top

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this is another creative recipe – determine your own ingredients and amounts

you will need

• large flour tortillas, 1 per serving
• cooked rice, about 1/2 cup per serving
• diced veggies, squash, zucchini, green beans, mushrooms, onions, peppers, whatever you like or is growing in your garden
• diced fresh tomatoes
• olive oil or butter

combine and sauté or stir fry your diced veggies using the butter or oil, all except the tomatoes, set those aside, brown your tortillas in a skillet

on a tortilla add veggies, cooked rice and tomatoes, season with salt and pepper or maybe even teriyaki sauce and fold one end over slightly then roll like a burrito, or eat like a large taco

yummy, fast, healthy, and cheap! but be forewarned your family may want seconds

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• 7 eggs
• 2 bunches fresh spinach washed and stems removed
• 3 banana peppers chopped
• 1 bell pepper chopped
• 2 cups cooked white rice
• 9 oz shredded cheese, colby/jack mix
• 3 T butter

preheat oven to 350 degrees     

In a blender add all eggs, and peppers and 1 and 1/2 bunches of spinach. Blend well, then place in mixing bowl and add rice and remaining spinach, stir well. Take baking dish and add butter, place in oven until butter melts, then pour in mixture. Bake until firm, approx 20 minutes, remove and spread cheese on top, then bake until bubbly. Enjoy!

6-8 servings

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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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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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This is like a budget version of Spaghetti Pie, I will post that recipe soon. But this is a good one too and lots less expensive. It is very simple and you can just use the amounts for your family size.

• Cooked pasta, cooked and drained
• chunky spaghetti sauce
• grated Italian blend cheese 8 oz or so

Mix your pasta and sauce in a bowl then add to a buttered casserole dish, then place cheese on top and bake until cheese is bubbly. That is all. Super simple but a little better than plain spaghetti.

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