GLP Recession Proof Meals - Cooking goes a long way in lieu of buying crap

Chicken and Rice Casserole

2 cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups uncooked white rice
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken

Stir the soup, water, rice, paprika and black pepper in a large baking dish. Top with chicken. Season with paprika and pepper. Cover the dish and bake at 375°F. for 45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the rice is tender. Stir before serving. Feeds 6-8 people.

Loose meat sandwiches

1 lb ground chuck or ground sirloin
1 Tbsp oil
2 tsp salt(or to taste)
1 med onion diced
1 Tbsp yellow mustard
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp sugar
water

sliced pickles for sandwich

brown the beef(work with wooden spoon and spatula) and add onion til tender.

Drain fat and add mustard, vinegar, sugar and add water to meat level and simmer til water is evaporated(about 15 mins).

Spoon onto buns of choice add a little mustard and pickle and enjoy the simplicity!

I've gotta try these recipes! Thanks!

Homemade baked Mac and Cheese

1 lb noodles
4 cups shredded cheese
2 Tbsp flour
2 cups milk

Cook noodles and drain. Open bag of cheese and add flour. Seal and shake bag until mixed. Add cheese and flour mix to noodles, stir well. Pour into greased pan and drizzle milk over noodle and cheese mixture. Dot with butter if you like. Cover and bake for 40 min. at 375 degrees. Absolutely delicious comfort food that feeds several people.

Okay.

i call this camp skillet...

1Lb ground beef
1 large onion (chopped)
1 bell pepper (chopped)
1 can rotel
1 or 2 potatoes (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
1 can ranch style beans
olive oil (a good coating for pan frying the potatoes)

in a large skillet, add olive oil then add chopped potatoes and fry up til brown.

next, remove potatoes and set aside.

next, put ground beef, onion, bell pepper in skillet and start cooking on medium heat til the water comes out of the veggies and evaporates somewhat.

next, add set aside potatoes, garlic, ranch style beans, and the can of rotel.

simmer til good and hot.

feel free to season any way you want, but the recipe is delicious as is and makes a lot.

put it in a bowl and top with mustard and tabasco like i do for an amazing taste and temp...yum

Fast, easy and delicious meatloaf recipe:

1-1/2 ground sirloin or any other lean meat
1/4 cup ketchup
1/2 cup tomato juice
3/4 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup onions finely chopped
2 eggs beaten
1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper
(If you wish, you may also add finely chopped green pepper. It adds great flavor)

Mix all ingredients together with hands and put in baking dish. Bake at 400 F for about 1 hour.

Very good with mashed potatoes and lettuce salad. Left overs can be used next day for sandwiches.

Bon appetit!




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For Phenn!

An add on to that is fresh ground black pepper!

French Toast:

3 eggs, 1/4 C OJ, 1 C milk, whisk together with a dash of nutmeg and powdered sugar. Soak 3 slices of bread and cook on griddle with butter, flipping once till light brown. Serve with powdered sugar.

Great thread but its a god damn shame that Americans have to get together and come up with ideas to feed themselves using stake bread and beans while the so called elite are stealing every penny they can from us and using it to buy steak for their families.

Great Thread!

ty, i will try this and also add a tin of black or red beans soup on the side ... damn, i am hungry right now:)!

ooh, and will add a bit of cilantro too!

mmm. Sammiches!

These threads always get me scurrying around in the kitchen. I should slow down. All I did was use the oven for baked potatoes and I have 3 new burns on my fingers and arm. Yay! The war zone!

Lol I had to come back to this thread AFTER eating dinner because it was making me hungry! Great stuff, everyone!

Have a fishtank? start an aquaponics bed to grow your own lettuce under your window

This thread should have a perma pin. Nice thread Phen!

Grain salad...not just a side dish...

Cook a few grains and cool them
I use quinoa, kamut and short grained brown rice myself
mix in wilted kale (ie. chop it and add a pinch of sugar and enough olive oil to coat it)
any veggies you have on hand.
add soya sauce and sesame oil if you have any.
I add meat sometimes, cubed/cooked, any-critter.
It's the only meal I like with tofu (xtra firm, cooked with chilis and paprika until crispy)if there is no meat.
Add a handful of sprouts to the bowl and then fry 2 eggs over easy.
Add the soft eggs to the top of the serving bowl along with your favourite hot sauce and 'mingle' the yolk/egg whites and sauce with the 'salad' below. It's delicious.
And dirt cheap depending on your additives. And it is even better for breakfast (with xtra hot sauce added IMO).

Ummm...it's fun being frugal. I've a decent net worth and still enjoy delicious home made meals on the cheap made from scratch. Steaks are fine now and then, but really...whoop-dee-do, slap the meat on the grill for 15 seconds per side and done (for me, I like blue rare). Not much panache in that then is there?

I also have a decent net worth, and got that and maintain it with frugal living. That is the key to real wealth, living below ones means.

Exactly...but shhh...that seems to be a 'secret!'...??

Me thinks you have an onion fetish.

Lots of great ideas for recipes in this thread, and, finally, a place without the gluten free people complaining about ingredients for once! Sometimes I wonder about people that have to eat gluten free, if maybe they destroyed their digestive systems from eating disorders and the doctors don't want to address it.?

I'm getting into using a slow cooker. It makes things like beans a lot easier to cook, you know dried beans are really cheap, but who wants to spend all day cooking them?

What I really like is indian food. Lentils are cheap, and so are dried garbanzos, and both are very healthy. I love indian food and have been practicing making it, so I have all of the spices and things, already. That is some tasty food.

I recently found out that indian food can be made in a slow cooker. So, there's an ebook I'm going to get that has recipes for all kinds of daal.

Also, keep in mind that in some climates you can grow your own kale almost all year round. It's extremely healthy to eat, but expensive to buy from the store. I hear it is really easy to grow. If I were planning on staying where I am, I would build a cold frame and some raised beds. I'd grow kale, and cabbage, and potatoes, etc.

Potatoes are pretty cheap at the store, even organic. Sweet potatoes are healthier. I like to just chop one up and fry it in a skillet. Fast, cheap, and tasty.

Tonight I made buffalo chicken salad with blue cheese dressing, and it wasn't the cheapest meal, but it was a lot cheaper than eating out. I made the buffalo sauce myself, and it was super easy.

You guys need to get on Pinterest, if you aren't already. They have a lot of good recipes on there.

this is how i make a crockpot of pinto beans.

one pound of pintos soaked over night.

in a crockpot, put beans and about 2 inches of water over
the top beans.

add the following:

1 Tablespoon of onion flakes
1/2 Tablespoon of garlic (minced in a jar type)
2 Tablespoons of chili powder
1/2 Tablespoon of cumin
1/2 Tablespoon of oregano
1/2 Tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1/2 Tablespoon of paprika

crockpot on low for at least 6 or 8 hours.

this is more or less texmex style, so you might
back down the chili and cayenne pepper to taste.

true texans might even double those. ;)

Boy, if that ain't the truth, dirt farmer. We've lived below our means since my husband and I got married 20 years ago and we eat well, live in a huge house and pay less than we did for rent 20 years ago (we own it, along with the bank of course). You can't rent a trashy 1 bedroom here for what we pay or even a studio apt. for that matter. We keep 1 new car because of a long commute for safety and my truck is 22 years old and I'm gonna drive it until it dies. I wonder how long before I can get an antique license plate? LOL

We like to eat our own cooking. He cooks, too.

86 toyota pick up in perfect working condition!
3 cheers for frugality. Try and get THAT to go 'viral' and see where we end up...

i grew up eating this recipe alot. my mother put the ketchup
on top when baking though. she would use saltine crackers
when she had no bread crumbs.

something about mashed potatoes works with this perfectly
too.

this is a simple way to make meatloaf and i like it.

I found a family that farms grass fed beef and delivers it either butchered or not. I get a side of beef and have ample people waiting for the choice bits. Once the choice cuts are sold (at half of grocery store prices) I'm left with a lot of ground and stewing beef. Almost for free. If you have a dozen or so people you know who like great meat and would buy it from you it's a great way to stretch a budget. I've never actually done the math but I think I end up paying about $0.25 a lb for organic, grassfed beef. Mostly the tougher roasts, ribs, liver, ground and stewing meat but hey...it's all good slow cooked.

to add, there is some good utube videos on how to cut
a whole chicken in half. each half lays flat on
a bbq grill nicely. it is easy with poultry scissors, they don't
have to be the expensive kind.