Tastey Budget Meal?

We all know that when you're on a budget and you have a family to feed it's hard to stretch a dollar. I'll give you recipes that taste good and won't break the bank. No more hamburger helper or frozen family meals. It's time to shock your taste-buds and make your wallet and your family happy to.


Friday, June 17, 2011

Fettuccine Chicken Alfredo with Broccoli


Hi I was searching online for the best recipe for Alfredo sauce. I looked everywhere but could never find one that was good enough so I just took a little ideas from this one and that one and just created my own. Ok here is my delicious recipe hope you try it and enjoy.





2-3 Boneless Chicken Breast
4 Garlic Cloves (chopped)
1 Medium Onion (chopped)
5oz of Great Value Finely Shredded Parmesan Blend Cheese
2 cups of Milk
1 sick of Butter
4 tbs of Flour
1/2 of cup White Wine
1 bag of Great Value: Steamable Broccoli Cuts, 12 Oz
12oz box of Fettuccine

Ok first you want to preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Line a pan with tin foil and spray with cooking pray and season both sides of you chicken with salt and pepper. Place your chicken smooth side down and back for 15 mins and then flip your chicken and bake for 10 more mins. Mean while start boiling your pasta noodles, and chop your onion and garlic. Place your garlic in an frying pan on medium high heat and add 1/2 of your 1/2 of cup of wine. Let garlic sock up all the liquid and turn a light brown. Remove and place in small bowl. Now place onion in same pan with 2 tbs of butter. Cook until tender then add the rest of your butter and melt it. Add the flour and blend together till the flour mixture turns brown and to a past. Then add the rest of your wine and milk again blend together until thick and bubbly and add your cheese and garlic. Reduce to low, then steam your broccoli and add to sauce. Chop your chicken into bite size cubes and add to sauce. When your noodles are done make your plate and enjoy. Dont forget garlic toast of sicks.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

One Mean Ground Turkey Meatloaf

Hi, I have never liked meatloaf. Growing up my dad and sister were the meatloaf lovers and I hated it tasted tooo much like raw onion. But as I've grown up I've learned a few tricks to make it not so onion-y. Here's my recipe hope you enjoy.


1 pound ground turkey meat
1 Medium Onion Chopped
1 cups of Panco bread crumbs
2 Tbs of Worcestershire
1 Tbs of ground ginger
1 Tbs of lemon juice
A dash of garlic powder, onion salt, and celery salt
2 Eggs
1/2 a cup of ketchup

First off you want to saute your onions in a little cooking spray until tinder and some get a little brown caramelized look to them. Put those aside to cool and start mixing the meat and other ingredients in a large bowl. St with the meat and seasonings mixing well, add your liquids and then the onions (If Cool) you don't want to add hot onions it would start cooking the meat. Then you'll add your eggs mix those very well before you add the panco. If the mixture still looks sticky and wet add more panco.

Ok
I put my mixture in a glass pie dish but you ca put it in a bread loaf pan and if you line it with foil it can me removed easier. SO spray pan of your choice with cooking spray and spread your mixture evenly. Top with your ketchup and spread that evenly on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 mins. You'll smell it when its done.

Thanks and enjoy.!

Friday, May 27, 2011

Easy Chessy Broccoli and Tuna Pasta

Hi, I made this little fast dish on a whim one night because i didn't want to slave in the kitchen for an hour. It only takes 10 minutes to prepare. And it's really good.

2-Packages of Lipton Cheddar Broccoli Pasta Sides
1-Can of Tuna in water
1/2-Bag of frozen cut Broccoli
3-Slices of American Sandwich Cheese
1-cup of Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Put the Lipton Pasta Sides in a large pot and just double the water and milk on the package. Add your can of tuna don't drain the water, but flake the tuna first. And add your broccoli and all the cheese to the pot, Stir all contents until the cheese is melted and bring to a boil as directed on the pasta package. Make sure you stir frequently so nothing sticks to your pot. When the 10 minutes of boiling is up sit the pot on a dish towel on your counter for about 5 minutes and let it thicken. I serve this with honey wheat rolls by King's Hawaiian.

Cost of this meal:
Lipton Pasta Sides are $1 at Walmart
I use Walmart brand tuna its .62 cents
I got my broccoli at Walmart for $1.50
I use Walmart brand sandwich cheese it $2.12 for 24 slices I used 3 so that's $0.09 cents a slice
And I buy Walmart brand Shredded Cheddar Cheese for $1.96

And the total is: $4.02 ...and this will feed 4 people very well.

That's $1.00 per person way more healthy then that hamburger from McDonald's.

A good way the hide veggies from kids it to cover it in cheese. Hope you enjoyed this recipe.


Due to the Traffic Coming this Way...

I'm going to be posting more recipes soon! I didn't realize how many people actually were looking for some awesome budget meals, but I will surely keep going. Thank you for all the recent traffic and I look forward to showing you MORE of my recipes. Do you have a great recipe? Share it with me! I am always looking for something great, if you have a recipe you want to share please email i to reaganashleymccraw@gmail.com and you could be featured on the blog!