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Let’s swap frugal and thrifty recipes! I am always collecting new frugal recipes and would love some more. Thanks!
Nov
Let’s swap frugal and thrifty recipes! I am always collecting new frugal recipes and would love some more. Thanks!
Random Fruit Muffins
Get a blueberry muffin recipe (they’re nearly all the same). Swap the vegetable oil for cheap melted butter or marg of the same quantity, take the blueberries out and swap for whatever fruit you have (e.g glace cherries, raisins, strawberries)… etc. If you do this, you don’t have to pay for vegetable oil and you can make a whole range of different muffins out of things in your cupboard.
Picadillo Tacos
Make tacos with a 1/2lb beef for 2 people or 1lb for 4 people: Brown/drain beef, add beef and 1/2 cup water back to pan, then add 1tbsp chili powder, 1tbsp garlic powder, 1tbsp cumin, 1tsp salt, diced 1/2 small white onion, diced 1/2 green bell pepper, and 1 diced clove of garlic. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer until onions and bell pepper are soft. Serve on tortillas with fave toppings…sour creme, salsa, shredded cheddar, shredded lettuce, yum.
http://www.recipezaar.com/321678
I love these and they go with everything! The heavy cream is the only splurge item in the recipe and you hardly even need any of that.
Hope you try them!
As frugal as I can get….
Make a pot of rice (2 cups water to 1 cup rice is my amount)
1 round steak cut into strips, or 1 pound hamburger
1 can tomato sauce
1/2 onion
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 cans water
1/2 jalapeno pepper, remove seeds (a whole one if you love hot)
Cook meat with onion and garlic in very little oil, until tender.
(I start it when it’s still partially frozen so it has some moisture)
When meat is almost done, add in tomato sauce, water and the jalapeno that has been diced.
Let all of it simmer until it thickens.
Serve over rice with tortillas
***if you’re making alot and double the meat, be sure to double the tomato sauce and water, etc.****
Bread pudding hon! Always a good way of getting rid of your bread that has gone a bit stale… tastes delicious too – I’ve got one in the oven as we speak lol
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A 2 or 2 & a half pint (1.25/1/5 litre) baking dish – greased!
8oz (225g) of bread (brown or white) with the crusts cut off
10 fl oz (275 ml) of milk
2 oz (50g) butter or margerine (melted)
3oz(75g) of sugar (brown, white or caster)
2 level teaspoons of mixed spice (or cinnamon if you don’t have any)
1 egg (beaten)
6oz (175g) dried mixed fruit and peel
Grated rind of half an orange (or lemon)
Preheat your oven to Gas mark 4 (350F/180C). Break the bread into little pieces and put them in a large mixing bowl. Pour over the milk, give the mixture a good stir, & leave for 30 minutes. Then add the melted butter (or marg), the sugar, mixed spice & beaten egg. Using a fork, beat the mixture well until there are no lumps remaining. Then stir in the mixed fruit & the orange rind. Spread the mixture into your baking tin & bake in the oven for around 1 and a quarter hours until it’s done! This is gorgeous when it is still warm, but is also lovely cold too! ENJOY xxxxxx Hope I helped
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can of tuna, drain, put in casserole dish, top with cream of chick or mush soup, plain crisps and put in oven for half hour or warmed through.
Spaghetti, cheese & tomato. For two ;
1 can Heinz spaghetti
2 big tomatoes, sliced thin ( or a can, if you’re really lazy!)
A GRATED slab of cheese (I prefer a tangy Red Leicester, or something with a zing, but honestly, any old cheddar will do, at a pinch)
Just place layer upon layer alternately, – on top of each other in a casserole and heat in a hot oven till bubbling..
If you want to make it a Banquet instead of a Feast, put a couple of semi-baked bread-rolls in the oven too, and eat them with it.
1 box stove top, jar of chicken gravy, can of chicken drained. Heat gravy and add can of chicken, make stove top serve gravy over stove top with a frozen veggie.