Today’s Frugal Recipe – Hamburger Casserole

Hamburger Casserole
1Lb. Hamburger (1.49)
1onion(.35)
1can corn(.35)
1-8oz. cream cheese(.99)1 can cream mushroom soup
10 oz. egg noodle(.99)
Cook hamburger with onion. Drain hamburger. Mix cream of mushroom and cream cheese. Cook noodles. Put hamburger back in pan add drained corn and cream cheese mixture. Heat hamburger sauce enough so it will be easy to mix with noodles. Pour noodles [...]

Today’s Frugal Recipe – Freezer Stash Meatballs

Freezer Stash Meatballs

Makes 48 meatballs; 8 servings
3 pounds lean ground beef
1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
3 eggs
6 tablespoons minced onion
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Preheat oven to 400 .
In a large bowl, mix beef, crumbs, eggs, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Shape into 11/2-inch meatballs. (A miniature ice cream scoop makes fast [...]

Today’s Frugal Recipe – Lazy Lasagna

Lazy Lasagna 
 
3/4 lb hamburger
28 oz can spaghetti sauce
1 C water
15 oz Ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/2 t oregano (optional)
16 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 T parmesan cheese
8 lasagna noodles, UNCOOKED
Brown hamburger. Rinse under hot water (to remove grease) and drain. Add spaghetti sauce. Simmer 5 minutes.
In separate bowl, combine ricotta cheese, egg & oregano.
In 9×13 pan layer ingredients [...]

Today’s Frugal Recipe – Easy Baked Ravioli

Easy Baked Ravioli
2 tsp Zesty Italian dressing
1 red pepper chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 can spaghetti sauce
1 pkg. Ravioli cooked, drained
½ cup shredded mozzarella
Preheat oven to 350 F. Heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat, add peppers and onions. Cook and stir 2 minutes or until veggies are crisp-tender. Stir in pasta sauce.
Spread ½ cup [...]

Today’s Frugal Recipe – Meatball Stroganoff

MEATBALL STROGANOFF
(5 servings)
1 (10 3/4-oz) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
1 cup mushrooms, sliced and cooked in butter until soft
1 family meal-sized portion of freezer meatballs
In medium saucepan, mix together mushroom soup and sour cream. Gently stir in mushrooms and meatballs. Simmer until meatballs are heated through. Serve over [...]

I Have Seeds Started!

I’m so excited, I finally have my seeds started for my garden this summer. Well, some of them anyway.
Right now, I have:
green peppers
beefsteak tomatoes
sweet 100’s tomatoes
cucumbers
yellow peppers
chives
pumpkins
I’m going to share some pics as they grow. Hope you enjoy!

Amazing!

My son came home from school and called me to the front door to show me something “really cool!”
In our birdfeeder was a little red rumped nuthatch. He didn’t fly away when my son went near him. So, I went a little closer, thinking something was wrong with him. I got right up to the [...]

Today’s Frugal Recipe – Porcupine Meatballs

Porcupine Meatballs
1 package ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 egg
1/2 cup rice, uncooked
1 large can spaghetti sauce
salt and pepper to taste
Combine above ingredients, except for spaghetti sauce in a mixing bowl. Form into small meatballs and arrange in a 9×13 baking pan. Cover with sauce and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until meatballs are cooked [...]

What A Week!

Last Monday, my son woke up with a high fever, an extremely sore throat and a cough. I took him in to see the doctor and the diagnosis was strep.  It was nights of no sleep and days of cool cloths on the forehead and buckets to catch what came out.
Wednesday, hubby got the same [...]

Today’s Frugal Recipe – Crockpot Chicken and Stuffing

Crockpot Chicken and Stuffing
 

 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts. About 4 small pieces.
 1 box Stove Top Stuffing mix 
 1 jar Heinz Fat Free Chicken gravy
 1 cup chopped celery
 1 cup chicken broth
 
Spray the bottom of the crockpot with Pam and lay the chicken at the bottom of the crockpot. Pour the broth over the chicken. In a [...]