dramama
September 24th, 2007, 10:45 PM
Thanks for all the ideas guys!!! I'll definately be trying some of them out. My mom used to make chicken and rice with cream of mushroom soup when I was a kid and it was really yummy. I should bring that one back.
I checked out the Hillbilly Houswife website. It had some good ideas, but I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of not having some kind of meat for dinner. We always had meat every night when I was growing up, even if it was jsut hot dogs. :lol2 She suggested just having beans, rice, and veggies for dinner some nights. I just can't imagine not having some chicken or beef too. What do you guys think? Is it normal to not have meat with dinner some nights?
Plan your weeks worth of meals around what meat is on sale that week..... Tasteofhome.com has lots of budget recipies and it's food that real people eat....Also, when you find chef-boy-r-dee beefaroni on sale, buy two cans and fry up some hamburger (a pound or a little more) with a little bit of onion and add it to the beefaroni...season will season-all and some garlic salt and garlic powder (to your liking), throw in some frozen corn (optional) and cook 'till it's all hot. You can serve on a bun or flat bread if you like (like a sloppy joe). I shred some cheddar cheese and top the beefaroni with it. It sounds icky but it's really pretty good! You can also make less by using one can and less than a pound of hamburger.... here's another one that sounds weird but is pretty good...add a can of drained tuna to your boxed macaroni and cheese (I use kraft so I don't know what it would be like with another brand).....mmmm.
I checked out the Hillbilly Houswife website. It had some good ideas, but I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of not having some kind of meat for dinner. We always had meat every night when I was growing up, even if it was jsut hot dogs. :lol2 She suggested just having beans, rice, and veggies for dinner some nights. I just can't imagine not having some chicken or beef too. What do you guys think? Is it normal to not have meat with dinner some nights?
Plan your weeks worth of meals around what meat is on sale that week..... Tasteofhome.com has lots of budget recipies and it's food that real people eat....Also, when you find chef-boy-r-dee beefaroni on sale, buy two cans and fry up some hamburger (a pound or a little more) with a little bit of onion and add it to the beefaroni...season will season-all and some garlic salt and garlic powder (to your liking), throw in some frozen corn (optional) and cook 'till it's all hot. You can serve on a bun or flat bread if you like (like a sloppy joe). I shred some cheddar cheese and top the beefaroni with it. It sounds icky but it's really pretty good! You can also make less by using one can and less than a pound of hamburger.... here's another one that sounds weird but is pretty good...add a can of drained tuna to your boxed macaroni and cheese (I use kraft so I don't know what it would be like with another brand).....mmmm.