Cheap and easy recipes?!
Answers: I am looking for cheap and well easy recipes. I am looking for ideas so I can cook for cheap and have it taste good. I know fast cheap and easy recipes normally are not that high on taste but hopefully someone has some good recipes.
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Falafel is cheap & easy.
Falafel is very popular in the Middle East as a fast food. Vendors sell it on the street corners in Cairo. As a main dish, it is served as a sandwich, stuffed in pita bread with lettuce, tomatoes, and tahini. As an appetizer, it is served on a salad, or with hummus and tahini. Falafel is a favorite among vegetarians.
In Egypt, McDonald's has their version of a falafel sandwich. Can you guess the name? McFalafel, of course.
No time to make your own falafel? Check out our favorite falafel mixes.
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 cup dried chickpeas or 16 oz. can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans.
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
* 3 tablespoons of fresh parsley, chopped
* 1 teaspoon coriander
* 1 teaspoon cumin
* 2 tablespoons flour
* Salt
* Pepper
* Oil for frying
PREPARATION:
Place dried chickpeas in a bowl, covering with cold water. Allow to soak overnight. Omit this step if using canned beans.
Drain chickpeas, and place in pan with fresh water, and bring to a boil.
Allow to boil for 5 minutes, then let simmer on low for about an hour.
Drain and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
Combine chickpeas, garlic, onion, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper (to taste) in medium bowl. Add flour.
Mash chickpeas, ensuring to mix ingredients together. You can also combine ingredients in a food processor. You want the result to be a thick paste.
Form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a ping pong ball. Slightly flatten.
Fry in 2 inches of oil at 350 degrees until golden brown (5-7 minutes).
Serve hot.
Serving Suggestion
Falafel can be served as an appetizer with hummus and tahini, or as a main course. Stuff pita bread with falafel, lettuce, tomatoes, tahini, salt and pepper. As an alternative, falafel can be formed into patties and served like a burger.
Ok this is something cheap easy and you can use different noodles....
1 jar of Classico Spaghetti sauce your choice
1 package of Penne
1 Pre shredded package of Moz. Cheeze
Mix the sauce and penne together with one jar of water in a 13x9 pan. Bake in oven for 45 minutes at 400. Add cheese on top and serve with garlic bread.
Quick easy and still tastes great. Nonna taught me that because of all the sudden dinners she had to make for my nonno. She said that the Classico is best for taste.
Hutspot is cheap and easy to make.
For cheap and easy, you can't beat potato soup. Peel and dice some potatoes into large chunks. Chop some onions and celery. Put it all in a pot, with some chicken broth (you can use boullion, for extra cheap. Just follow the directions on the package) and simmer until the veggies are tender. Add Salt and Pepper to taste and some milk to make it creamy (the milk is the last thing you add and make sure the soup is off the heat!). Serve with crackers, or even better, cornbread.
I also like to buy pre-made tortellini and pesto. Add a small package of walnuts and some cooked frozed asparagus and you have a great meal that is inexpensive, nutritious and tasty!
I know this is long, but read thouroughly.
Chicken Meal:
Smallest pack of chicken (Like 4 is probably th lowest)
4 tbs garlic powder
1 tsp pepper
Sprinkle the garlic powder on both sides of the chicken. As well with the pepper. Cover with foil in a baking dish and bake on 400 for 15-30 minutes.
Sides for chicken:
Peas in a can seasoning with some butter. Rice with chicken juices poured over it.
Chicken Meal 2:
4 Chicken Breast
3/4 Teriyaki Sauce
Marinate the chicken for 30 minutes in the teriyaki sauce. Bake the same. Keep the sides. Juices from chicken are even better.
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Beef Dinner:
1 Medium Size Steak
3 tbs steak seasoning
Rub the seasoning on the steak. Sear on the sides in a skillet with a little oil. Bake in the oven until the medium-well. Or how you like it.
Sides:
Cut the ends off of 1/2 lb string beans. In a skillet heat a tablespoon of olive oil. Add the string beans and add 1 tbs of garlic powder. Cover with a lid. In the microwave, nuke 2 large potatoes until tender(much faster than boiling). Peel them and put in a bowl. Add 1/4 cup milk. Add 1/2 cup cheese and 2 tbs bacon bits.
Beef Dinner 2:
1/2 lb Ground Beef
2 tbs Mrs. Dash chipotle seasoning
1/4 cup frozen diced onions
1/8 cup diced pepper
1 egg
In a bowl, combine all ingrediens. Spray a muffin pan of 4. Shape ground beef in 4 balls. Drop the ground beeef in the muffin pan. Bake on 400 for an hour. Keep the sides.
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Pork Dinner:
2 pork chops
4 tbs pork seasoning
Rub the seasoning on both sides of the pork. In a skillet, heat 2 tbs olive oil. Add the pork chops. Cook on both sides until white in the middle and both sides are golden brown.
Sides:
Rice and carrots. Serve pork chops over rice
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Deserts:
Ice cream sundaes
Mini pies or cakes from stores
Your welcome.
well here my suggestion
SALMON WITH MUSTARD
U NEED
1 SPOON VINEGAR,1 TABLESPOON SUGAR,1 SPOON MUSTARD,4 SPOONS OF OLIVE OIL,SALT AND PEPPER,4 PICES OF SALMON
U PUT TOGETHER ALL THE INGREDIENTS AND THEN LEAVE SALMON IN THERE FOR 5 MIN THEN U COOK IT IN THE OVEN FOR ABOUT 10 MIN
mushsoup fresh mushrms garlic bl peper an pita bread cook mushroms drain add soup then bk peper garlic cloves or puree simmer for 10mins toast pita an serve.
if you ave lean green grill machine do toasties cheese an ham ham cheese an tom
tuna pasta bake ck sum pasta drain add tuna an tin toms herbs mix putin oven sprinkle crisps or tortilla chips crumblerd on top add cheese ck for few mins