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Cheap recipes??
MrsYoungIII
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My family like a lot of families is very tight finacially. Like really really tight. Like I need to feed 4 ppl for 6 days with sometimes less then $100. We mainly shop Price Rite or Save Alot. It's really embarrassing to post this but I don't know when we'll get out of this rut and until I can lower my depression and get healthy to help me become "stable" we're stuck.
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I also have a limited budget and we eat a lot of chicken dishes, with frozen veggies, since fresh can be expensive unless I can get to our local farmers market adding chopped mushrooms onions and peppers can add a lot of flavor to any dish and I chop them up so small the kids cant tell that they are eating healthy here is a chicken enchilada recipe for you cost about $10-15 to make depending if you use what is on hand or sale items you can also substitute other meats but for us chicken breast is cheap when bought in bulk.
8 flour tortillas
2 cups shredded Mexican cheese
3 small chicken breast cooked and shredded
2 cans enchilada sauce
1 bell pepper chopped
1 cup mushrooms chopped
1 medium onion chopped
1 pkt. taco seasoning
Sautee peppers, onions and mushrooms add chicken and taco seasoning and 2/3 cup water.
in each tortilla add a couple tbsp. enchilada sauce, a couple tbsp. of cheese, about 1/2 cup of chicken veggie mix, fold into burrito and place in baking dish top with remaining enchilada sauce and cheese, bake 20-30 minutes at 3500 -
I don't have a specific recipe, but dried beans are super cheap.
You buy them, soak them, and cook them. It's pretty easy, but takes a little planning. There are even recipes out there to cook benas in a crockpot. Beans are super healthy and full of protein. If you have the money you can add meat, otherwise just add frozen veggies and spices depending on what you'd make. I would suggest googling dried beans to see if any hints or recipes pop up.
Dried bean recipes I enjoy making/eating: lentils, split pea soup, chili, bean stew (you can even add pasta to this too), hummus (I make this and use it as a dip or add to salad/sandwiches).
Hope this helps.0
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