Dinner Recipes- Porcupine Balls
I found this recipe in a a book about the great depression. It’s very down-home and inexpensive. A great, cheap option for red meat lovers. It gets its name from its appearance- when it cooks the rice puffs up and sticks out like little quills. I would serve this with a quick veggie and some bread. I have some great upcoming recipes for sides and breads that are super easy.
This recipe uses oatmeal to stretch the beef and provide texture. Serve over rice or baked potatoes, nuke a frozen veggie and dinner is on. This is a really comforting meal, kinda like meatloaf, but tastier. Read more
These make a little bitty bit of chicken go a long way. And beans are just so darn healthy AND cheap. Talk about the perfect food. This is a great base chicken taco recipe. Feel free to play around with this one. You can’t hurt it. Read more
Potato Corn Chowder is nutritious and cheap. I would recommend making extra, because like many soups it really reheats well and is even better the next day. This is easily adapted- add cheese, bacon crumbles, more veggies, whatever you have on hand. I call it Potato and/or Corn Chowder, because if you don’t have corn, just call it potato soup and have it anyway!
Potato and or Corn Chowder
There are many tips, lists, and sites out there with a lot of good ideas on how to save money on your grocery bill. And you would do well to seek some of these out and see what is applicable to your life and situation. This site will cover some of that in certain posts, but mostly is here to actually give you the nitty gritty.