Anyone know any affordable and simple meal recipies/ideas?

Baked Chicken #1 - or pork chops

Marinate your chicken in Italian dressing for about 1 hour then roll in Italian style bread crumbs that have Parmesan and Romano cheeses mixed in - bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending upon how thick/big they are. Serve with roasted potatoes, a veggie or salad.

Baked Chicken #2 - or pork chops

1 box of stuffing mix like Stove Top

4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 can condensed Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Chicken soup - I like Campbell's but any brand will work

1/2 soup can of milk

1/4 cup bread crumbs - I like Italian style

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a small bowl, mix the can of soup and milk; set aside. Make stuffing mix according to package directions and spread into a greased 13x9 in baking pan. Place chicken pieces over the stuffing. Cover with the soup mixture. Sprinkle the shredded cheese and bread crumbs over the top of the chicken and bake for 45 minutes to one hour depending upon how thick you chicken pieces are. Serve with a green salad.

Prepared macaroni and cheese can be substituted for the stuffing.

Baked Chicken #3 - or pork chops

4-6 Boneless chicken breasts or pieces or thick cut pork chops

1 can Cherry pie filling

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place chicken pieces/pork chops in a baking dish and cover with 1/2 the pie filling. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until chicken/chops are tender and juices run clear. Half way through cooking, pour the rest of the pie filling over the chicken. Serve with roasted or mashed potatoes and a green salad or veggie.

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BBQ'd Pork chops - chicken can also be done this way

Melt a little butter in a big heavy frying pan, add some sliced onion and cook until tender. Put you pork chops in the frying pan and brown on both sides. Cover with your favorite BBQ sauce, cover the pan and simmer until the chops are tender. Serve with rice, potato salad or mashed potatoes and a veggie.

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Beer Brats

Boil your Brats in the beer that you have add some sliced onions and garlic to and use a good dark beer like Guinness. I actually like to use both Guinness and either Bass Ale or Harps Ale because I like the taste of Black and Tans. Remove the Brats and onions from the beer, keeping the onions. After removing your Brats from the beer, continue to boil the beer until you reduce it by at least half and then brush it on the sausages while grilling. Take the leftover onions and saute them in a pan or on the grill with a bit of butter and serve over the grilled Brats with spicy mustard and maybe some sauerkraut.

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These recipes are from AllRecipes.com under the Budget Cooking Section, I hope these help!

Actually Delicious Turkey Burgers

INGREDIENTS

3 pounds ground turkey

1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs

1/4 cup finely diced onion

2 egg whites, lightly beaten

1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

1 clove garlic, peeled and minced

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, mix ground turkey, seasoned bread crumbs, onion, egg whites, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper. Form into 12 patties.

Cook the patties in a medium skillet over medium heat, turning once, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C).

BBQ Chicken Pizza II

INGREDIENTS

1 (12 inch) pre-baked pizza crust

1/2 cup barbecue sauce

1/2 cup diced grilled chicken

1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper

1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper

1/4 cup chopped red onion

1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

Place pizza crust on cookie sheet. Spread with barbecue sauce. Scatter chicken over top. Sprinkle evenly with red pepper, green pepper and onion. Cover with cheese.

Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

B.L.A.T. Wraps

INGREDIENTS

8 slices bacon

4 (10 inch) flour tortillas

4 tablespoons Ranch-style salad dressing

1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced

1 tomato, chopped

1 cup shredded lettuce

DIRECTIONS

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes, or until crisp. Drain, crumble, and set aside.

Warm tortillas in microwave oven for 30 to 45 seconds, or until soft. Spread 1 tablespoon Ranch dressing down the center of each tortilla. Layer crumbled bacon, avocado, tomato and lettuce over the dressing. Roll the tortilla around the other ingredients

I too, am looking at ways to save money with my grocery bill, so I hope these recipes help you, there are tons more but these were my favorite! Good luck and happy cooking!

*Fettuccine Alfredo:

The recipe I'm giving you makes 6 servings. Cook: 15 Mins.

Essential Equipment: Dutch oven (about 4-quart size); medium saucepan (about 2-quart size)

*8 ounces uncooked fettuccine

*1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine or butter

*1/2 cup whipping (heavy) cream

*3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

*1/2 teaspoon salt

*Dash of pepper

*Chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

_1. Fill the dutch oven half full of water. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Cover & heat over high heat until the water is boiling rapidly. Add the fettuccine. Heat to boiling again. Boil uncovered 11 to 13 min., stirring frequently, until tender. To test fettuccine for doneness, cut a strand of fettuccine on the side of the dutch oven. While fettuccine is cooking, continue with the recipe to make the Alfredo sauce.

_2.Heat the Margarine & whipping cream in the saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until margarine is melted. Stir in the cheese, salt & pepper until the mixture is smooth.

_3.Drain the fettuccine in a strainer or colander, & place in a large serving bowl or back in the dutch oven. Poor the sauce over the hot fettuccine, & stir until fettuccine is well coated. Sprinkle with parsley.

*Garlic Bread:

The recipe I am giving you makes about 18 slices. Bake: 20 mins.

Essential Equipement:

Heavy duty aluminum foil

*1 clove garlic or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

*1/3 cup of magarine or butter @ room temp.

*1 loaf (1 pond) french bread

Directions:

_1.Heat the oven to 400 degrees.

_2.Peel & finely chop the garlic. Mix the garlic & margaine.

_3.Cut the bread crosswise into 1-inch slices. Spread margarine mixture over 1 side of each bread slice. Reeasemble the loaf, & wrap securley in heavy duty aluminum foil.

_4.Bake 15 to 20 mins. or until hot.

*Tiramisu:

This makes 9 servings. Refrigerate for 4 hours.

Essential Equipement:

Electric Mixer or hand beater; 8-inch square pan or 9-inch round pan.

*1 cup whipping (heavy) cream

*1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese

*1/2 cup powdered sugar

*2 tablespoons light rum extract or 1/2 teaspoon rum extract

*1 package (3 ounces) lady fingers (12 ladyfingers)

*1/2 cup cold prepared espresso

*2 teaspoons baking cocoa

*Cherries with stems (if desired)

Directions:

_1.pour whipping cream into a medium bowl, & place in fridge to chill. the cream will whip better in a cold fridge.

_2.beat the cream cheese & powdered sugar in another medium bowl w/ the electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat the rum on low speed, & set aside.

_3.beat the whipping cream on highe speed until stiff peaks form. Gently sppon the whipped cream onto the cream cheese mixer. To fold together; use a rubber spatula to cut down vertically through the mixtures, then slide the spatula across the bottom of the bowl & up the side, turning the mixtures over.Rotate the bowl 1/4 turn, & repeat this down-across-up motion.Continue mixing in this way just until ingredients are blended.

_4.Split each ladyfinger horzontally in half. Arrange halfof them, cut sides up, over the bottom of the ungreased pan. Drizzle 1/4 cup of the cold espresso over the ladyfingers. Spread half of the cream cheese mixture over ladyfingers.

_5.Arrange the remaining ladyfingers,cuts sides up, over the cream cheese mixture. Drizzle the remaining cup of cold espresso, & spread the remaining cream cheese mixture.

_6.Sprinkle the cocoa over the top of the dessert. If you have a small strainer, place the cocoain the strainer & shake it over the dessert. Otherwise. Shake the cocoa from a spoon. Cover & refrigerate for about 4 hours. If you want to, you can garnish each serving with a cherry.

*Hope This Helps*

spaghetti with a green salad, caned green beans, and garlic bread. Cheap and yummy.