Really need some help please!!!!!!!?

Herea re some ideas for dinners that might help your budget:

1. Vegetable beef soup (homemade); hot french bread; fresh fruit.

2. Baked potatos with a variety of toppings

3. Stew with dumplings

4. French bread pizzas

5. Red beans and rice

6. Bean and cheese tostadas

7. Tuna casserole

8. Tacos

9. Chicken and rice casserole

10. Waffles, bacon, and scrambled eggs

Refried Bean and Rice Soup

1 Can refried beans

1 cup cooked minute rice

1 cup shredded chicken (leftover from another night or from rotisserie or canned even)

1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese

1 pkg mushrooms (sauteed in butter or olive oil), if desired

Chicken broth to thin

You basically dump all the ingredients into a pot and thin with the chicken broth to desired consistency. Sounds kind of plain but it's delicious. Season with seasoned salt, garlic powder, black pepper, and anything else you think sounds good. You can top with chopped green onions, sour cream, salsa, shredded cheese or toasted tortilla chips. It's delicious!!

I used to have a grocery budget of $30/week for 3 people when we were really poor and I have a ton of really cheap recipes. If you want more and don't get enough answers, email me (jaimie_nebeker@yahoo.com) and I'll send you more depending on what you like. Just tell me the ingredients you have on hand in your pantry or what you guys do or do not like.

shrimp soup

1 pack frozen shrimp

2 cans evaporated milk

2 cans corn

2 cans cream corn

2 cans cream of potato soup

salt and pepper to taste.

while shrimp are thawing, mix other ingrediants in a pot and bring to a boil. then, add shrimp and simmer on low heat for about an hour. makes a large pot and you can freeze the rest and eat at least one maybe 2 more days. total cost at wal mart would be around 15 bucks tops.

Tuna fish

Ramon Noodles

Hot dogs

Bread with peanut butter and jelly

Banquet mac and cheese dinner 88cents at Walmart

Tuna casserole- boil elbow mac. drain

- Add can cream mushroom soup plus can milk

-Drain can of tuna and add to elbows mix together and

you have your meal

Hamburgs with fries

Chicken drumsticks boiled and then cooked on grill

Meatloaf is good for a couple of meals. I like leftover sandwiches - I grill a meatloaf sandwich with any cheese I have on hand. Here is the link to the meat loaf:

http://www.cooking-is-easy-and-fun.com/Meatloaf.ht...

Roast chicken is inexpensive and you can make enchiladas with the leftovers.

http://www.cooking-is-easy-and-fun.com/Roasted-Chi...

Hamburger helper is easy and inexpensive.

pasta salads and casseroles work well, just add more pasta.

rice dishes work very well, just add more rice

potato dishes work great, just add more potato.

Andee Casserole

potatoes diced and cooked to tender

2 oz any kind of meat, fish, or fowl diced small

carrots grated

celery sliced thin

cabbage shredded thin

can cream of whatever soup

soup can of milk or water

seasonings to your taste

toss all together and enjoy full meal deal leave out anything you don't happen to have and add anything else you have. onions, peppers, etc.

Try this site...it has wonderful recipes and ideas...

http://allrecipes.com/

Hope this helps!