Frugal Meals

Mexican Chicken Lasagna

March 24, 2011

I will start by saying this is really not a lasagna at all. When I think of lasagna, I think of layers of noodles, covered in cheese and sauce. This Mexican lasagna is layered, and is covered in cheese and sauce, but they are totally different kinds of layers than lasagna because this uses tortillas. [...]

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Spicy Pasta and Sausage

March 15, 2011

We love pasta in our house. It is usually an inexpensive, quick, and easy meal to make that everyone enjoys. This spicy pasta and sausage is a dish that I came up with recently when I wanted to make something that was a little different than the normal pasta I usually make. We all loved [...]

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Breakfast Burrito Casserole

March 11, 2011

My family loves breakfast. The problem is I am not a morning person. Well, it is not that I am not a morning person, it is more like I am not a breakfast person. I have never been much of a breakfast eater, and I doubt I ever will be. I know breakfast is important, [...]

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Quick and Easy Mexican Pork Chops

March 3, 2011

I recently posted on my Facebook page that I do not have many pork chop recipes on my site because they do to photograph well. The above picture proves that, as does the hundred or so other pictures of pork chops that I have taken in the past. We raise hogs, so I have many [...]

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Chicken Vegetable Bake

March 1, 2011

My sister Evie recently informed me that I needed more chicken recipes on my site. I thought I had plenty of chicken recipes, but after looking around at my recipes for a while, I realized that she was right, I do not have very many recipes containing chicken. I guess that is the problem with [...]

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Twice Baked Taco Potatoes

February 24, 2011

My favorite way to eat potatoes is twice baked. What is not to like about a twice baked potato? A potato baked with sour cream, cheese, and other good stuff mixed in. Who would not like that? Today’s recipe is for twice baked potatoes, but it is a slightly different version than a regular twice [...]

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Slow Cooked Bean With Bacon Soup

February 21, 2011

My dad loves bean with bacon soup. It is one of his favorite comfort foods when he is sick. My mom always tries to keep a few cans of bean with bacon soup on hand just for my dad. Bean with bacon soup is actually one of the few canned soups that I remember eating [...]

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Enchilada Rice

February 14, 2011

This is one of those simple, get it on the table in less than thirty minutes meals. It is so easy and contains basic ingredients that we all have in our kitchen. Not only is this Enchilada Rice fast and easy to make, it is kid friendly. It is also a meal all by itself. You [...]

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Chicken Queso Soup

February 7, 2011

I have been wanting to make Chicken Queso soup for awhile now. I have found many versions both online and in cookbooks, but none of them were quite what I wanted. After looking at many recipes I finally decided to tackle my own version of Chicken Queso Soup. What I ended up with was a [...]