RECIPES-Fast, tasty easy meals-Part 3

MY RECIPES-
The following are some of my recipes that I add to my fix & go combos, see previous post. These meals are quick, tasty and budget minded-some under $10 for a family of six. Add these ingredients to your shopping list to have a wide variety of meals for a couple of weeks.

Cherie’s Best Ever PEPSI Roast!!!!!!

Roast meat-buy the cut you like. I buy about a 5lb chuck roast with a little fat for flavor and tenderness, but most any cut will work in this recipe.

Potatoes peeled and cut into quarters (about 10)
Carrots-I buy the minis, 1lb package ready to go
1 onion-white or yellow cut into stew size chunks
1 clove of garlic
1 pkg lipton onion soup or generic version
1 pkg meatloaf seasoning
1 2 liter of Pepsi
salt & pepper

Put meat in large crock pot/slow cooker, season with salt and pepper, cut potatoes, carrots (if you bought the baby carrots, put in whole) & onions into crock pot. Add package of meatloaf seasoning and onion soup mix. Now add about 2 cups water. Next fill crock pot to the top of the ingredients with the Pepsi, approximately 4 cups. Put the lid on let cook on high for approx. 3 hour. Reduce heat to low and cook for approximately 1 more hour. May need to add a little water during last hours. Cook until veggies are tender and the meat is separating. Approx. YUMMY

Helpful hints:
Next day if you have left over meat, put the meat in a bowl and shred or separate with a fork, add your favorite BBQ sauce & voila you have BBQ pulled beef sandwiches.

German Stew
1 pkg Ekrich or similar brand sausage
10 medium new potatoes (Yukon Gold’s taste great)
1 red onion
½ cup margarine
2 cans cut green beans
salt & pepper

Boil potatoes. Slice sausage into ½ inch pieces.
Simmer butter, onions, green beans & sausage in a skillet until onions are soft & becoming translucent.
Drain potatoes. Add butter, onion, sausage & green beans. Mix together. Flavor with salt & pepper.

Oven Burritos-Beef
Tortillas-flour medium size
1lb ground beef-(use beef from the Fix & GO Recipes)
½ cup chopped onion
1 can Ranch style beans (if your family does not like beans, use a package of taco seasoning
1 jar cheese queso dip
Sour cream if desired

Warm oven to 350 degrees. Brown ground beef with onions. Drain. Add Ranch style beans and warm. Season to taste with salt & pepper. Let cool.
Place a large spoonful of meat/beef mixture onto tortilla, roll into a burrito. Place next to each other in casserole dish. Spoon cheese queso dip over the top of each burrito & spread evenly. Place in oven for 20 minutes. Garnish with sour cream & picante sauce.

Dorito Dinner
1lb ground beef
1 can Ranch Style Beans
½ cup chopped onion
2 cups grated cheese
Sour cream
Lettuce
Tomatoes-diced
1 bag Tortillas or Dorito Nacho Cheese Chips

Brown ground beef with onions. Drain. Add Ranch style beans and warm. In a bowl, crush tortilla chips into bite size pieces. Top with meat mixture. Then garnish as desired with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream.

Crock Pot Stew
1 ½ lbs ground beef
3 cans any brand minestrone soup
2 cans Ranch style beans
1 can Rotel-diced tomatoes w/onions & chilies
½ cup chopped onion

Brown ground beef with onions. Drain. Pour meat mixture into crock pot. Add remaining ingredients. Cook on high for 1 1/2 hours or low for 3 hours. Add salt & pepper to taste.

Crock Pot Pork
1-2lbs family style pork steak or pork chops
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 clove of garlic minced
½ cup sliced onion
8-10 new potatoes, peeled potatoes or Yukon golds quartered
1 1/2 soup can of water

Put all ingredients in crock pot. Cook on high for 21/2 – 3 hours. Stirring occasionally. Salt & pepper to taste.

Crunchy Chicken Tortillas
Flour tortillas
Breaded chicken tenders –popcorn or tenders-I like Tyson, but any brand will work
Lettuce
Tomato
Picante Sauce
Sour cream

Prepare chicken tenders. Put in tortilla. Garnish with following as desired-tomatoes, lettuce, picante and sour cream.


Delicious Oven Baked Chicken Tenders
1 lb boneless chicken tenders- chicken breasts & cut up chicken works also
1 box instant mashed potatoes-try cheddar or herb & butter flavor
Spray vegetable spray or butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheet. Make sure chicken tenders are moist. Coat chicken tenders in instant mashed potatoes (use a plastic bag-fill with potatoes mix, drop tenders in & shake to coat). Place on cookie sheet (not touching) Put on cookie sheet. Cook for 10 minutes, then spray with cooking spray or put a very small (about a dime size) pat of butter or margarine or butter on each piece of chicken. Cook for another 15 minutes.

Quick & Easy Meatloaf
1 ½ lbs ground beef
1 pkg stuffing mix (generic or Stove Top)for pork
1 egg
¼ cup milk
1/4 cup water
4 tbspoons ketchup
1 pkg onion soup mix
salt & pepper

Tomato sauce- ½ cup ketchup, 2 tbsp mustard, 2 tbsp. brown sugar- combined in mug or bowl

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Combine ingredients. Press into loaf pan.
Bake for 45 minutes. Pour off grease occasionally. 10 minutes before done cover with tomato sauce.

Quick and Easy Tasty Canned Green Beans-
1 or 2 cans green beans & juice, dab of butter, 1 tbsp bacon bits, garlic powder and 1 tsp powder chicken bouillon. Simmer in medium saucepan while you cook dinner.

Potato Soup
10 potatoes peeled
1 onion chopped
1 minced garlic clove
1 tbspoon garlic powder
1 tbspoon onion powder
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp paprika
butter to sautee
4 slices cooked bacon cut into small quarter size pieces (save & freeze, next time you cook breakfast)
1 small pint or 1 cup half & half
2 cups milk (approx)
2 cups cheddar cheese
Sour cream if desired
Salt & pepper
In a large pot, boil potatoes. Drain potatoes leaving about 3 cups water. Sautee onion and garlic in butter. Add to potatoes. Add half & half, ½ bacon and ½ cheese. Heat over medium heat. Once soup is very warm & bubbling (soft boil, approx.. 20 minutes), add the rest of the dry seasonings. Add milk to desired consistency. Bring to soft boil again. Add salt & pepper to taste Use other ½ cheese & bacon to garnish. Sour cream if desired.
Helpful hints:
Cooked seafood such as, clams, shrimp and fish and a can of corn can be added instead of bacon for a wonderful seafood chowder.

White Chili
4 cups cooked chicken- about 3 or 4 breasts
1 can Rotel (diced tomatoes & chilis)
2 cans great white northern beans
1 onion chopped
2 cans chicken broth (regular size)
1 can hominy or corn-optional

Combine all ingredients in a pot. Add 2 or 3 cups water or additional broth as needed. Cook on medium for approximately 1 hour until onions are cooked. Serve with tortilla chips, a dollop of sour cream & Monterey Jack cheese.

Helpful hints:
The leftovers from this chili can be substituted into the Beef Burrito recipe. Just drain the liquid first! Use Monterey Jack cheese instead of queso sauce.