Our family favorites are
Grits & Eggs: 1Cup dry grits & 1 1/2 cup water 1/2 milk a few tbsn butter & salt then fry or poach how ever many eggs each person wants. I use almost a dozen eggs for 4 people.
Egg Gravy over toast: hard boil about 4 to 6 eggs, make a bachemel or simple white gravy dice boiled eggs add to gravy add fresh cracked pepper & serve over toast
Chillighetti: 1 pack spaghetti noodles, 2 cans chilli with beans, 1 can tomato soup. cheddar cheese. mix all cans together with about 1/2 to a cup of cheese & serve over pasta & top with more cheese if you like.
Chili dogs; 2 packs of hot dogs (I buy a case of Oscar Meyer hot dogs at Sam's for like $4) buns, chili, shredded cheese
Soft tacos: 1 pack flour tortillas, ground beef & taco seasoning, sour cream, cheese, diced tomatoes & spanish rice if I have it on hand
Meat Loaf/ Meat balls: 1lb ground beef (when ground beef is on sale I stock up) 4 eggs, 2 cups bread crumbs or crushed saltines (I make my own from old bread) chopped onion & bell peppers (I get it in the freezer section pre chopped for like $.88) garlic salt, pepper, 1/2 milk, meatloaf I use a pack of liption onion mix for meatballs I add 1 cup parm cheese, parsly & basil. I make the batch then freeze for later.
Omlets: Eggs, milk, cheese, what ever cheap veggies are on sale or hand, garlic salt, pepper
Gnocchi Florentine: Gnocchi is about $2 a box, frozen chopped spinach 1/2 bag, chopped onion, garlic, parm cheese, 2 tbspn butter, 2 tbspn flour, 2 cupa milk, then add veggies & cheese till heated through.
Tuna Noodle Casserole: 2 cans tuna, 1 bag peas & carrots, chopped onion, egg noodles, shredded cheddar cheese, make a béchamel or white sauce with equal parts butter & flour & 1 cup milk for each tbspn of flour used add salt & pepper to taste
Skillet Lasagna/ lasagna casserole: 1/2 lb ground beef, chopped onion, cooked pasta, pasta sauce, mozz cheese, béchamel or white sauce. Mix sauces together then add beef & onion, add pasta stir & serve or if making casserole top with more cheese & bake till heated through & cheese is bubbly
French Toast Casserole: Leftover or cheap french bread cubed to big cubes, 8 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon ground Nutmeg, 1/4 cup (4 Tablespoons) butter, melted, 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar.
- In a small bowl combine brown sugar and melted butter and pour on the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish.
- 2Arrange slices of bread in the baking dish overlapping if necessary.
- 3Combine milk, eggs, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, and ginger in a bowl and pour evenly over bread slices.
- 4Sprinkle chopped pecans over bread slices.
- 5Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 4-12 hours.
- 6In the morning, take the casserole out of the fridge for at least 10 minutes while you are preheating your oven to 350 degrees.
- 7Bake casserole for 30-35 minutes. If top starts browning too quickly place a foil loosely over the top of the casserole for the last 10 minutes or so. You want it to cook long enough to make sure the bottom part is cooked but don't dry it out completely.
- 8Remove casserole from oven and let it cool slightly before serving. Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar and a drizzle of maple syrup.
It's soooo goodand super easy to make. It's even better as leftovers the next day.
An easy cheater way to make 1 of those bags of frozen skillet meals feed a family of 4 is to add a bag of frozen broccoli and 1/2 box or bag of cooked pasta with some butter or olive oil & if it's a creamy sauce just add 1/2 cup milk to make more sauce.
Shrimp Alfredo: I get the cheap small (not salad) shrimp in the freezer section, 1 box or bag spaghetti pasta, I make my own béchamel sauce and add the frozen shrimp to the sauce and simmer till they are heated through, serve over pasta. If you already have some white wine on hand just a splash of it to the sauce makes it extra special and yummy!
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