Cheap and easy food dishes

1 box of Great Value mac n cheese mix 34 cents
1 can whole kernel corn
1 can creamed corn
1 stick of butter

lube the bottom of a casserole dish. Scatter in the dry macaroni. Scatter the powder cheese on the macaroni. Drop the sliced butter around on top. Pour in the can of undrained kernel corn and the can of creamed corn. Scatter some shredded colby cheese on it too if you want. Bake 30 minutes covered and 30 minutes uncovered. Chow down.

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2 lbs venison loin sliced 1/2 inch thick
roll in flour
Add salt and pepper to taste
Fry over medium high heat in butter until medium rare
Goes well with cold beer


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1 package standard loaf of frozen garlic bread
1 kelbasi

Heat up kelbasi , toast/heat up garlic bread per instructions (10-12mins?)

Assemble mega huge 'hot dog'
Feeds 2 very hungry people , 3-4 not so hungry people. The flavors of the garlic bread and kelbasi go very well with each other.

Cost from Aldi's , about $4 for both.

3 pound Venison roast
1 packet dry Ranch
1 packet onion soup mix
Splash of pickle juice or pepperonis
1/2 stick butter put in a crockpot for 8 hours
Eat on bread or toast

Shepard's Pie
home raised potatoes, carrots, onions, peas and sweet corn with home raised lamb and mutton
Garlic, beef broth, other spices to taste. Our recipe makes a 9 by 13 cake pan per batch.
Soon we will mix some venison in with the mutton.

Bryce

Sorry, couldn't resist.
For real though, tuna Mac and cheese rocks. Just add one packet of tuna per box.

Cube a couple boneless chicken breasts or boneless pork loin chops and brown and cook half way through in a skillet. Dump in a jar of sweet and sour sauce or orange sauce and simmer for about 10 minutes. Can add some canned pineapple chunks when you add the sauce if you want. Serve over white rice.

Tacos or spicy maid rites,
Brown some ground meat, add a big can of diced chilies, onion, some chili powder, use ketchup as a binder so the amount varies, one variation is to use enchilada sauce then add tomatoe paste instead of ketchup.

Everyone knows this one I assume: Chili-Mac.
On box of cheap mac and cheese, cooked up.
Dump in one can of chili, heat mixture slowly until beans are warm.
Serve with extra grated cheese and diced onions on top.

Cook up a couple cups of rice,add in a large can of diced tomatoes a can or two of corned beef and some onions.Simmer till onions are soft.

Large dice vegetables from the garden. Whatever you got. Cook up any meat you got in a big fry pan. Brown it well in some vegetable oil. Take it out, toss in veggies and cook till just done. Toss in meat with some butter and heat together for a bit. Salt and pepper and serve. We call it veggie surprise.

season and brown venison/beef cubes (cut into 1/2" pieces).

pressure cook in Insta-Pot (or similar) to tenderize, using chicken broth as liquid.

release pressure and add a box of Quick Barley and enough chicken broth (while barley cooks); to make a thick, stew-like consistency.

Salt & pepper.

serve.

Enjoy!

Weiner water soup

Dice up S Bar hot dogs, Boil in water. Season to taste. Enjoy

Cook some rice , add one can of tuna in oil to a bowl add 2x the amount of rice, ad a little bit of butter mix to it's well in there , season heathly with Tony's and add some soy sauce. Eat with some crackers or just shovel it down

Cheap chuck roast placed in slow cooker. Dump entire large jar of pepperocini peppers and the juice over the meat and set for 8 hours low. Shred when done and use rolls to make sandwiches.

My Brides EZ stroganoff recipe..... Toss a pint of canned wild game meat in a pot, add a can of cream-o-mush soup, a good dollop Philly cream cheese, elbos or noodles, onion powder/dried diced onion, When the mac or noodles are done it's ready.

I’m really liking the sounds of some of these. Some of you on the other hand were or have been single for way too long.

Get you some cheap semi fatty beef on clearance. Cook medium rare like you would a steak. Boil two eggs for 4min for soft boiled ramen eggs. Thinly slice up a few decent sized spinach leaves so they look like noodles. To a bout 3/4-1cup of water add you beef ramen packet, some soy sauce Cayenne pepper , hot sauce some GOOD beef bouillon let it boil. Add you noodles. Cook them down till their al dente. Pour you noodles and broth into you bowl . Add you sliced spinach to one side,thinly slice your beef add it to another and cut you eggs long was make sure to keep as much of the yolk as possible and how ever you wish with a lil soy sauce in the yolk. Slice up some green onion and add to the middle really good really filling and for I can eat this for one meal a day for a few days for less then $15 worth of ingredients. The beef taking up most of that cost. And once you get your beef and a few eggs puree cooked you can make a bowl in like 5min

My venison recipes aren't that cheap when you add in $300 for the hotel and another $150 for gas just to get started 😁

1 whole squirrel / remove hide ( optional) microwave 30 seconds / enjoy with a warm lonestar red longneck

Go get ha a pack of turkey necks. Make sure their fresh ! Take a little time to wash em off and remove the tough skin ( mabye 5min at the sink) season well. Add one and a half or two chopped onion and 3/4 of a chopped bell pepper trow all this in a Dutch oven or whatever you like to put in your oven ( you could use a crockpot too) add water so it covers all the meat toss in the oven on like 350. Don't use a top to you get a nice little film on the top. Once this kinda "chest over really lighty nature it Evey now and then. After a few hours take it out let it cool some and serve over rice. If done right the meat falls off the bone and it's better for keeping the cold offa you then chicken noodle ! You could eat offa pot of like 4-5 days for less then $20 most if the times

Dang Wolfdog! Don't know why you don't have a fat woman hanging around!

For supper I tore the meat off 4 smoked chikn thighs, put them in a 9x13, dumped in a sack of mixed vegetables, two cans if cream of broccoli soup and bake at 400 for 45 minutes.

My wife was raised on beans and hamburger. 2 pounds hamburger one can pork and beans. We ate it so much when we were first married I can’t look at it. Second is fried noodles. A bit of any boil noodles and a dash of vegetable oil. Turn on the heat and fry them

One large bunch collards
1-2 lbs smoked pork neckbones
Quart and a half chicken stock

Wash greens and slice across a stack of leaves into 3/4" strips being sure to include meaty stems, discard the fibrous ends. In a large heavy pot sear the neckbones to release the smoky flavor. Pour over some of the stock to scrape up bits of the seared neckbones. Add greens and remaining stock, bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and let cook 2-3 hours until greens are desired tenderness and meat comes off the bones. Mash down greens and stir from time to time. Serve with hot pepper vinegar available at the table.

1 lb dried black eyed or field peas
1 large yellow onion coarse chopped
1 lb smoked jowl bacon skinned and 1/2" cubed
1 cup parboiled rice

Combine the above in a large crackpot with water to cover. Cook on high 6 hours, monitor water level. When peas are soft season generously with fresh cracked pepper, dash cayenne to taste and salt. Add rice for the last 25 minutes, add water if needed.
Optional prepare rice separately and serve peas over rice.

Go to the Walmart getcha a cheap beef roast with some fat in it I'm average ing like $12-17 at Walmart. Season the tar out of that sucker. Then sear it in a good ole cast iron skillet. Use butter not oil. Once it done searing season it some more. Toss in a cast iron pot.Cut you up two onions kinda fine toss that in in the pot. Cut up one bell pepper kinda fine . Toss that in to. Pell you some potatoes cube em and fill in the space around you roast. Add water it'll it's over your road a lil toss it in the oven and forget about it. add more water Evey 30mi or so. Once the meats about to you likin server over a nice bowl of boiled rice for bulk. About $22 for a weeks feed right there .

Hay I don't post everything about my life on here lol

Nice. Wife made it tonight. Mashed potatoes on top. 3 pounds of hamburger with a can of corn mixed in. Good stuff

About 7shots of everclear and some lemonade ,you won't remember your hungry

Go get you some center cut bone in pork chops. Wash em pat dry season well both sides toss in a plastic bag with some flour shake till well coated ,shake off the excess. Get you a cast iron skillet with enough veg oil in the bottom to come up half way on your chops. Get that good nd hot to whwre she starts Poppin . Lay or chops in and let em cook thill there a lil past golden brown on each side. Take em out let them dry on some paper towel. While that's goin down make you a crock pot of brown gravy. Add chopped onion and green bell pepper for veggies . Toss your chops in and forget about em for a few hours. When their done the meat will fall off the bone ! Serve over SE rice or mashed taters. Sould like a lot of work but it's pretty easy. And cheap if you can get a good deal on the chops.

perpetual pot

road Kill edition

Venison road kill cubed 2 pounds

about 3 pounds Kwik Trip sells them at 39 cents a pound

carrots about 65 cents a pound about a pound

onions also 39 cents a pound at Kwik Trip half pound

celery 89 cents a pound about 1/4 pound

bay leaf , salt ,

put it all in a crock pot and on high for about 6 hours then low or keep warm

your about 2.75 and it makes several servings figure 10 so your per serving cost is around 30 cent

perpetual pot you just keep going add more ingredients after supper each night , turn to high and let it go about 6 hours it builds flavor and you always have hot and ready to eat food

1 venison blade roast salt and pepper brown in pan put in crock pot add 4 cups beef broth 3 potatoes 3 carrots splash of red wine . cook on low all day serve with red wine

What the second ingredient? Taters?

Cube some beef or deer meat into bite size chunks. Salt and pepper it. Mix 2 small or one large package of brown gravy mix as per instructions and dump it into crockpot. Throw in your meat chunks. Can add some diced onion if you want. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours. About a half an hour before you want to eat, take the lid off the crockpot and turn it to high to thicken up the gravy. If it's still not thick enough, mix a heaping tablespoon of cornstarch into a half cup of cold water and dump that in and let it go another 15 minutes or so. Serve over rice, mashed taters, or pasta. If you don't have gravy packets, you can make it by using beef bouillon or beef broth... and increasing the corn starch to 2 T at the end.

Spam Fried Rice
INGREDIENTS:

2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
2 large eggs, beaten
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 ounces Spam, diced
1 cup frozen peas and carrots
3 cups cooked rice (cold, day-old rice works best)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
2 green onions, sliced

DIRECTIONS:
1. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add eggs and scramble, breaking up into small pieces. Remove eggs to add at the end.

2. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in the skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and Spam, and cook, stirring often, until light golden brown, about 3-4 minutes.

3. Add peas and carrots. Cook, stirring constantly, until vegetables are tender, about 1-2 minutes.

4. Add rice and gently toss to combine and separate grains.

5. Add soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until heated through, about 1-2 minutes.

6. Stir in green onions and eggs.

well this is the old and cheap recipe

no potatoes for me any more , more carrots , turnips and a parsnip now. it adds to the price but cheaper than insulin in more than just dollars

But your second ingredient is missing..... "about 3 pounds Kwik Trip sells them at 39 cents a pound"

ahh yes Kwik trip sells potatoes , onions , bananas for 39 cents a pound

yes potatoes were my go-to I prefer red potatoes , used to grow a couple hundred pounds a year

Does Mac and Cheese count as a vegetable in Michigan?

it does in parts of WI

Wait. When I make weiner water soup I just drink the bathtub water.

Blues Brothers wish sandwich. 2 slices of bread and wish you had some meat. Bow wow wow.

makes a lard sandwich sound rather filling

Hot cast iron pan with little oil of choice in bottom of it. Dump in can of sliced potatoes fry until start to get brown. Cut up an onion drop that in, open jar canned venison dump that in..Keep on heat until water from venison is mostly gone. Then dump small can peas, small jar sauerkraut over top that. Once that is warm you have a nice venison hash.
Yummy!




Mac

could it get much cheaper than black beans and rice ?

I prefer to use a rubber biscuit! LOL

Eggs are still an awesome and cheap option for meals..some toast and eggs.
Rice and chicken or beef with bag of veggies added and some cream of chicken soup. For change up build any crust over that (biscuits, dough mix, etc) or even mashed potatoes on top makes a great shephards pie.
Hot dogs are still reasonable.
PBJ
Soups
Big loaf of French bread, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and some.cheese and broil that for great pizza bread.
Lots of cheap meal options when you get creative.

Noodles with butter

Rabbit or squirrel cooked/ smoked on the grill for a hour then in the slow cooker on low for 4-5 hrs served with rice.

Lol...."what do you want for nothin".

both cheap and easy

taking easy to mean quick with minimal prep and cook time

you can cook spaghetti 69 cents a pound and sauce about a buck to 2 bucks a can/jar

add a little olive oil to the noodles after cooking and draining and you can portion it out into containers for lunch and add some sauce your spending some time boiling water , 10 minutes cooking the pasta and your eating a bunch of meals that keep several days int he fridge

if you saute some zucchini while the water is boiling your adding a cheap vegetable to it or add a bag of peas just before the pasta is done cooking.

Can or two of black beans
Small can of Herdez salsa
Can of diced & seasoned tomatoes
Small can of corn
Medium onion diced
Some diced jalapeños
Combine and simmer in saucepan.
Ready when onions are cooked to your liking.
Adjust ingredients and amounts with what’s in the cupboard

Two cans Vienna sausages, allow for them to reach above room temperature unless you like salty jello.
One rack of saltines.
Y'all can figure out the rest...
Your gonna need some beer too.

How do you can venison ?

Sliced Hilshier farm sausage and jar of sourkraught. Add crushed red pepper to taste . Brown sausage then add sourkraught heat through. Do not get to far from the house for the next couple hours do to the high fiber lol

Biscuits and gravy

Canned corned beef and a bag of frozen o'brian style potatoes

cube meat , pack jars , ad tablespoon salt fill to 1/2 inch below rim, add a hot lid and a ring , quarts get 90 minutes in a pressure canner

for full instructions see Ball Blue book of canning same as beef.

Chicken noodle soup
Cut off the backs of chickens and freeze along with gizzards and hearts. When you have enough , throw them in a stock pot and cook them down w/carrots, celery, onion, salt ,pepper. Cook off a half bag of egg noodles, rinse and set aside to cool. Pick and clean your chicken then throw the meat back in the pot. Wait for it to cool down and then add back the noodles.

I made this tonight and the whole family loved it. Made hash many times but that sauerkraut sure added a great spin to it.
Guys keep the food recipes coming

Forgot about a tube of braunschweiger, or a packet of headcheese, with saltines and onions.

made Carnitas today

yesterday they had 99 cent a pound country style ribs

4 onions , 3 peppers , a few carrots , can of diced tomatoes and about 4-5 pounds of pork toss it all in the crock pot this morning

garlic salt , cumin , oregano , chili powder a few bay leaves , turn it on and let it go all day

stir it and pull out the bones then serve

you can put it on Rice or Tortillas , I just had it in a bowl with cheese and sour cream since I avoid the carbs now

Some of this aint right!
If it ain't got meat in it, it ain't a meal. Just a filler.

Goose and noodles. takes one shotgun shell and some flour and mixed vegetables

Sometimes a person eats what he's got, not what he wants!
My Dad told stories about what they ate in The Great Depression. He would climb up into the top of the barn and get squabs out of pigeon nests and his Mother would make squab pie. Get creative. There's hard times coming!

Fast soup:
Pint of canned venison with juice
Large can Vegall with juice ( I like the large cut)
Dump both in soup pan, heat and eat.

Can't hardly beat meat loaf.

1 Pack of Mr. Noodles......50 cents yer done bud

Dont forget the mustard

1 head cabbage chopped. One whole onion chopped. 6 large potatoes diced. 1 ham bone. 6 carrots diced up. Throw in pot. Fill pot until everything is covered with water. Boil until all veggies and potatoes are tender. My mother called this boiled dinner. She made this after we ate all the meat from the ham shank

My mom made this too. If you were lucky you pearl dive the little bits ham still left in there. I still make this every so often. But I use small ham or ham steak so has more than sliver meat in it.

Mac