Quick Easy Dinner Recipes With Chicken

I ran across this recipe during one of my searches for quick easy dinner recipes with chicken that were less than $5 to prepare.

My kids love any kind of pasta dish that includes chicken and this was quick and easy to make, tasted delicious and now has a favorite spot in my personal cookbook.

It’s another perfect cheap meal for the family.

If you are struggling to maintain your food budget, as I often did, then having a handful of Quick Easy Dinner Recipes will make all the difference.

To be able to shop cheap, prepare quick and please everyone will making driving by Pizza Hut without stopping that much easier! I promise!

Easy Dinner Recipes – Chicken Spaghetti

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Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes

Quick Easy Dinner Recipes

Quick Easy Dinner Recipes

Cheap Cooking Ingredients:
• 1 chicken boiled and de-boned (I have also used a pkg. of legs or thighs)
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 can rotel
• 1 10 oz. pkg. of spaghetti noodles
• 10 oz. velvetta cheese

 

Easy Dinners Directions:
1. Boil and de-bone chicken.
2. Boil spaghetti noodles (use chicken broth if you have it for better flavor)
3. Cut velvetta into chunks, mix with 2 tbsp. of margarine and let sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
4. Mix cream of chicken soup and rotel in baking dish, add chicken and spaghetti then mix in cheese.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Meal Assembly:
Serves 4 – Dish up a side of buttered green beans and slices peaches for a quick easy healthy meal!!
Tip: Add ¼ cup of milk if mixture is dry after baking.
Tip: Double the batch for a freeze ahead meal next week!

Want to try some easy dinner recipes with ground beef? Try This: A Great Recipe For Meatloaf

Easy Ground Beef Casserole

I love easy dinner recipes that call for ground beef and it gets an A+ from me if it’s also cheap and simple to prepare.

This easy dinner recipe for Hamburger Casserole has been a family favorite since I can remember. 

My mom prepared it often and as the mom now I follow in her footsteps.

Not only is it delicious but it truly is one of the best cheap meals for under 5 dollars to prepare.

Easy Dinner Recipes – Hamburger Casserole

My Personal Cookbook

Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes

Easy Dinner Recipes

Easy Dinner Recipes

Meal Preparation Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ lbs. hamburger
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 can tomato soup
  • 1 can chicken gumbo soup
  • 5-6 medium potatoes

Meal Preparation Directions:

  1. Peel potatoes, dice and boil
  2. Why potatoes boil, fry hamburger and onion until browned.
  3. Add soups(no water) to browned hamburger and simmer over low.
  4. Mashed cooked potatoes with a little butter and milk.
  5. Pour hamburger mix into dish, spoon on potatoes, top with cheese.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until cheese melts.

Meal Assembly:

Serves 6 – Dish up a side of steamed broccoli and you have  cheap meals to fit any budget.

Tip: Double the batch for a make ahead freezer meal

Looking for something different? Another Easy Dinner Recipes Ideas: Chicken Pasta

Chicken and Rice Bake


Having cheap meal ideas/recipes in mind when it’s been one of those crazy days is a necessity in my house. I love a simple one dish bake. It’s quick to prepare, easy to bake and the best part – little clean up! now that’s what I’m talking about.

Chicken and Rice bake.

1 lb of chicken (any type just stay around $3.00 per pkg.)
3/4 cup of uncooked white rice, not instant rice ($0.99 per box)
1 can cream of mushroom soup ($0.50 at wal-mart)
1/4 tsp paprika (or just use your favorite all season spice)
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 1/3 cup of water
1 can green beans ($0.50 at wal-mart)

Stir water, rice, soup and seasoning in shallow baking dish then add chicken. Sprinkle chicken with additional seasoning. Bake at 375 for 45 min to 1 hour or until rice and chicken are done. As the picture shows you can top the chicken with cheese and toss back in the oven for about 5 minutes to melt. Serve with green beans. Feeds 4-5 people.

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