Quick Meal Recipe For Beef Stroganoff

Quick dinner recipes are all I seem to look for these days.

I want something simple, quick and cheap.

This recipe for beef stroganoff has all three.

It’s a simple recipe as it only requires 4 main ingredients.

It’s one of those quick dinner recipes in less than 30 minutes from start to finish.

And it is cheap, so of course it belongs to my $5 dinner ideas collection.

This cheap meal only costs $4.38 to prepare, now that’s a cheap family meal!

Quick Dinner Recipes – Beef Stroganoff

Quick Dinner Recipes

Quick Dinner Recipes

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Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Serves: 4- 6

Cheap Cooking Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 pkg. (16 oz.) egg noodles
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 small onion chopped (optional)
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic salt
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1 tbsp. oil

Easy Dinner Directions:

  1. Cook noodles according to package directions.
  2. While noodles are cooking, brown hamburger, chopped onion(optional), garlic salt, pepper, salt in oil over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain if there is excess fat.
  3. Add cream of mushroom soup and simmer 5 to 10 minutes. Add sour cream just before serving over drained noodles.

For a quick healthy meal add some steamed broccoli and a whole grain roll. If you want a healthy meal you can substitute the egg noddles for white or brown rice.

Here’s another quick dinner recipe using ground beef? Check it out: East Meatloaf Recipe

February 6th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, easy ground beef meals | 4 comments

Easy Meatloaf Recipe

I have found an easy meatloaf recipe that you are going to love and if you looking for a cheap meal idea then this is it.

I try to make meatloaf often for the fact that ground beef is inexpensive and filling.

The only downfall to a great meatloaf is the bake time.

I’m in a hurry these days and most nights I want quick dinner ideas prepared and on the table fast or we would be eating at 8:00pm, which in my house is bedtime for the kids (YEAH!!)

So how do you make an easy meatloaf recipe? Simple, mini meatloaves baked in a muffin pan.

I know, I asked myself the same thing, why didn’t I think of that one!

The bake time is cut in half.

And of course the possibilities of what you add to the recipe are endless.

A shout out to Kraft Kitchens for coming up with some of the best food recipes.

And at less than $5 to prepare this is a cheap family meal for dinner!

Marvelous Mini Meatloaves

Easy Meatloaf Recipe

Easy Meatloaf Recipe

Credit: Kraft Kitchens
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Bake Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 6 servings – 2 mini meatloaves each

Cheap Cooking Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 pkg. stove top stuffing
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning ( I use dry spaghetti packet)
  • 3/4 cup spaghetti sauce
  • 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese (any variety of cheese will work)

Easy Dinners Directions:

  1. Mix meat, stuffing mix, water and seasoning until well blended.
  2. Press evenly into 12 muffin cups sprayed with cooking spray.
  3. Make an indentation in the center of each meat loaf using a spoon then fill with spaghetti sauce.
  4. Bake 30 minutes or until cooked through, top with cheese and bake 5 more minutes or until cheese is melted.
  5. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

There you have it, a simple ground beef meal that was less than $5 to prepare. Add in a side salad and some french bread for a complete healthy meal idea.

Looking for something different? Okay here is another great $5 quick meal idea: Easy 3 Can Soup

February 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, easy ground beef meals | 6 comments

Chicken Recipes For Easy Dinner Ideas

I wanted to create a weeks worth of quick easy dinner ideas using my favorite chicken recipes.

As I have scanned the grocery ad’s the past few weeks, I have noticed the price of chicken per lb. is cheap.

I have seen it as low as $0.39 per lb. in my area.

I have been able to purchase family packs with 16-20 legs or thighs for about $2.00 a pkg., sometimes even less.

This is exactly the price I want and need when creating my quick easy dinner recipes for the month.

When it’s this low, I recommend stocking up, THIS IS CHEAP!!

Put that freezer to use just sitting in the garage.

Creating quick easy dinner recipes with chicken is so easy.

Whether you prefer crockpot chicken recipes, chicken casserole recipes or just simple chicken recipes it doesn’t matter because there are so many quick chicken recipes available and they are all free recipes – free is good!!

Lemon Chicken on Foodista

Here is just a few of my favorite quick easy dinner recipes using chicken:

Chicken Casserole Recipes

These are a few of my most popular chicken casserole recipes straight from the casserole kitchen.

(Just click on the link to open the recipe in a new window)

Chicken, Broccoli ‘n’ Cheese Casserole

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Spaghetti

Chicken and Rice Bake

Crockpot Chicken Recipes

Crockpot Meals with chicken are easy and delicious with these simple crockpot chicken recipes.

(just click on the link to open the recipe in a new window)

Crockpot White Chicken Chili

Crockpot Lemon Chicken Recipe

Chicken Jambalaya Crockpot Meal

Cheap Quick Rice and Chicken – Crockpot Style

Quick Chicken Recipes

And best of all, or at least my favorite type of quick chicken recipes include fast 15 minute dinners from start to finish or simple mix in a pan and bake.

(just click on the link to open the recipe in a new window)

Chicken Pasta

There you have it, seven quick easy dinner recipes using chicken. I hope you take advantage of the cheap chicken prices and prepare those make ahead meals for cheap meals on a budget.

Want some variety with meat, I have a great weeks worth of cheap family menu ideas for less than $40.00:

A Cheap Family Menu For Less Than $40.00

February 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, Best Crockpot Recipes, Casserole Cooking, freezer meals recipes | 5 comments
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