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

Found online
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

November 29th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes | Leave a comment

good ‘ole spaghetti

Spaghetti with Sausage
Good ‘ole spaghetti is cheap meal ideas/recipes and this one has a twist

1 pkg. spaghetti noodles ($0.50)

1 jar spaghetti sauce – any flavor ($1.00)

1 lb sausage roll not link – mild flavor (Farmland is only $0.97 at wal-mart)

1 loaf french bread ($0.97 at wal-mart)

1 bag salad ($1.00 at most store)

Cook noodles according to directions on package then drain. Fully cook sausage and drain excess grease while noodles are cooking. Add spaghetti sauce to sausage and extra seasoning to your taste. Add noodles to plate and top with sauce mix. Add a slice of buttered french bread and a serving of salad. Feeds 4-5.

September 29th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, freezer meals recipes | One comment

Easy Last Minute Dinner Recipe


Here is one of those easy dinner recipes from the $5 dinner meals. My kids love pasta and my kids love chicken, so what better than a Quick Chicken Recipe with pasta for dinner.

This one is a favorite in our house and it only takes about 15 minutes, making this easy dinner recipes for tonight a breeze.

Oh ya, use the leftovers for a make ahead lunch freezer meal later in the week, it beats a trip to McDonald’s and cost so much less.

Easy Dinner Recipes- Chicken Pasta

Easy Dinner Recipes

Easy Dinner Recipes

1 package fettuccine noodles ( $0.60 at wal-mart)

1 jar Alfredo sauce ($1.50)

1 lb chicken cooked and cut up ($2.00)

1 can of green beans ($0.50)

Cook the noodles as directed on package, Cook the chicken then dice up into small pieces. Drain the noodles,  put back in the pan and mix the Alfredo sauce in. Add you favorite seasoning ( I like garlic) . Dish up, add cooked chicken to the top and then sprinkle with some Parmesan cheese. Serve with green beans and presto dinner is done. Feeds 4-5.

TIP: Double the batch for a perfect budget freezer meals recipe next week!

Looking for something different? Try this: Easy Dinner Recipes With Ground Beef

September 26th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Dinner Recipes, freezer meals recipes, Kids Recipes Made easy | 13 comments
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