Cheap and Easy Recipes
I've got a collection of recipes on here for you to browse through. And you can buy a PDF of my favorite low cost recipes by clicking here. Browse through the list below or use the Google search bar to the left to search the site (including the blog).
Appetizer Recipes - a small collection of recipes suitable for nibbling on before dinner!
Bean Recipes - An article on how to cook dried beans, plus some great recipes. Simple ways to dress up some canned beans, soup recipes and more.
Beef Recipes - From pot roast to hamburgers and flank steak, browse through this collection of recipes, including marinades and soups. There are also some ideas on using up leftover beef.
Bread Recipes - Some of these are for bread machines and others not. Make your pizza dough, biscuits, corn bread and more. Quick breads, yeast breads, and dessert breads.
Breakfast Recipes - Make your own granola, cornmeal mush, french toast and more.
Casserole Recipes - Casserole recipes including some simple beef and rice, chicken and rice, and such as well as a great homemade macaroni and cheese recipe!
Chicken Recipes - Recipes for various cuts of chicken as well as how to roast a whole chicken, marinades, and uses for leftover cooked chicken.
Crockpot Recipes - Crockpot (or slow cooker) recipes
Dessert Recipes - Some easy dessert recipes, including cookies, cakes and pies.
Fish Recipes - Fish recipes for white filets, canned salmon and tuna.
Jams, Jellies, Preserves - coming soon
Make Your Own Mixes - Hot chocolate mix, cornmeal mix, taco seasoning mix, cream of whatever soup, and baking mix recipes.
Non Food Recipes - play dough! A family favorite!
Pasta Recipes - Recipes for USING pasta, not making it. That's a bit beyond me. Italian recipes like angel hair with oil and garlic as well as a great lo mein recipe.
Pizza Recipes - For years Friday nights meant homemade pizza!
Pork Recipes - Pork chops, pork roasts (chili verde a favorite here!), and ham. Plus some recipes for using up leftover pork.
Sandwich Recipes - Stretching the definition of sandwich to include burritos and calzones. Our all-time favorite here is Welsh Rarebit.
Sauce Recipes - Barbecue sauce, chili sauce, enchilada sauce, pizza sauce plus some salad dressings, marinades and dips and salsas.
Salad Recipes - Side dish salads like bean salad, broccoli salad and coleslaw plus main dish salads like Chinese chicken salad and taco salad.
Side Dish Recipes - Vegetables, beans, rice, potatoes. It's all here!
Soup Recipes: Lots of soup recipes because they're good and cheap! Also one recipe for chilled avocado soup for the summer.
Vegetarian Recipes - Some main dish and side dish vegetarian recipes, including cheese fondue, eggplant parmesan, polenta, quiche and tomato pie.
If you're a new cook, start out by browsing my collection of cheap and easy recipes.
