CheapCooking
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Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
I’ve always loved chicken enchiladas with a green sauce at Mexican restaurants and was hoping this would be a good substitute! I found them lacking something, although my children enjoyed them. I think it was onions I was missing. But if I’d added them that might have meant the children did not like them, as they’re…
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Cream of Broccoli Soup with Cheese Recipe
This soup is great with frozen or fresh broccoli. I always use homemade chicken or turkey broth, and I think that helps with the flavor, and vary the spices now and then. Sometimes I don’t use any cheese or I use 1/2 cup of cheese and 1/2 cup of half and half like I did…
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Crockpot / Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Recipe
My youngest loves pulled pork sandwiches and asked that I add them to the menu this week. The pork shoulder was not on sale, but even so, it’s still very cheap per serving. I’ve got a couple of different recipes for pulled pork. This had a less tomato-ey base than I’d hoped for so I’d…
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Make Your Own Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns
Unless I catch a good sale, I sometimes cannot believe the price of hamburger and hot dog buns. $4 and up around here. If they’re on sale, $2 is good but they’re often pasty limp buns. Tonight I made my own hamburger buns in my bread machine. I used arecipe I found in a bread…
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Taco Soup Recipe without the Mixes
Another good recipe from Family Feasts for $75 a Week: A Penny-wise Mom Shares Her Recipe for Cutting Hundreds from Your Monthly Food Bill. I’ve seen various recipes for taco soup before but they all call for packaged mixes and seasonings, which I rarely buy. This came out great and she provides you with alternatives…