Your food bill is one of the easiest places to cut your expenses. Since nobody can have enough recipes, here are a few of my families favorites.

Create a Casserole:

This recipe is an all purpose guide. It allows you to use ingredients that you already have on hand. This is a great recipe to use when have a lot of leftovers you need to use up.

1 can cream soup- which kind is your choice (I usually use cream of chicken or mushroom, my mom uses cream of celery), 2 - 3 cups pasta or rice ( leftover noodles and rice works here also), 2 cups meat, 2 cups vegetables, 1/2 can water or milk (your preference). Put all your ingredients into a large mixing bowl and stir until soup and water is mixed together. Pour into a casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees until heated through, usually 20 to 30 minutes depending on your altitude and oven.

Scalloped Potatoes:

You can bake in this dish in the oven or put it in the crockpot in the morning. It’s yummy either way.

4-5 med to large potatoes- peeled and sliced, 1 sm - med onion- peeled and chopped,  2 T. flour, 1 t. salt, 1/4 t. pepper, 3 - 4 T. butter, 1 c. meat ( I usually use ham, but any leftover or on hand meat will work), 1 1/2 c. milk. Put potatoes and onions into an 8×8 baking dish or similar casserole dish. Sprinkle on flour, salt, and pepper. Dot with butter. Add meat and stir lightly. Pour milk over entire potato mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and stir lightly. Put back in oven and bake an additional 40 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.

Taco Bake:

1 lb hamburger, 1 packet taco seasoning, 1 1/2 c. shredded cheddar or mexican style cheese, 1 batch homemade biscuit dough or 1 can plain biscuits, any additional taco toppings your family likes. Prepare hamburger and taco seasoning according to packet directions. Pour meat into a large casserole dish or large baking pan. Sprinkle shredded cheese over meat. Add any taco toppings you choose that needs to be warm at this time. Either spread your homemade biscuit dough ( i use a homemade biscuik recipe) over entire surface OR place your canned biscuits over the entire surface with sides touching. Bake according to biscuit directions. If you have any taco toppings that have a lengthy cooking time, it would be best to fry them up first and then add them to your taco bake.  Remove from oven and serve. Each individual can add any additional toppings they like, like sour cream, lettuce, chopped tomato, jalapenos, etc.

I hope you like these recipes and try them in your own kitchen. Don’t be afraid to experiment!

Thanks to all!

The Domstic Goddess

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