Pumpkin Spice Cake
My sister used to call this “pumpcake” and she loved it. Ingredients: 1 package Spice cake mix 1 cup pumpkin 1 cup oil 1 small package instant vanilla pudding 3 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup water 1/3 cup pecan halves Directions: Add ingredients together in order given, mix for 5 minutes Grease and flour [...]
Lentil Burritos
Ingredients 1 cup rice, uncooked ($.20) 1 cup green lentils, uncooked ($.50) 1/2 of an onion, finely chopped ($.20) 1 small can Muir Glen tomato paste 1 packet Taco Seasoning, 1 bag corn or flour tortillas ($.69-$1.29) I used corn to keep it gluten free. 1 cup shredded cheese ($.75) Salsa or sour cream or other [...]
Crock pot Lasagna
Ingredients: 1 lb lean ground beef 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, mashed 1 (28 oz) can tomato sauce 1 (6 oz) can tomate paste 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp dried oregano 12 oz cottage cheese (or ricotta) 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese or asiago cheese 12 oz lasagna noodles, uncooked 16 oz shredded [...]
Snowball Cookies
Time to pull this recipe out! Ingredients: 2 sticks margarine or butter (I use unsalted butter) 1/2 cup of powdered sugar 2 cups of all-purpose flour (I’m trying whole-wheat flour this year) 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 1 cup of pecans; chopped fine (by my handy-dandy Pampered Chef chopper) Directions: Cream margarine and sugar together [...]
Chipa
Got this from Wiens World blog Chipa 2 eggs 300 gr. cheese 1/2 c. oil 1 c. milk 1 tsp. salt Put these ingredients into a blender and mix well. 1. Then pour this liquid into a bowl and add 2 tsp. baking powder and enough corn starch to make a dough to form little [...]
Crockpot mashed potatoes with sourcream and cream cheese
Got from A Year of CrockPotting –5 pounds of red potatoes –1 block of cream cheese, room temperature (8 oz. I used light) –1 cup sour cream (I used light) –1 chicken bouillon cube –1/2 cup of water, reserved from boiling the potatoes –1 tsp garlic powder –1 T dried parsley The Directions. Wash and peel the [...]
Graham cracker dessert
I had this at the beach so I went hunting for the recipe. This one looks right. Cookie pan with edge Graham crackers 1 c. almonds (or pecans) or walnuts! 2 sticks butter (I use 1 of butter & 1 of butter) 1/2 c. sugar Layer cookie pan with graham crackers (break them apart). [...]
Lentil Meatloaf
From $5 dinners Ingredients 1.5 lb ground beef ($2.24) 1 cup leftover BBQ lentils (Free) 1/2 cup sour cream ($.25) 1 egg ($.12) Ketchup ($.25) Salt/pepper, paprika and garlic powder ($.10) Acorn Squash ($.69) Butter/Brown Sugar ($.25) 2 slices Italian loaf bread, 2 GF apple muffins ($.50) Directions 1. Mix ground beef, egg, sour cream, lentils, salt [...]
Chickpea Stew
CHICKPEA STEW Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp minced garlic (or more, if you’re a garlic fan like me!) 1/2 tsp basil -or- italian seasoning mix (depending on your taste) 1 can chickpeas, drained 2 med zucchini, quartered lengthwise and then cut into bite size pieces 1 med onion, diced 1 large tomato, diced [...]
Creamy Minestrone soup
Creamy Minestrone 24 oz. beef broth (I’ve used vegetable stock with no noticeable difference in taste) 1 pack/10 oz frozen chopped spinach (fresh works too if you don’t mind chopping) 1 C. macaroni (shells are my favorite for this soup, but anything works. Medium to small pasta works best) 1 can condensed tomato soup (see [...]