Contents

Forward              4

The Broke-Ass Basics              7

Shopping Lists (if you don’t already have them)              9

Dry/Canned Goods              9
Perishables              11

How to make a pound of ground round make 4 meals              13

Whatever happened to starting a meal with Soup?              15

Best Veggie Soup              16

Family Friendly Dinners              17

Chuck Wagon!              17
Hot dogs and spaghetti              20
Tuna Noodle Minus the Casserole              22
Cheap & Easy Cheater Chili              24

Let’s talk about oil baby!              26

Best Fries Ever              28

Easy Chili Mac              30

That’s a Tasty Meatball!              32

A little tale about pasta sauce              35

Marinara Sauce              36

Golden Mushroom Pasta w/Meatballs              39

Red Beans & Rice              41

The Magical Bag of Chicken Breasts              43

Chicken Salad              45
Chicken tacos              47
Chicken enchiladas              48

Sunday Dinner              50

Herb Lemon Roasted Chicken              50
Homemade Chicken Gravy              52
Chicken dinner leftovers              53
Stuffed Cabbage or Bell Peppers              54
Salmon Patties              59

Homemade Chicken stock              61

Chicken Noodle Soup              63

When in doubt, have a salad              65

Standby Salad              65
Adding Chicken:              67
Adding Tuna or salmon              67

Food for thought              69