Cheap Meals For the Family

Cheap Meals: Easy and Delicious

Why is it, that when the time to cut corners comes, we seem to cut them away at the expense of our desire for flavor? We get cheap take-out we wouldn't normally go near or, we whip out something at home, so conscious of cost we deny ourselves some of the ingredients that we might consider "luxury items" and our poor little taste buds pay the price. What did they ever do to deserve such neglect?

We needn't continue to treat taste and thrift as mutually exclusive. WIth the recipes I will show you, you can prepare flavorsome meals for the family and at a much lower price than you would normally associate with taste. Oh, and did I mention how easy they are? No? Well, consider that a little bonus. Some of these have as little as 5-10 minutes of preparation time - you put everything together and the oven will do most of the rest.

Here's the first Cheap Meals Idea;

Recipe for Apricot Chicken:

(serves 4)

16oz (500ml) apricot nectar

1 packet french onion soup

1 Onion Sliced

1/2 tsp salt

pinch pepper

8 chicken pieces (drumsticks or wings)

Mix the nectar, soup, salt and pepper. Place the chicken in a casserole dish and pour over the liquid. Cover and cook for 1 hour at 390F (200C). Uncover and cook for 30 mins more or until the chicken is cooked. Serve with rice.

So, by our calculations, you'll get dinner on the table, for four people, at somewhere around 6 or 7 dollars. That's less than $2 a serve.

OK, so there you have it, something that takes very little effort, costs very little money and most important, is enjoyable to eat. In fact, you'll thoroughly enjoy it!!

The next one will cost a fraction more, but be just as easy to cook and, if it's possible, taste even better. This is one of the favourites on my webpage. I hope you enjoy it just as much;

(serves 4)

It's offensive how easy this Cheap Meals is;

2lb (1kg) of Lamb Shoulder Chops 4 cups of mixed vegetables 14oz c(400ml) an of Cream of Mushroom Soup Preheat oven to 300F -Cut the lamb into their serving size portions if they're not already. Put in oven proof dish with vegetables. Cover in Cream of Mushroom soup and garnish with Salt and Pepper. Bake for 45 minutes - remove lid - bake for a further 15 or until cooked. Serve on a bed of Mash Potato

Yep, believe it or not, that's it. Easy wasn't it? And delicious too right - And available for around 8 - 9 dollars. That's around $2 a serve and if you want to stretch it even further, serve it with some bread to really sop up that gravy at the end!

Well, we hope you enjoyed these Cheap Meals. Please feel free to check out our site for more recipes.

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