How to Make 5 Meals to Make For Under $5

With the economy causing so many of us to lose our jobs, many of us are looking for recipes to feed our families less expensively. There are a lot of recipes that your whole family will love that can be made cheaply, but the problem is finding them. Here are a few recipes that are very inexpensive, but are still healthy for your family to eat.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ingredients are listed with each recipe.

1. Make chicken and noodles.
   
   INGREDIENTS NEEDED:
   can chicken
   egg noodles
   celery (diced)
   carrots (diced)
   chicken broth
   4 tablespoons magarine
   
   DIRECTIONS:
   1. Put broth, margarine, celery, carrots and chicken into a pot.
   2. Bring to a boil.
   3. Add noodles, and cook until noodles are tender.
   4. Serve hot.

2. Make chicken and rice.
   
   INGREDIENTS NEEDED:
   can chicken
   3 cups rice
   4 cups water
   1 16 ounce chicken broth
   celery (diced)
   
   DIRECTIONS:
   1. Put all ingredients into a large baking dish, and stir together.
   2. Cover with aluminum foil or a lid.
   3. Cook for about 30 minutes or until rice is dry and tender.
   4. Serve hot.

3. Make chicken pot pie.
   
   INGREDIENTS NEEDED:
   can chicken
   one diced onion
   one small bag frozen peas and carrots
   one potato
   flour
   ½ cup shortening
   water
   1 can chicken broth
   
   DIRECTIONS:
   1. Pour one cup flour into a bowl, and cut the shortening into it.
   2. Add enough water to create a soft dough.
   3. Roll out the dough into a flat sheet, and place into a pie pan.
   4. Put chicken, onion, peas and carrots, and potato into a pot, and bring to a boil.
   5. Mix two tablespoons of flour into a half cup of water.
   6. Add flour mixture to pot, and mix to create a thin gravy.
   7. Pour into the pie shell.
   8. Roll out a top shell, and bake in a 350 degree oven until lightly brown.
   9. Serve hot.

4. Make chicken tacos.
   
   INGREDIENTS:
   can chicken
   1 teaspoon chili powder
   1 teaspoon onion powder
   1 teaspoon garlic powder
   1 teaspoon salt
   1 teaspoon pepper
   ½ to 1 teaspoon ground red peppers
   lettuce
   tomato
   cheese
   flour tortillas
   
   Directions:
   1. Saute chicken in a pan with spices until hot.
   2. Stuff tortilla with chicken, shredded lettuce, diced tomato and cheese.
   3. Serve hot. You can top it with taco sauce or salsa.

5. Make chicken salad sandwiches.
   
   INGREDIENTS:
   can chicken
   1 stalk celery (diced)
   1 boiled egg (diced)
   1 teaspoon salt
   1 teaspoon pepper
   ½ teaspoon garlic powder
   ½ teaspoon onion powder
   ½ cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
   bread
   
   Directions:
   1. Mix all ingredients except bread in a large bowl.
   2. Put a scoop of chicken salad on bread, spread, and top with second slice of bread.
   3. Serve immediately or refrigerate.
   
   Tip: You can serve the chicken salad over a bed of lettuce and tomato for a different meal.

Tips & Warnings

• These are a few economical meals to make out of chicken. Get creative, and add other vegetables and sauces to the meals to make them stretch even further.

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[mvalora]

on 10/21/2009 Good ideas here. Thanks!