This crazy house loves all things Mac and Cheese. So as a mom of 5 I used our mac and cheese love to my advantage and help my kids get their veggie intake in! This recipe started as a simple boxed mac and cheese recipe with broccoli. Over the last few years, it has developed into this homemade Southern Baked Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese recipe my family loves! Southern Baked Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese Recipe So I had a genius mom moment with this recipe. My kids have a crazy love for mac and cheese as most kids do. We were at a restaurant and the only mac and cheese they had was a seafood mac and cheese I told my kids they wouldn't like it but they insisted, so we ordered it for them they ate it all and I sat there in disbelief. My husband joked that we could put … [Read more...]
10 Amazingly Cheap Bread Dinner Ideas – Meals with Bread
My family loves bread, no doubt about that. However, it is also a great ingredient for cheap dinner ideas. While most families use white bread, you can use any type of bread that you have on hand. I like to freeze the ends of bread that no one likes to eat for many of these bread dinner ideas. Cheap Dinner Ideas - 10 Cheap Meals Made Out of Bread Homemade Gravy over Bread If you don’t have biscuits or just prefer bread, then use this to make a cheap meal. This is known for us sausage biscuits and gravy. You can get a roll of sausage for $2.50 or so at Walmart and a loaf of bread for less than $1 and have a great family meal for under $5! You can always make your own biscuits with our 7 Up Biscuits Recipe with the gravy. Pizza Bread – Using bread, pizza sauce, … [Read more...]
Easy Instant Pot Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe
Instant Pot recipes are so easy to make that it seems to be everyone's new favorite thing. This is why our Instant Pot Recipes Page is so popular! So today we add another recipe to that page. Our Instant Pot Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe. Cheesy, gooey goodness done in the ease of the Instant Pot! Easy Instant Pot Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe Have you made potatoes in the Instant Pot? Oh, my word it's so easy and shortens the cooking time and it tastes just as yummy! Few questions I have had about this recipe before we get into it. What goes with au gratin potatoes? I absolutely LOVE having ham with my Au Gratins! Then the next day, take the leftover ham mix it into the potatoes for a new meal. Anything pork goes great with Au Gratin potatoes. Roasted chicken, … [Read more...]
Easy Chicken Pot Pie Casserole + Tips to Making Dinner When Life is Busy
Thank you Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes for sponsoring this post. Idahoan® Mashed Potatoes are real potatoes, real easy, delivering homemade taste on demand. If you have children, life is busy. If you have five children, life can be complete chaos at times. I have to say that dinner time has to be one of the most chaotic times of the day. When it comes to making dinner, I have to get a little creative. I don’t have hours to spend in the kitchen, so there are some things I like to do to make dinner easier when life gets busy. Easy Chicken Pot Pie Casserole Let me share some tips for making dinner easy. Because as a mom of 5 kids easy dinners are my go too! If you are looking for the recipe it's right below! First Some Tips to Making Dinner When Life is Busy Do a Little Food … [Read more...]
Lazy Beef and Noodles
Here in The Frugal Navy Wife household, we are all about simple and easy meals. On a busy day or a day where we look up and it's 4 pm and time to start thinking about dinner we always have a few recipes we have everything for and they are simple and easy to throw together. This Lazy Beef and Noodles is one of them! It's easy to double the recipe (or triple!) and there are hardly ever any leftovers! Lazy Beef & Noodles If you are looking for more ways to save on your grocery bill I quite a few ways. First, see How I Feed My Family of 6 on $200 a Month. We also shared The Weird Grocery Shopping Trick that Saves Me $100 or More a Month. Related: 10 Cheap Recipes You Can Make Out of Leftover Produce Do you have to use egg noodles for this … [Read more...]
One Pot Meals – Kielbasa and Potatoes
Quick & easy dinners for my family that also include veggies are a priority for me. We all know that space is at a premium in an RV, it's a sacrifice we made to live our life. So it has forced me to get creative. Besides cooking more with our slow cooker, we have also started making more one pot meals. One Pot Meals - Kielbasa and Potatoes We love kielbasa for dinner but it is not the healthiest of meats, so I serve it in smaller portions by offsetting it with potatoes and green beans. What we end up with is a delicious dish loaded up on flavor that is hearty and filling, even the kids eat it up. If this sounds and looks good to you go ahead and gather up your ingredients and let's get this one dish dinner on the table! Ingredients 1 lb. kielbasa 4-5 medium red potatoes 2-10 … [Read more...]
Save More- More Easily. An App that Works for You + Skillet Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Food Lion for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Saving money is always on the front of my mind. I like to save money wherever I go and don’t like to pay full price for anything. Luckily, Food Lion is making my job even easier. Food Lion has an amazing mobile app that will change the way you shop with them. If you don’t have the app, let me share some of these incredible features with you. Shopping List How many of us feel productive by making a shopping list and then forget it at home? That doesn’t need to happen anymore. Thankfully, with the Food Lion mobile app, you can add items from the weekly ad right on your phone. You can also add items from recipes and find coupons, all with the tap of a button. Don’t forget you can load … [Read more...]
Super Easy Weeknight Meal – 3 Envelope Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe
I don't know about you, but I need Easy Weeknight Meals and as many as I can find! This 3 envelope slow cooker chicken recipe is one of those recipes I turn to when I don't have a lot of time to prepare a meal but still want something my family loves! Find more Frugal Chicken Recipes for more ideas. Super Easy Weeknight Meal - 3 Envelope Slow Cooker Chicken Recipe The reason I love this meal is that I can make it in the morning in about 5 minutes and set it to cook all day and bam have dinner ready! Make some easy sides, and you have dinner! I have even tossed in potatoes into the crockpot with the chicken to let them soak up the flavors, and then dinner is ready with sides! We have several easy weeknight meals to share many of them in the slow cooker because let's face it the … [Read more...]
Easy Hamburger Recipes – 30 of the Best Burger Recipes
Grilling season is coming! For my family, that means easy hamburger recipes! We are always trying a new recipe or a new seasoning on our burgers. I want to share 30 of the best burger recipes some are making me drool and have been added to our list for the summer, and other are our tried and true recipes. Easy Hamburger Recipes - 30 of the Best Burger Recipes I'm not kidding when I ay the best burger recipes. This list has everything from turkey burgers, bacon burgers, a pizza burger, and even a bison burger! Green Chili Pepper Jack Stuffed Turkey Burgers - The Frugal Navy Wife Bacon and Blue Cheese Stuffed Burgers- Family Food and Travel Thai Turkey Burger with Cucumber Relish- The Starving Chef Blog Vegan Japanese Burger- Rhian’s Recipes Cowboy Burger Recipe with … [Read more...]
10 Amazingly Cheap Meals You Can Make with Eggs
Eggs are so cheap! They are not only cheap to buy at the store but also inexpensive if you have chickens. Egg recipes are great for big families and small. Not only are they good for you, but they are also delicious. I love eggs because there are so many ways to eat them! Check out these ten cheap meals you can make out of eggs! 10 Cheap Meals You Can Make with Eggs - Easy Egg Recipes Egg salad – Boiling eggs and making egg salad has to be one of the easiest and cheapest meals out there. Plus, you can eat it on crackers or bread. If you have any leftover chicken, you can even make our popular Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich. Egg drop soup – While this may be a bit more complicated to make, it’s still simple and made from eggs. Breakfast for dinner (with eggs)- … [Read more...]