Showing posts with label cheap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheap. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Peanut Butter Squares

What I really want to call these are Peanut Butterscotch Squares of Delish. These are without a doubt the one cookie I will make again after the neighborhood cookie exchange. (I've also eaten all of the cookies my next door neighbor made, but I do not know if they are easy enough for this blog yet.)

1/2 C Butter
1 C Peanut Butter
1 bag butterscotch chips
1 bag mini-marshmallows

Melt butter, PB and butterscotch chips over hot water.
Cool.
Add marshmallows and stir until well coated.
Spread into greased 9x13 pan and chill. Cut into 1" squares.
Store in fridge until ready to serve!


Thursday, October 29, 2009

American Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

I saw this grilled cheese recipe in Cooking Light (one of my favorite magazines!) a while back. We love it here and it's become an easy weeknight meal. As an added bonus, it's a meal I've managed to make with 350 calories. My rear thanks me. Yours will thank you too. =)

American Grilled Cheese: Ingredients
Reduced Fat Sargento Provolone Cheese
Reduced Fat Sargento Colby Jack Cheese
45 Calorie sliced bread (Sara Lee)
light spreadable butter or margarine
sliced Roma tomatoes
fresh basil leaves

I'm wondering if I really need to type out how to make a grilled cheese sandwich? Ok, if I get one comment about needing directions, I will come back and edit this post with directions. =) But it goes butter, bread, provolone cheese, sliced Roma, basil leaves, Colby jack slice, bread, butter. Grill. If you use more than once slice of each cheese, it will be more than 350 calories.

Tomato Soup: Pacific Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato
Now, the soup. My favorite soup with this sandwich is Pacific Natural Foods Organic Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato soup. It's only $3.69 for 32 oz. We usually warm half and put the box in the fridge. It lasts for two meals since the girls won't eat it. As usual.

So, serve up the soup, top with a few croutons and some shredded Parmesan cheese (again, you will add a few extra calories there, too.)

So, cheap, easy, delicious. What more could you want?!




Thursday, October 22, 2009

Four Ingredient Breakfast Casserole

Giving Credit: This one is my mom's. I love that it's a) easy and b) only has four ingredients!

Ingredients:
1 package of pork sausage
2 packages of crescent rolls (dairy case)
1 box of cream cheese
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:
Brown sausage in skillet breaking up into smaller pieces with back of spoon.

While browning sausage, unroll one pkg of crescent rolls and line bottom of 9x13 pan. I usually press to edge of pan and pinch seams to close up.

Drain sausage and return to skillet on low.

Cut cream cheese into cubes and melt in skillet mixing into the sausage.

Spread cream cheese/sausage mix onto crescent rolls in 9x13 pan.

Top with shredded sharp cheddar cheese and cover with remaining can of crescent rolls.

Bake at 350 until crust is brown.

Slice and eat!