Vegetarian Burritos

Menus4Moms: Vegetable Burrito Recipe

Burritos are typically a low cost meal and are very filling. This vegetarian burrito recipe can be adapted to what is in season and what your family likes. I like to cook a batch of dried pinto beans and serve Pinto Beans and Cornbread for one meal, then use the leftover beans to make Vegetable Burritos. If it’s available, we like to add chopped fresh cilantro. When red bell peppers are expensive (and their price can vary widely – I just bought a package of 6 for $3.99 and have at times paid that much for one pepper), omit them or substitute a green bell pepper.

San Francisco Pork Chops

Menus4Moms: San Francisco Pork Chop Recipe

This stove top meal is one of our favorites! It is featured in next week’s Frugal Mom Menu. For an even more intense flavor, you can cut up the pork into bite sized pieces before cooking and serve over rice. If making it to serve over rice, consider doubling the sauce.

Kung Pao Chicken

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This Kung Pao Chicken recipe, featured in next week’s Busy Mom Menu, is delicious with its easy to make chili-flavored oil. Be sure to start the night before so your chicken has time to marinate for the fullest flavor.

Ham and Cheese Tortellini

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We do a lot of planned leftovers at Menus4Moms, and this is one of our easy leftover ham recipes. Ham and Swiss Sliders are also a good choice for what to make with leftover ham. What some other choices? Take a look at The Ham Plan, a detailed cooking plan for preparing and freezing several hams. If you prefer to avoid cream soups, try the substitution recipes here or here.

Quick and Easy Burrito Casserole

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Looking for a quick and easy dinner? Take advantage of prepared foods to shorten your prep time in the evening. This yummy Tex-Mex dish starts with frozen burritos (you could make your own if you have more time and want a healthier option) and adds easy finishing touches to make it more like homemade.

Ham and Swiss Sliders

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Wondering what to make with leftover ham? These little ham and cheese sandwiches are a fantastically delicious way to use it. Paired with Swiss cheese and a decadent poppy seed glaze, they are addictive.

Crockpot Cube Steak and Gravy

Menus4Moms: Crockpot Cube Steak and Gravy

Looking for a super easy supper idea? Look no further than Crockpot Cube Steak and Gravy. With a pound of cube steak, an envelope of onion soup mix, and 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup (or the equivalent of Cream of Something Soup mix), you can put a delicious home cooked meal on the table with almost no effort. We like this dish over mashed potatoes, but if you are really in a hurry, serve it over instant rice with a salad on the side. Slow cooking the steak all day makes the meat incredibly tender and the onion soup mix seasons the gravy perfectly.

Beef and Guinness Stew

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This delicious Irish stew made with stout beer is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. It can be started on the stove top and finished in the slow cooker if you want to have it on a day when you will be out and about in the afternoon.

Sandy’s Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe

Menus4Moms: Sandy's Easy Cashew Chicken Dish

This quick and easy recipe is a great way to use cooked chicken from the freezer (for more on this way of cutting down prep time, see the Menus4Moms Primer: Cooking for the Freezer). Prep is minimal and since everything is already cooked, it only takes 25-30 minutes from start to finish. The recipe is [...]

Chili Cheese Burritos

Menus4Moms: Chili Cheese Burritos

These easy burritos are great for a cold night. If you have cooked ground beef in the freezer, they can be ready in about 15 minutes; if not, it still takes less than 30 minutes to get this quick meal on the table.

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