These quick and easy budget friendly meal recipes are filled with flavor from fresh and simple food found in any supermarket. Just a few ingredients and simple preparation create these low cost meals in minutes.
Each recipe makes 2 to 3 servings
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- Simple Pasta Toss: Combine a couple of cups of cooked pasta (rotini, farfalle, elbow) with a bag of your favorite frozen vegetable combination (cooked according to package directions). Add a couple of flavor boosters like cubes of cheese, chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, or pine nuts), sun-dried tomatoes (in oil, drained and roughly chopped), lemon or lime zest, cooked beans, or fresh chopped herbs like basil, cilantro, parsley, or thyme. Add a dressing like olive oil and vinegar, plain yogurt (alone or mixed with mustard, horseradish, crumbled cooked bacon (regular or vegetarian style), or tamari soy sauce), salsa, oyster sauce, peanut sauce, or your favorite bottled dressing. Mix well and serve this pasta meal with a small tossed salad and warm garlic bread.
- Chicken Salad with Apples and Ginger: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and toss well to combine: 2 cups cooked chicken (cubed), 1 apple (cored and diced), 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, 1 tsp grated ginger, and 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream. Serve salad on a bed of baby spinach leaves drizzled with a little low-sodium soy sauce. For a simple side dish, serve warm breadsticks with your favorite spread. Vegetarian Option: Use 1 1/2 cups of store bought baked tofu cut into cubes instead of the chicken.
- Quinoa Salmon Salad: In a bowl, combine 3 cups of salad greens, 1/2 cup each of (green beans, peeled and cubed jicama, and sliced mushrooms), 1 cup canned salmon (drained and flaked), 1/2 cup cooked quinoa, and 1 apple (cored and diced). Toss with a bottled Italian dressing to taste. When serving each salad top with sliced almonds. Serve salad with warm rolls and whipped cream cheese.
- Quick and Cheesy Wraps: Using two to three (8 to 10 inch) soft tortilla shells, place a layer of refried beans on one-half of each tortilla. Top with thin slices of avocado, sliced radishes, diced green bell pepper, salsa, and shredded cheddar cheese. Heat each tortilla in the microwave until the cheese melts. Remove tortilla from oven and top with salad greens, sour cream, chopped fresh cilantro, and chopped pitted black or green olives and fold the wrap closed. Serve each wrap with a bowl of warm tomato soup topped with chopped fresh cilantro and thin slices of radish.
Each recipe makes 2 to 3 servings
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- Simple Pasta Toss: Combine a couple of cups of cooked pasta (rotini, farfalle, elbow) with a bag of your favorite frozen vegetable combination (cooked according to package directions). Add a couple of flavor boosters like cubes of cheese, chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, or pine nuts), sun-dried tomatoes (in oil, drained and roughly chopped), lemon or lime zest, cooked beans, or fresh chopped herbs like basil, cilantro, parsley, or thyme. Add a dressing like olive oil and vinegar, plain yogurt (alone or mixed with mustard, horseradish, crumbled cooked bacon (regular or vegetarian style), or tamari soy sauce), salsa, oyster sauce, peanut sauce, or your favorite bottled dressing. Mix well and serve this pasta meal with a small tossed salad and warm garlic bread.
- Chicken Salad with Apples and Ginger: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and toss well to combine: 2 cups cooked chicken (cubed), 1 apple (cored and diced), 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, 1 tsp grated ginger, and 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream. Serve salad on a bed of baby spinach leaves drizzled with a little low-sodium soy sauce. For a simple side dish, serve warm breadsticks with your favorite spread. Vegetarian Option: Use 1 1/2 cups of store bought baked tofu cut into cubes instead of the chicken.
- Quinoa Salmon Salad: In a bowl, combine 3 cups of salad greens, 1/2 cup each of (green beans, peeled and cubed jicama, and sliced mushrooms), 1 cup canned salmon (drained and flaked), 1/2 cup cooked quinoa, and 1 apple (cored and diced). Toss with a bottled Italian dressing to taste. When serving each salad top with sliced almonds. Serve salad with warm rolls and whipped cream cheese.
- Quick and Cheesy Wraps: Using two to three (8 to 10 inch) soft tortilla shells, place a layer of refried beans on one-half of each tortilla. Top with thin slices of avocado, sliced radishes, diced green bell pepper, salsa, and shredded cheddar cheese. Heat each tortilla in the microwave until the cheese melts. Remove tortilla from oven and top with salad greens, sour cream, chopped fresh cilantro, and chopped pitted black or green olives and fold the wrap closed. Serve each wrap with a bowl of warm tomato soup topped with chopped fresh cilantro and thin slices of radish.
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