'We enjoy these flaky biscuits covered with creamy gravy not only for breakfast, but sometimes for dinner,' reports Darlene Markel of Sublimity, Oregon. Priced at only 27 cents per serving, 'It's hard to find a more stick-to-the-ribs meal and at such a low cost,' she notes.
This is the ultimate in thriftiness and convenience - beans in a slow cooker. The long, slow cooking time coaxes all the flavor from the sausage into the beans for a mild yet full-flavored dish. You can also cook in on low heat for 8 hours.
Everyone loves a Cobb salad and this is a great recipe. It makes plain old, shredded iceberg lettuce shine. Bacon, hard boiled eggs, chicken, tomatoes, blue cheese, avocado, green onion and dressing.
These white chicken enchiladas are a cinch to make with ingredients right off the shelf. The only skill required is in measuring, the rest just works itself out!
A delicious marinara sauce is cooked all day in the slow cooker. When it' s time for diner, just throw in some tortellini, and sprinkle with cheese. When the noodles are cooked -- pass around the bread, and enjoy!
Before grilling, the ribs are dusted with a pungent rub -cumin, chili powder and paprika -to give them lots and lots of flavor and color. During the last minutes of grilling, they 're basted with your favorite barbecue sauce.
This is the 'secret' Greek dressing recipe from the pizzeria that I work at. The recipe makes almost a gallon but can be scaled down easily. It can be used for picnics and travels very well, since it doesn't need to be refrigerated. This is the best dressing I have ever tasted, people offer to buy it constantly, but if we sold it we wouldn't be able to make enough to use in the restaurant!
This soup is easy to put together, and the flavor of the spicy sausage is balanced nicely by Great Northern beans, zucchini, fresh spinach, and carrots. Makes a delicious winter supper.
This creamy chicken and corn chowder, made spicy with ground cumin, green chilies, and hot pepper sauce, will warm you right through. Shredded Monterey jack cheese and half and half make this soup rich and delicious.
Chunks of tender chicken are simmered in a creamy tomato sauce with bacon, tossed with farfalle pasta, and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese for a quick and tasty weeknight dinner.
Italian salad dressing does wonders for chicken breasts, especially if they are left to marinate for several hours in the fridge. Then just before grilling, each breast gets a sprinkling of lemon pepper.
