Cheesy Rice, Hamburger, and Broccoli

Simple and Delicious
Items
1 packet Lipton Rice Sides Cheddar Broccoli
1 cup cooked and seasoned hamburger
1 cup of frozen Broccoli
Franks Hot Sauce (optional, used for extra flavor if you like heat)

Places and Prices
all of the items were in our freezer and/or cupboard
the meat was given to us for a wedding gift by our dear friends the Bunker's----they are Free Range Rancher---the meat is organic and tastes just so wonderful

Recipe
1. On the stove top place 1 cup of frozen Broccoli and 1 1/2 cups of water and let cook.
2. Drain the broccoli when it is done, but save the water that you cooked it in.
3. Measure the water that you saved from the broccoli and use it to make the packet of Lipton Rice Sides Cheddar Broccoli---when I use the water/juice/liquid from what I cooked I call it a broth. This liquid adds flavor to the dish as well as doesn't waste any thing.
4. While your rice is cooking make sure that your hamburger and broccoli get heated
5. Add the meat, cooked broccoli and rice mixture together and serve right away
6. Allow individuals to add Franks Hot Sauce for themselves

Serving Size: 2 large adult bowls

Spinach Salad

Fresh and Healthy

Items
1 cup Spinach
1/8 cup dried cranberries (if you don't have this you can substitute raisins)
1/4 of a small onion
Italian salad dressing for garnishing
2 Tbsp pecans (optional)

Places and Prices
Spinach
2 for $3 (Quality)
Dried Cranberries
we had these in the cupboard (were given them awhile ago)
Onion
we had this in the cupboard (bought a bag from Aldi's a while ago)
Italian salad dressing
we had this in the cupboard (I have bought this item at Wegmans in the past on sale, 2 for $3---I usually don't but salad dressings unless they are on sale)
Pecans
we had these in cupboard

Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350. To be used for roasting your pecans
1. Rinse carefully the spinach
2. Cut onion into small very small pieces (tip here, if you get your onion cold before cutting it, it wouldn't make you cry)
3. Place the pecans in a pan, single layer and place into oven. watch these so they don't burn
4. Chop up the pecans and put on side to be used later
5. Mix all ingredients.
6. Just before serving you can put the salad dressing on the salad. If you put it on before hand it could make the salad soggy.

Serving Size: 2 adult bowls

Mushroom Soup with a Twist

Warm and Yummy Soup

Ingredients
2 cans of mushroom soup (regular size)
1/3 cup of dried onions
black pepper
1/2 ring of polish sausage (we used Turkey sausage)
3 medium potatoes
water

Prices and places
Potatoes
buy one and get one free bag for $3.75 (Quality Market)
Mushroom soup
$.59 each (Quality Market)
Dried onions
food storage (LDS bishops storehouse)
Polish Sausage
food storage (we had this in the freezer, most likely we got it at Wegman's months ago)

Recipe
1. Clean, peal, and cut potatoes into bite size
2. Cut sausage into small bite size
3. Open soup us and empty soup into a bowl and set aside for later use
4. Fill both soup cans full of water
5. Place water into the medium pot, over high flame
6. Place the dried onion into the pot with the water
7. Place cut up potatoes into the water and onion pot. Allow water to boil. When potatoes are soft, take them out of the water and set aside a bowl to be used later. Leave the water in the pan
8. Place the sausage into the pan of water and let cook for about 15 min---this will flavor the soup nicely. After 15 minutes is done, take meat out of water and place it into the same bowl that you placed the potatoes in.
9. Take the liquid that is left after the meat and potatoes and measure it into the soup cans. Add more water to the cans to add up to 2 full cans of water.
10. Place all the liquid back into the pan that you've been using.
11. Put all the mushroom soup into the pot with the liquid---cook it was the can's recipe dictates.
12. Once the soup is hot, place all the potatoes and meat into the soup pot. Stir it up well and add black pepper for taste

Personal Note: My husband really liked this a lot and so did I---Cheap and Delicious