Frugal Recipes

I have changed the Frugal Recipes page to allow you to post your recipes directly.  It saves the step of emailing them. 

I'm looking forward to cooking some new things.  :)

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  1. ElizabethMarch 14, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    This is a new favorite for Mike and me. It's cheap, easy and yummy! Extremely cheap if you only have 2 people to feed, but I think it's reasonable for any size group. You can also use 1/2 chicken breast per person to make it less expensive.

    2 large Russet potatoes
    1 large (or 2 small) heads of broccoli
    2 chicken breasts, cubed and cooked
    1 jar alfredo sauce

    I'm sure this goes without saying, but bake the potatoes, split 'em open, then add salt and pepper, the cooked chicken, broccoli (after steaming it) and I usually use 1/4 jar of alfredo on each potato, so one jar should cover a family of 4. Enoy!!

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