this recipe can be more complex or super easy. i chose the super easy route because my arm is killing me and i was not in the mood to chop and sauté. but whether using fresh ingredients or jarred sauce this is cheap. it sounded a bit weird to mix tomato sauce and eggs together but it was filling and just light enough. i'd pair it with a salad but the kids wanted applesauce so i caved. here is the original recipe:
eggs. i just bought a jar of sauce i really liked and poured it in a pyrex pie dish. i cracked 10 eggs into the dish so everyone had 2 eggs and baked it at 350* for 30 minutes. i cooked it a bit longer than it called for because i wanted the yolks cooked all the way. i grabbed some premade garlic bread and baked that. to serve just dish up eggs and sauce on garlic bread. done and done! total cost: eggs-$2 (side note this would be even cheaper to make this when kings sells their dozen eggs for a buck!), tomato sauce-$2, garlic bread-$2 for a total of $6 for a main course.
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| baked eggs in tomato sauce |
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| spooned over garlic bread |
the other dinner we made this week was chicken florentine artichoke bake:
bake. it was fairly good, a definite remake but maybe a few changes next time. i pretty much followed this recipe exactly but left out the red pepper and italian seasoning (i opted to use a bit of Italian dressing i had so i didn't have to spend money on the seasoning). i used muenster instead of jack as i had it on hand but next time i will also add feta for a richer flavor. i did about half the package of spinach so the kids wouldn't question the green stringy things too much. i did use an entire box of noodles and increased the milk by about half a cup. the chicken i cut down by half and added it at the end just to the top and only on half so t could have hers vegetarian. again on the veggie stuff, it was easy to make this dish partially veggie so it doesn't really add stress to making dinner. plus spinach is a great veggie option for the iron it has. woo hoo! total cost: pasta-$1, eggs/butter/milk/cheese-i already had on hand, chicken-a whole bag was $7 but i only used half of it. so i'll save the other half for another recipe, jarred artichoke-$3, frozen spinach-$1, bread crumbs-$2 but a lot leftover for future recipes for a total of $14. a bit on the higher side for 1 meal but for 5 people this had leftovers for the next night. so 2 meals a $7 a piece is awesome!
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| chicken florentine artichoke bake |
i made a cake too earlier this week and had high hopes for it but while it was good for me it was underwhelming. now the original recipe i am sure is awesome because all of pw's recipes are. i think the substitutions i made just didn't measure up. i will remake this cake following her recipe exactly next time. so i will leave you with her recipe and my photo of this pretty cake. but not the cost because cutting corners here didn't work out so well in my opinion. now if you ask the chocolate covered kids they may tell you different ;).
cake
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have a great week all!
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