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New Recipe and Lesson 2 - Making Things Last

I have had to learn to make things last the last few years. How can I make a pound of beef feed us for 3 days??? So, I have had to be very creative with my cooking. Today, I had to figure out how to make a bag of frozen chicken breasts last until Friday. So, cooking them and adding two sides wasnt an option. My mom had this entree the other day and I thought, thats a good place to start! Here is my tweaked recipe.

I wanted to begin by telling you how much this meal cost. And I hate those misleading sites that say, "here is a meal for $5!" But you already have to have 5 of the 7 ingrediants in your pantry. Now, I didn't use all of the potatoes, chicken, and rice, so overall, it cost less than the amounts I am showing you...



Bag of chicken breasts, 6 breasts a bag - $5.49
5 pound bag of potatoes - $2.12
Cream of chicken soup - 69 cents
Can of mixed veggies - 50 cents
Box of brown rice - 89 cents
box of stuffing - 89 cents

$10.98, I think?

Ok, so this is pretty simple...

1. Boil one large chicken breast.

2. Peel and cut two potatoes into bite site pieces, boil the pieces to tender. Drain and set aside.

3. Make stuffing as directed in the package. Make one cup of rice as directed on package. Set aside stuffing, as well as the rice. Set aside.

4. When the chicken is cooked thoroughly, shred the chicken to small pieces.

5. Take rice, potatoes, rice, chicken, unheated veggies and unheated soup and mix together in large bowl. Pour mixture in a cooking dish.



6. Top dish with stuffing. Put dish in 400 degree oven on top rack for 10 minutes or until stuffing begins to brown.



Serve! This dish fed a hungry husband, wife and two kids with some leftover!

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