Broccoli Alfredo

Hey there! 

So tonight I am once again without money ... broke college problems. But I always make sure to have the old stand-by's in my cabinet. I found a couple of years ago that Publix usually always has some kind of pasta on bogo. So Whenever I have money I make sure to always grab some which leaves me with an insane amount of pasta in my cabinet, but it comes in handy when I'm broke.

I found that you can do a ton with pasta. Depending on the sauces you have in your fridge. Sometimes I have none and resort to buttered noodles with some Parmesan cheese (Don't knock it, till you try it, its pretty delicious. Way Better than raman.)

But back on track. I had alfredo in my fridge tonight and I rummaged through my vegetable drawer to find some good stuff in there, I came out with ... Broccoli Alfredo!

So noodles, I love the little bow ties, broccoli, an onion, and alfredo sauce. 

 

Cut up the broccoli and onions and put water on the stove to boil. 

 

While the noodles are starting to cook I threw the broccoli and onions into a skillet. Oil, and some minced garlic then add the veggies. 

So I put the broccoli in the skillet to soak up the flavors of the garlic and onions but they still need to be cooked if you don't care for crunch broccoli. Once the noodles are almost cooked I threw the broccoli in. 

After a few minutes the broccoli and noodles can be drained and mixed in with the alfredo sauce. 

Mix it all together and voila!!

Enjoy!!

Crispy Cheddar Bacon Chicken

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So tonight my roomate and I were really craving some mac and cheese and well just cheese but we wanted more than just that, what did we find? 

Chicken Helper! Crispy Cheddar Bacon chicken

So we had our mac and cheese and the cheddar chicken, we decided to add some green beans to it as well. Realtivley cheap and you can buy about 2 pounds for around three dollars. The best part is the fresh green beans are so good and they should last you about four or five meals. 

Alright so chicken mac and cheese and some green beans. Just like last week, follow the directions on the back of the box. 

This part was a bit difficult for us, we had to reread the box a thousand times. The mac and cheese calls for you to add all the ingridents at the same time, it works out great so listen to the box. 

But I would suggest adding another cup of uncooked noodles, ours turned out way too cheesy and we had to cook another cup of noodles to add to it. 

Next follow the directions on the box for the chicken, bread it and saute it in a fry pan. I would suggest not using all the breading, you don't need it and it makes it a little too bready.

While I was doing this I had my roomate clean the green beans and cut off the ends. While the chicken was cooking we sauted the green beans. 

Add some butter and oil to a pan, once thats melted toss in the beans. After a minute or two of cooking we added minced garlic and dried dill. 

Once everything is sauteed let it cook and soon enough ... Dinner!

Put all that yumminess on a plate and voila!

Cheesy Broccoli Noodles

Hey all!

So today my meal was this amazing hamburger helper box of cheesy broccoli. Sure from a box and yes, you don't need me to make it. But the reason I bought this box is I LOVE cheddar broccoli and this box was a dollar. Cheap and delicious is for me!

One thing I have learned through years of a bank account that maxes out at 50 dollars on a good day is buying in bulk is your friend. Start out with one of these bad boys .... 

Will get you through at least 10 meals.

I found these new chicken helper things that are running about a dollar at wal-mart. Super cheap for an entire meal and incredibly good. 

So now that you've bought the bulk chicken and the entire special section of chicken helper ... lets cook! 

Here's what you need .... 

Everything on the back of the box 

Onion 

Pepper 

breadcrumbs (crushed up crackers work too)

Although the box is excellent, I found I like to add things to it as well, spice it up, make it better. 

I happened to have an onion and a pepper in my fridge tonight so I decided to use them. I also would have liked to add mushrooms but we go with what we got. 

Dice up the onions and peppers. Cut up the chicken into cubes as directed on the back of the box. 

Then try tossing the chicken in some bread crumbs, I think it adds a  little extra crunch, makes it so good!

 

 

After all the prep work, just follow the directions on the box. Cook the chicken first with the onions   and peppers, make sure to cook it fully, uncooked chicken is not good ...

Then add the milk water and sauce packet.

Make sure to fully cook the noodles, the first time I tried this I followed the timing on the back of the box and came out with crunchy noodles. If you need to go ahead and a a bit more water just to allow the noodles to cook longer ... Sometimes, its worth the wait. 

Stir in the Sauce Packet ....

And Voila! Dinner time!!

 

  

Hey internet,
So this week I am a bit low on money (as usual) but I still like to try to make good food. Unfortunately I was so low on money my food budget became ramen every night. I will be making a blog post about recipes soon but in the mean time this  is a video I found on YouTube and this girl has some good ideas on grocery shopping on a budget and only having a small fridge to fit it all in!

Carrie the Cook

Hey there, 

My name is Carrie, I'm in my Senior year of College and finally living in a place where I have the chance to cook for myself. My only problem, cooking good food is crazy expensive. Every recipe I find I always seem to be needing to buy some obscure ingredient for it. 

So I decided to make this blog to help out all of those other broke college kids out there that are just looking for a good meal that wont break their bank. 

Each week I will post a new recipe I found so maybe we can all eat a little better. Easy, Cheap, and hopefully delicious, lets see what I can find for us to cook!