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30-minute meals

Best Ever White Bean Chicken Chili (82 cents/serving)

Jessica Fisher · June 4, 2020 · 32 Comments

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This White Bean Chicken Chili, redolent with spices and bursting with chicken and white beans, comes together quickly in 30 minutes or less for an easy, delicious dinner. Did you graduate from high school in 1990? Cut your adult teeth on the foods of the era like Chicken Caesar Salad? Chinese Chicken Salad? BBQ Chicken Pizza? […]

Filed Under: Beans, Chicken, Lunches, Recipe, Slow Cooker, Soups, Turkey Tagged With: 30-minute meals, cooked chicken, packable

Easy Homemade Pizza Bagels Recipe (54cents/serving)

Jessica Fisher · May 14, 2020 · 20 Comments

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Pizza bagels are easy and delicious! Top a split bagel with sauce, your favorite toppings, and some cheese for a fun and simple lunch, snack, or dinner. When you crave pizza, you have to find something to feed the craving. You could order take-out, run to the store for a frozen pie or take-and-bake, or […]

Filed Under: Lunches, Pizza, Recipe Tagged With: 30-minute meals, packable

Last-Minute No Cook Pizza Sauce (50 cents/cup)

Jessica Fisher · May 1, 2020 · 12 Comments

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Homemade pizza sauce comes together in a snap with regular pantry ingredients. This Last-Minute, No Cook Pizza Sauce will save your pizza night. Pizza night rolls around and you’ve got a hankering for homemade pizza. You’ve done your due diligence and prepped the sourdough pizza crust already — or bought some when you were at […]

Filed Under: Pizza, Recipe, Sauces Tagged With: 30-minute meals, dairy-free

Jamie’s Spice Mix – Add a Little Zest to Dinner!

Jessica Fisher · April 3, 2020 · 30 Comments

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A simple and easy way to flavor your meals can be found right in your spice cupboard. Mix up your own spice blends to add spice and save money. This recipe for Jamie’s Spice Mix will add zest to any meal. The spice of life is …. spice, of course. You can have a sparse […]

Filed Under: Recipe, Seasoning Mix Tagged With: 30-minute meals, dairy-free, pantry, whole 30

Chili Stacks – A Quick & Easy Stacked Tortilla Casserole

Jessica Fisher · February 25, 2020 · 13 Comments

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Chili Stacks, a quick tortilla casserole, is an easy and economical dish to pull together. You can assemble it and cook it in less than 30 minutes! Hungry? Short on time? Not looking to go back out? That’s when you need a quick and easy recipe that comes together with regular pantry ingredients. No need […]

Filed Under: Beef, Ground Turkey, Lunches, Main Dishes, Recipe Tagged With: 30-minute meals, casserole, cheddar, efficient kitchen, updated

Easy Homemade Crepes

Jessica Fisher · February 20, 2020 · 21 Comments

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Enjoy homemade crepes, save money, and enjoy la belle vie. This easy recipe will get you hooked on making crepes yourself at home. Crepes are a huge part of my memories of France. Whether they were the simple (read: cheap) butter and sugar affairs that I purchased from a street vendor or the savory dinner […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Dessert, Recipe Tagged With: 30-minute meals, packable

How to Make Soup from Leftovers

Jessica Fisher · February 9, 2020 · 13 Comments

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Don’t worry about having the same thing twice this week. Did you know that you can make delicious soup from leftovers? It’s so gratifying to make soup from food you already have! Soup is a wonderfully frugal, potentially delicious meal to serve your family. It’s comforting. It’s easy on the budget. And there are so […]

Filed Under: Frugal Pantry, Kitchen Tips, Recipe, Soups Tagged With: 30-minute meals, basics, efficient kitchen, leftovers, time-saving tips, updated

How to Make Easy Stovetop Rice

Jessica Fisher · February 7, 2020 · 5 Comments

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Stovetop Rice comes together quickly and easily without a lot of hassle. It’s the perfect base for any number of meals and a super simple side dish. When time is limited, it’s helpful if you’ve got some quick and easy recipes in your back pocket. Bonus points if it’s a meal you can make without […]

Filed Under: Kitchen Tips, Recipe, Rice Tagged With: 30-minute meals, easy meals, gluten-free, quick dinner ideas

Enjoy Pepper Bellies for a Quick & Easy Supper

Jessica Fisher · February 5, 2020 · 26 Comments

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Pepper Bellies are a simple yet comforting dish. With only four ingredients, it comes together quickly, making for a super easy supper that will please any crowd. Curried potatoes and pork chops, Oslo Kringle,  and Pepper Bellies — those are all tastes and memories of my childhood. My mom may have been feeding five kids […]

Filed Under: Beans, Recipe Tagged With: 30-minute meals

Cheesy Sausage Pasta in the Instant Pot

Jessica Fisher · February 4, 2020 · 6 Comments

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While pasta has always been a quick fix dinner, it becomes even more hands-free when you cook noodles and sauce in the electric pressure cooker. Add this Cheesy Sausage Pasta in the Instant Pot to your weekly rotation for a simple dinner on the regular. You know that electric pressure cooker you’ve got sitting in […]

Filed Under: Pasta, Recipe, Sausage Tagged With: 30-minute meals, instant pot, packable, pressure cooker

Quick Potstickers with Dipping Sauce

Jessica Fisher · February 3, 2020 · 18 Comments

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Potstickers are an easy appetizer or main dish. Dress them up with this homemade dipping sauce that comes together in minutes.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipe, Snacks Tagged With: 30-minute meals, packable

Good Cheap Eats Dinner in 30 Minutes (or Less) Will Help You Save Time & Money

Jessica Fisher · February 1, 2020 · 23 Comments

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Good Cheap Eats Dinner in 30 Minutes (or Less!) is the book to help you save time in the kitchen. With 200 quick and easy recipes, it’s loaded with tips and tricks to help you make the most of your minutes and your kitchen more efficient. Do you ever find yourself staring into the depths of the fridge, […]

Filed Under: Good Reading Tagged With: 30-minute meals

Quick & Easy Cauliflower Fried Rice

Jessica Fisher · January 7, 2020 · 2 Comments

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Pull together a quick and easy dish of Cauliflower Fried Rice in just minutes. Made with just a handful of kitchen staples, this meal is delicious and packed with veggies. You ever have one of those days when you really don’t want to cook? You want something easy and quick. And you don’t want to […]

Filed Under: Meatless, Recipe, Side Dishes Tagged With: 30-minute meals, dairy-free, packable, Veggies Most, whole 30

Italian Wrap Recipe

Jessica Fisher · October 1, 2019 · 5 Comments

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What happens when you wrap up sub fillings in a tortilla? You have an Italian wrap recipe that’s out of this world and full of flavor. Originally this recipe was called The Super Secret Sub. What’s so secret about this submarine sandwich? Well, it’s under wraps, of course! LOL. I love a good pun. 😉 […]

Filed Under: Pork, Recipe, Sandwiches Tagged With: 30-minute meals, no cook, packable

What to Make for Dinner When You Have No Time to Cook

Jessica Fisher · September 7, 2019 · 6 Comments

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What to make for dinner? It’s a daily question, isn’t it? Here are some simple strategies to help you answer it in an easy, economical way. What’s do you feel like eating? I dunno. What do you feel like eating? I dunno. We don’t have much time…. Sound familiar? What to make for dinner is a […]

Filed Under: Meal Planning Tagged With: 30-minute meals

The Easy Meals You Need to Make When There’s “Nothing” to Eat

Jessica Fisher · June 17, 2019 · 69 Comments

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Don’t know what to make for dinner? Sometimes it can seem like there’s “nothing” to eat. Nothing easy jumps out at you. This list of easy meals will change how you eat on those nights. It’s happened to all of us. You return home famished after a hard day full of grumbling coworkers, whiny children, […]

Filed Under: Meal Planning Tagged With: 30-minute meals, leftovers, meal planning 101

Grilled Pork Tenderloin with a Homemade Spice Rub

Jessica Fisher · April 17, 2019 · 11 Comments

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Homemade spice blends are a cheap and easy way to add flavor and texture to your favorite grilled meats. Try this grilled pork tenderloin with its warm, spicy rub. Grilled meats are so fun and easy to prepare, they top my list of quick and simple meals. I particularly love grilling larger cuts of meat […]

Filed Under: Grilling, Pork, Recipe Tagged With: 30-minute meals, dairy-free, gluten-free, whole 30

Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

Jessica Fisher · April 5, 2019 · 11 Comments

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Enjoy a simple, delicious chicken salad loaded with apples and almonds in this easy recipe for Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps. Looking for a tasty lunch that’s not too heavy? Want something quick and easy to prep? Can’t decide between a salad or a sandwich?  The answer to your queries is found in a super simple […]

Filed Under: Chicken, Lunches, Main Dishes, Recipe, Salads Tagged With: 30-minute meals, cooked chicken, dairy-free, packable, Veggies Most, whole 30

Smoky Bean Soup

Jessica Fisher · January 14, 2019 · 10 Comments

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Reminiscent of canned bean with bacon soup — without the bacon or the can! — this Smoky Bean Soup is an economical and filling, without much fuss. If you grew up eating soup from cans with red labels, you may have been a fan of Bean with Bacon soup. I know I was. I can […]

Filed Under: Beans, Meatless, Recipe, Slow Cooker, Soups Tagged With: 30-minute meals, dairy-free, gluten-free, packable, quick dinner ideas

Pesto Pasta Salad with Cranberries & Feta

Jessica Fisher · November 24, 2018 · 17 Comments

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Enjoy an easy supper or side dish with this make-ahead Pesto Pasta Salad with Cranberries & Feta Cheese. It’s packed with flavor and makes a colorful addition to your buffet. I like to think that pasta salads are God’s gift to the busy home cook. They are hearty, make-ahead, and so very versatile that you […]

Filed Under: Lunches, Recipe, Salads Tagged With: 30-minute meals, packable, pesto, updated

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