Sometimes my husband requires expensive dinners. His favorites include steak on the grill, pork tenderloin, and any-and-all roasts.
However, that much meat requires an equal and opposite El Cheapo Dinner.
Probably the most popular El Cheapo Dinner around here is quesadillas.
Ingredients:
Corn tortillas
Mozzarella or cheddar cheese or really, any kind of cheese you’re fond of
(Except cottage. I don’t think that would go over well.)
Fillings: Leftover peppers, onions, meat (including deli lunch meat)
Dipping sauces: Salsa, barbeque*
- Chop peppers, meat, and any other filling. Shred cheese.
- Place tortilla on saute pan, turn heat to medium. Layer shredded cheese and toppings. Top with second tortilla.
- Heat 3-4 minutes. Flip. Heat 2-3 minutes. Slice (pizza cutter works best) and enjoy!
We usually enjoy this meal with popcorn and juice. Mmmm-mmmm cheap.
*Barbecue sauce on quesadillas?! you ask? When the cheese is mozzarella and the meat is chopped chicken, then yes. By all means, the sauce of choice is barbecue.
What’s your favorite El Cheapo dinner? Post about it and then link here to that post (not your homepage)! Remember to add a brief description of your recipe for easy reference purposes. And thanks for keeping it family friendly!
Next week: Dinners – Family Favorites. The dinners no one has heard of but your family. Or maybe no one makes it quite like your family. And maybe that’s because your family refuses to give the recipe to anyone. Well, it’s time to spill the beans. Next week on Recipe Swap: Dinners – Family Favorites.
quesadillas… yummy! My son’s favorite is cheddar with corn, with a side of tomato soup.
I am not a quesadilla person, unless they contain at least an equivalent amount of BEANS.
And that is why my recipe is a BEAN RECIPE. I am sure Teresa could post a more authentic one.
And she did. Look at that.
I had an el-cheapo dinner last night, but it appears everyone else has covered it- it was Mexican, too. I’ll pass on posting it because it doesn’t measure up to these great recipes!
I wonder if we were all subliminally influenced to make an inexpensive Mexican meal, because Beth called it the el cheapo recipe swap? If it had been “frugal dinners” would we have come up with something else?
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I can’t wait to check out some of these recipes! LOL! I just read the last quote:
“I wonder if we were all subliminally influenced to make an inexpensive Mexican meal, because Beth called it the el cheapo recipe swap? If it had been “frugal dinners” would we have come up with something else?”
Too funny! It could be…The Southwester Skillet Stroganoff was my first idea and then I went back and forth between that and pizza, because, I think homemade pizza is actually cheaper. I ended up going with this one. Hope you like!