Recipe 10

In honor of National Pancake Day-  I thought I would share a recipe for Whole Wheat Pancakes. 

Ingredients:
1 egg
1 c  whole wheat flour
1 c milk
2T oil
1 T sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 t salt

Mix all ingredients.  Let set for 3 min.  If it thickens to much add a little milk.  All depends upon how thick or thin you want your pancakes.       Spray a griddle,  pour 1/4 cup of batter at a time.   

Alterations:
1)  I used no oil and substituted applesauce
2)  I used 1T of sugar and 1T of powdered milk

Price : Depending upon where and when you purchase your food your price could vary.
 This is for a double batch

Eggs- .17
Flour-  .60
Milk - .30

the remaining ingredients you should have around your house.
Approx cost-  $1.07     this made 20 pancakes.   .05/ per pancake

Recipe #9

This one is for Breakfast -  Eggy Breakfast Muffins

Ingredients:
1/2 pound bacon , minced
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/2 cup shredded raw vegetables ( usually carrots or zucchini)
6 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon parsley

Directions:
1)  Preheat oven to 350   Grease 12 cup muffins tin; set aside.
2)  Fry bacon over medium heat until crispy.  Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towels to drain. Reserve a tablespoon or so of grease in a small bolw then discard remaining grease in pan.  Let pan cool, then wipe with paper towels to remove any remaining bacon bits.  Return pan to medium heat.  Add reserved bacon grease, onion, garlic and grated vegetables.  Cook stirring until vegetables soften, 3 to 5 minutes.  Remove to bowl to cool
3) In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk and chesse.  Add flour, baking powder, salt, parsley, bacon and sauteed vegetables;  stir togeterh until just combined.
4) Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full.  Bake until edges start to brown and tops spring back when pressed, 20-25 minutes.

Alterations:
1)  I do not have bacon in the house but I had ham.  So I just diced up the ham
2)  When I make this recipe I double everything.  It says it should make 12 muffins (for one batch),  with doubling the recipe I ended up getting 33 muffins.
3) I used White Whole Wheat flour instead of All Purpose
4) Since I used 12 eggs,  I did 6 whole eggs and 6 egg whites only. 

Price Breakdown ( depending upon when and where you shop your prices may vary)
This is for doubling the recipe:
Ham- $1.87
Onion-  .35
Zucchini- this is a total guess, as this is our of freezer -  .20
Eggs-  $1.00
Milk  -.15
Cheese -  $1  ( I actually used cheese that was left over from another, so this was double bonus)
Flour- .60

Total -  $5.17    = approx  .16 per muffin.        I usually serve these 3 muffins at a time.  So one "meal" would cost  .48

Recipe #8

Chimichangas

This is one of the favorites in our house and sooo easy to double, triple, quadruple. 

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef ( cooked)
 1.5 cups frozen corn
1 bottle taco sauce
2 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon Garlic salt
1 teaspoon cumin
1 can Refried Beans
12  10 inch tortilla shells
2 cups of shredded cheese

Directions:
Combine ground beef, corn, taco sauce, chili powder, garlic salt and cumin.   Stir until well blended.  Spread a thin layer of beans on each of the tortillas
Spoon 1/4 cup of beef mixture down the center and top with 2T of shredded cheese.  Fold sides in and roll up, burrito style, and place seam side down.

Freezing directions: place burritos seam side down in a gallon bag. 

Serving directions:  Place seam-side down on a lightly greased pan. Brush tortillas with melted butter.  Bake in oven preheated oven at 425 for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. 

Alterations:
1)  We had no ground beef in the house so I made these with chicken this time.  I have made them with beef and they are great also.
2) I do not use taco sauce instead I just put in a bottle of our homemade salsa
3)  My kids are not big fans of refried beans on the shell.  So I do half without and half with.  Although,  I do bury half the jar of refried beans in the mix and they cant tell that.
4)  I usually vary the shells- some white, some wheat, whatever we find appealing at the time. 

Price breakdown:   depending on when and where you purchase your food it could vary

1 lb chicken $1.20
1.5 cups of corn  $.60  (this is guess because this is from our freezer from the summer)
1 jar of salsa  $1.00( this is a guess because this is homemade)
1 jar of refried beans $..79 ( you may have some left)
Tortilla shells $1.50 
Cheese  $1.00

Total:  $6.09    This makes approx 12  Chimichangas   that is $.51 per chimi   This will easily feed our family dinner with a few leftovers. 

As I said this recipe can easily be doubled and frozen for future use-  today I quadruple made this.    

This is taken pre baking. 

Recipe #7

This a super easy snack

EASY CHEESY CRACKERS  -  this recipe is from 100 days of real food

 Ingredients :  

1 Cup Whole wheat flour

5 Tablespoons Cold Butter, cut into tablespoons size chunks

4 oz or 1 1/2 cups of grated Cheddar cheese.  The sharper the cheese the better

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350

2.  Combine all three ingredients in a food processor bowl.  The mixture will eventually turn into a big ball chasing itself around the bowl.  Be patient  because this does take a few minutes.

3. Roll into a log and 1 1/2 in in  diameter.  At this point you could refrigerate the dough until later use or continue on.  

4.  With a sharp knife cut 1/2' thick pieces off the log and place them flat on an ungreased baking sheet.  

5.  If you want them to look fancy you can flatten them with a fork like mine,  or cut with a cookie cutter. 

6. Bake 8-14 minutes or until lightly golden brown.  The thicker the cracker the longer the bake time. 

Alterations:

The only thing I altered was I didn't have Cheddar cheese but I had mozzarella . 

Price Breakdown: 

1 cup flour   .30

5 Tbsp  butter  .31

4 oz cheese   .50 

Total-  $1.11      The recipe said it would make 24  , I think I got about 50  (sorry started eating them before I counted them.  )   I don't know about you but I think this is a fairly cheap and healthy snack ( compared to its counter part Cheez-it)