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Sep 17, 2022
2 min

What to Make for Sunday Dinner That Isn't Too Expensive? Mushroom Meatloaf

This is a moist, "meaty" meatloaf that stretches your ground beef and that tastes incredibly good. The meatloaf is pure "comfort food" and is a great and special main dish to serve your family for Sunday dinner. The dish includes plenty of mushrooms, with mushrooms in the meatloaf mixture as well as in a creamy sauce that tops the loaf. Chopped sweet bell peppers and onions give the meatloaf extra flavor. Try the meatloaf with mashed potatoes or noodles to catch the low-f

Jun 6, 2022
3 min

How to Make a Cheap and Easy Italian Dinner That Doesn't Include Tomatoes

If you're searching for a "no tomatoes" pasta dinner that is incredibly good, opt for this Turkey Sausage and Mushroom Bake. The inexpensive-to-make (well, relatively) bake has plenty of flavor from the turkey sausage as well as earthy mushrooms. Low-fat ricotta adds a creamy, slightly sweet taste, and a splash of white wine lends a little acidity. A dusting of bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese forms a crunchy crust on top of the bake. This is a restaurant-worthy dish even

May 20, 2022
2 min

How to Make a Simple Pork Chops With Mushroom Sauce Supper

For my husband, comfort food equals pork chops, especially when the chops are in a creamy mushroom sauce. This isn't a complicated dish, and it doesn't take long, making it perfect for a week night as well as a Sunday dinner. The pork browns first in the pan. Then the mushrooms form the basis for a simple sour cream sauce. The pork goes back in the pan to finish cooking for a few minutes, and the main dish is ready to serve. Mashed potatoes or noodles are great to soak u

Mar 11, 2022
2 min

How to Make a Quick, Simple Beef Stroganoff with Spaetzle

If you want a quick, delicious, and reasonably inexpensive meal, try this simple hamburger/ground beef stroganoff with spaetzle noodles. The stroganoff is pure comfort food--warm, full of earthy mushrooms, and with plenty of sauce to dress the noodles. Even better, the stroganoff--noodles and all--cooks in one pan for easy cleanup. I use lean ground beef and low-fat in my version of the stroganoff, which means that the fat is kept under control. You can use lean ground tu

Mar 3, 2022
2 min

How to Make Pork Chops in Creamy Mushroom Sauce--Without Canned Soup

Pork chops are a significant comfort food at our house, and this recipe is a particular favorite. The chops cook in a creamy mushroom sauce that takes minutes--even without a can of mushroom soup!--so is perfect for a week night. The pork browns first in the pan. Then the mushrooms form the basis for a simple sour cream sauce. The pork goes back in the pan to finish cooking for a few minutes, and the main dish is ready to serve. Mashed potatoes or noodles are great to so

Feb 11, 2021
3 min

What to Serve for a Cheap Valentine's Day Dinner? Beef Roll Wellington

The recipe I'm offering you today is a favorite, easy, inexpensive, and impressive dish that's perfect for Valentine's Day. I've never quite figured it out, but my husband, son, and many other men love meatloaf. I've spent major bucks on fancy roasts, only to have the simple meatloaf disappear more quickly and be appreciated more. So, with that in mind, instead of stretching your budget into uncharted lands, why not opt for something fairly inexpensive and that's still q

Feb 2, 2021
2 min

Tired of Cooking? Make a Cheap, Quick, and Nutritious Barley Skillet Meal

Are you tired of cooking and also tired of eating the same old stuff (again!). This is a recipe I've made periodically and posted about before. I decided to post it again because the recipe is so easy to make as well as being nutritious and good--perfect if you are tired of cooking and eating the same old, same old. The skillet meal includes mild Italian turkey sausage, which boosts the protein but keeps the dish low in fat. Mushrooms complement the earthy flavor of the b

Jun 5, 2019
3 min

Cheap and Good: Spinach-Stuffed Meatloaf with Mushroom Sauce

Sometimes coming up with dinner options that don’t take too long, aren’t too expensive, and that appeal to multiple people with different tastes isn’t that easy. Over the years, I’ve found that ground beef or turkey are my go-to meats, particularly because both are readily available at most markets and either can be turned into something good relatively quickly. But what to cook that might be a little different from “hamburger helper”? My husband, who is a meatloaf lover,

Feb 12, 2019
3 min

Cheap Valentine's Day Dinner: Beef Roll Wellington

Most of the magazines, newspapers, and internet feeds are full of ideas to celebrate Valentine's Day in style--meaning expensively. Nonetheless, not everyone has the means to pull together a fancy, costly meal regardless of how much they love their family or significant other. Instead of stretching the budget into uncharted lands, why not opt for something fairly inexpensive but still quite special? Beef Roll Wellington is simply a dressed up meatloaf. Beef Wellington rec

Nov 28, 2018
2 min

Simple Beef Stroganoff with Spaetzle

If you're tired of eating Thanksgiving leftovers and need an alternative simple, inexpensive, and quick meal how about hamburger stroganoff? In this case, with spaetzle noodles for something a little different? The hamburger stroganoff is pure comfort food--warm, full of earthy mushrooms, and with plenty of sauce to dress the noodles. Even better, the stroganoff--noodles and all--cooks in one pan for easy cleanup. Because Thanksgiving often features rich food from which y

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

Fall Supper: Pork Scaloppini with Mushrooms

Pork Scaloppini with Mushrooms is one of those incredibly easy meals that cook quickly and taste as though you spent forever in the kitchen. The secret is that the pork is sliced very thin and so cooks in only a few minutes, meaning that it also stays tender--unless you cook it too long, so don't! Once you've browned the pork on both sides, remove it from the pan to a plate. Then cook the sauce and add the pork back to the pan just before you serve it. Because the meat is

Jul 28, 2018
2 min

Comfort Food: Mushroom Meatloaf

Well, I intended to make kofta with tahini sauce. Stay tuned for that recipe. Instead, I opted for a mushroom meatloaf. I needed to use up mushrooms that I had gotten on sale, and my husband really likes meatloaf. Rather than using a lot of tomato sauce, as I often do, I incorporated mushrooms into the meat mixture and made a mushroom sauce for the loaf. The result was different and quite good. My husband approved. The meatloaf came out rich, moist, and "meaty" althoug

Jul 3, 2018
2 min

Barley Bounty: Quick and Healthy Skillet Meal

Years ago at work the cafeteria served a dish they referred to as "Barley Bounty." It was meatless and actually pretty nutritious and good compared to much of what they served at the time. I wanted to try to re-create the dish but ended up changing almost all of the ingredients but the barley. I think the result is better. This version isn't meatless. It includes mild Italian turkey sausage, which boosts the protein but keeps the dish low in fat. I also included mushroo

May 18, 2018
3 min

Cheap and Easy on the Tummy Turkey Sausage and Mushroom Bake

By easy on the tummy, I mean lower fat, fewer ingredients that are likely to cause heartburn and other gastrointestinal problems, and less salt and fiery spice than some Italian bakes. Nonetheless, the Turkey Sausage and Mushroom Bake doesn't taste like it's a "makeover" casserole. The bake has plenty of flavor from the turkey sausage as well as the earthy mushrooms. Low-fat ricotta adds a creamy, slightly sweet taste, and a splash of white wine lends a little acidity. A

Apr 19, 2018
2 min

Comfort Food: Thursday Pork Chop Supper

After eighty-plus-degree weather late last week, we're back to winter in northern Virginia. It's damp and chilly with a wind gusting some 40 miles per hour. So, comfort food seems like it's in order. For my husband, that's pork chops in a creamy mushroom sauce. This isn't a complicated dish, and it doesn't take long, making it perfect for a week night. The pork browns first in the pan. Then the mushrooms form the basis for a simple sour cream sauce. The pork goes back

Jan 9, 2018
3 min

Cheap and Elegant Main Dish: Beef Roll Wellington

In January, many people want to invite friends to their homes to celebrate the new year, watch sports games and movies, and just hunker down in a warm and comfy place. Nonetheless, pulling off a special dinner party main course isn't easy in the midst of post-Christmas budget blahs. Yes, chili is an option, but I wondered if I could come up with something that would be more elegant, tasty, and keep the dinner costs in the $25 range. All of the roasts I considered were too

Dec 7, 2017
2 min

Bavarian Pot Roast: German Comfort Food

I posted the recipe for this roast a few days ago for the second Sunday in Advent, but, if you missed it, here it is again--this time with a photo. I confess that the roast isn't photogenic. It was mostly hiding in the savory sauce in the slow cooker. Nonetheless, the Bavarian pot roast--surrounded by vegetables--is ideal for a cold December day. The roast is subtly spiced with ginger and a touch of allspice and, with plenty of red wine in the sauce, smells wonderful whil

Sep 16, 2017
3 min

Saturday Night Meatloaf Anyone?

I know families cannot subsist on biscotti alone. Nonetheless, sometimes coming up with dinner options that don’t take too long, aren’t too expensive, and that appeal to multiple people with different tastes isn’t that easy. Over the years, I’ve found that ground beef or turkey are my go-to meats, particularly because both are readily available at most markets and either can be turned into something good relatively quickly. But what to cook that might be a little different

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