Category: Budget Friendly

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Frugal Fridays: Quiche Lorraine

Posted on by Northerly Nosh

Quiche Lorraine

Serves 8

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1 pie crust (9-inch), uncooked – $1.95 (store bought)
6 bacon slices, crisply cooked – $2.49
6 oz swiss cheese, shredded – $2.77
1 1/2 cup half and half or light cream – $1.79
1/2 tsp salt – $.01
1/4 tsp nutmeg -$.02
1/2 cup cubed, cooked ham – $1.40
1/4 onion, sliced – $.70
4 eggs – FREE (have backyard chickens)

Total Cost: $7.83
Cost Per Serving: $0.98

Prep Day: Sprinkle crumbled bacon and cheese on the bottom of pie crust. Put remaining ingredients in blender container. Blend on high for 10 seconds, blend until onion is mixed but do not over-blend.

Pour into pie crust over bacon and cheese.

To Freeze: Flash-freeze pie on cookie sheet. When frozen, cover with foil and seal in jumbo freezer bag.

Serve Day: Thaw quiche completely before baking. Bake in preheated oven at 350F for 30 minutes, until top is golden brown and mixture is set. Serve warm.

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Frugal Fridays: Simple BBQ Ribs

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Simple BBQ Ribs

Serves 4

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40 oz. bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce (I used sweet baby ray’s) – $2.44
3.38lb. St. Louis style ribs – $6.05 ($1.79lb.)

Total Cost – $8.49
Cost per serving – $2.12

Prep Day: freeze ribs.

Serve Day: Thaw Ribs. Put your ribs in the crockpot. Lather them with bbq sauce. I highly recommend Sweet Baby Ray’s. I’m one who likes to make most everything from scratch, but when it comes to bbq sauce, I can’t make better than Sweet Baby Ray’s. They aren’t even paying me to say that.

Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Gently remove the racks and lay them out on a foil lined baking tray. Add more bbq sauce on top.

Broil under a broiler for 3-5 minutes until the bbq sauce starts to bubble and caramelize. Alternately you could wrap them in foil and throw them on a heated grill for the same effect. I sometimes do this for crowds and picnics. This keep the ribs warm until ready to eat and makes it easy to pass out portions.

Eat and Enjoy!

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Frugal Fridays: Pork Chops with Herb Mustard Butter

Posted on by Northerly Nosh

Pork Chops with Herb Mustard Butter

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Serves 4

4 (1/2-inch-thick) bone-in pork loin chops – $8.98
1 teaspoon salt – $.01
1/2 teaspoon pepper $.01
1/4 cup butter, softened – $.31
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley – $.25
2 tablespoons honey mustard – $.26
1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage – free (from my garden)

Total Cost – $9.82
Cost Per Serving – $2.46

Prep Day: Stir together butter and next 3 ingredients in a small bowl until blended. Place in a small container. Place pork chops in a freezer bag along with butter and freeze.

Serve Day: Thaw. Top each chop with 1 rounded Tbsp. butter mixture.

Sprinkle chops evenly with salt and pepper, and place on a wire rack in an aluminum foil-lined broiler pan.

Broil 5 inches from heat 8 to 10 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155°F.