good food ideas if you dont have much to work with?

Question

i'm starving and dont have much food in my house, but i have some basic essential ingrediants that most people have in their household, so i have a little to work with but not much..any suggestions?

Answer 1

Cannoli dip...it even sounds great:

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 stick margarine, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 bag mini semi sweet morsels

Beat the first 4 ingredients, then add morsels and mix by hand.
Eat by dipping animal crackers of graham cracker sticks
Voila, super easy! Enjoy!


Easy Honey-Dijon Chicken

4 boneless chicken breast halves, without skin
1 c. fine unseasoned dry breadcrumbs
1 tsp. plus 2 T. Dijon mustard, divided
3 T. honey (a light one, like wildflower)
2 T. butter (not margarine)

Flatten chicken breast halves to about ¼" thickness. In a shallow bowl or pie plate, combine breadcrumbs and 1 tsp. mustard. In another shallow bowl, combine honey and remaining 2 T. mustard. Dip chicken in the honey-mustard mixture, then coat with crumbs. In a nonstick skillet over medium heat, melt butter; cook chicken for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until lightly browned and juices run clear.

Serves 4


Easy Beef Roll-Ups

Ingredients

(4 servings)

2 lb Beef Round Steak *
1 1/2 lb Lean Beef Bacon
2 ts Cooking Oil
1 ea Env. Onion Soup Mix 1 1/4 oz
2 c Water
2 ts Cornstarch
1/2 c Water
1 x Parlsey
3 ea Cherry Tomatoes


Instructions

* Round Steak should be cut 1/2-inch thick. ------------------- Trim separable fat from steak nd remove bone. Pound with meat mallet or saucer; slice into strips 1 inch wide and 4 inches long. trim any excess fat from bacon. Place bacon slices on steak strips and roll up, securing with small wooden picks. Brown roll-ups slowly in hot oil in large frying-pan. Remove roll-ups to pressure pan. Add soup-mix and 2 cups of water to frying-pan and simmer 3 minutes, scraping particles from pan. Pour liquid over roll-ups. Cook at 10 lbs pressure 10 minutes. Remove roll-ups to warm serving dish. Combine cornstarch and 1/2 cup water, mixing until smooth. Add to liquid in pressure pan and simmer, stirring constantly, 3 to 4 minutes or until thickened. Pour gravy over roll-ups; garnish with parsley and cherry tomatoes.


Easy Karo Pecan Pie

Ingredients

(8 servings)

3 ea Eggs,slightly beaten
1 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 ea 9" unbaked pie shell
1 c Karo corn syrup
2 tb Margarine, melted
1 1/2 c Pecan halves


Instructions

In a large bowl,stir first 5 ingredients until well blended. Stir in pecans.Pour into pie shell.Bake in 350 degree oven 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean.Cool.

Answer 2

Everyone has beans and flour. Get a recipe for tortillas online. Its basically flour, water and oil, mix and roll. Fry em on the pan. Drain some pork n beans, add cumin powder, chili powder, and anything mexican you have. Spoon some beans in the tortilla, and eat that way, or wrap like a burrito and fry in a bit of oil, add cheese and other toppings if you have them.

Make Pancakes, get the recipe online.

french toast, dip your bread in milk mixed with eggs and fry. You can add cinamon if you want. Some lady gave me the recipe and told me to roll them in raw oatmeal before cooking. It gives them a boost and is so delicious.

You can make potatoes and eggs. Steam your peeled potatoes. Add a bit of onion, when their done then add some beaten eggs and stir fry. Serve with ketchup and hot sauce.

You can make soup. take any canned veggies you have, mix them with a can of tomatoes, or tomato paste, or if ya really poor some ketchup. Salt, Pepper, hot sauce, or whatever you like. You can add some broken macaroni, or spaghetti after it boils, or even some rice. It makes a hearty soup.

Here is a good rice dish Peurto Rican rice. Take and make some rice. Get your frying pan out, and add some onion and fry with a bit of oil. Add some veggies to the pan. Let em cook a bit. Add your cooked rice, and stir with a few tablespoons of BBQ sauce. Just enough sauce to color the rice a bit. (I like to add some hot peppers to mine while cooking with the onion.)

Got any cheap turkey ham? Cut it up in cubes. Dip in flour, and deep fry. Taste just like chicken nuggets. You don't need any salt cuz the salt from the ham flavors it.

Grilled cheese.

Gotta be more specific and let us know what you have. I am the queen of cheap.

Answer 3

Go to allrecipes.com and cross reference ingredients with recipes. What I think is bare essentials and what you consider bare minimum, I garauntee are miles apart!

Good luck

p,s pancakes from scratch are always an option. To make syrup bring 1 cup each water and sugar to a boil. Then add vanilla extract and a teaspoon of cinnamon or cardamon.

Answer 4

Pancakes
Noodles with white sauce
1/4 cup margarine or butter
3 tablespoons flour
3 garlic cloves minced
2 cups milk
3/4 cup Parmesan cheese

melt butter in sauce pan, add flour, make a "rue" add garlic, slowly add 2 cups milk stirring constantly, bring to a boil, add Parmesan cheese, take off heat stir constantly serve over noodles

Answer 5

Have rice & red beans.

Next day add some tomatoes to the left overs.

Make potato salad and have hot dogs with it.

Next day add black beans to the left over potato salad and serve on lettuce.

Answer 6

Fried eggs & toast. Pancakes or waffles w/ sausage/ham/bacon. I love breakfast foods in the evening.

Answer 7

Fried potatos and eggs, hotdogs and baked beans, cold pasta with veggies in a myo sauce.

Answer 8

You need to get into crock pot cooking. Good cooks have tons of ingredients to work with...crock pot stuff is pretty easy, trouble free, you don't have to watch it and tastes good.

Answer 9

pizza crackers! they're self-explanatory...uh...quick mac and cheese...cookie dough without the eggs

Answer 10

grilled cheese sandwiches. they're quick and easy!