Easy, Great and Cheap Spaghetti Sauce

Forget about buying those jars of spaghetti sauce!! This recipe is cheap and easy and just as good, if not better!

Ingredients
1 6oz can of tomato paste (you can buy that at any grocery store for $0.25-0.75)
Water
Garlic
Basil
Oregano
Garlic salt
Pepper

Directions
In a saucepan, scrape out tomato paste.. Fill the can up with water twice and dump into pan with paste. Stir so that the paste disperses. I love garlic so I use a lot of fresh garlic. Add all seasonings and stir. Add as much seasonings as you wish. I absolutely love this recipe and I will never buy jarred spaghetti sauce again.

This recipe yields for about 1/2 lb. of spaghetti noodles, so roughly 2-4 servings. Just double recipe for more servings.

Chicken Pillows

Easy and good!

Ingredients

1 can of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

Cream Cheese

Shredded Chicken

1 can Cream of Chicken

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350*

Lay out your unrolled crescents

Spread a spoon full of cream cheese

Sprinkle desired seasonings (garlic salt, pepper, seasoning salt, etc.) 

Add shredded chicken onto cream cheese

Roll crescent and place on baking sheet

Cook crescents for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown

Heat up can of Cream of Chicken

Spread a desire amount over chicken pillows

And enjoy!! 

Texas Fries

We loved this recipe!!!! Sometimes I crave them at night :)

Ingredients

4-6 garlic cloves, minced

6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil


3 russet potatoes (about 8oz each), each cut into 12 wedges


3 tbsp cornstarch


1 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt


1 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

½ tsp garlic powder


1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 440° F.

2. Combine the garlic and oil in a large bowl, warming it until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.

3. Transfer 5 tablespoons of the oil (leaving the garlic in the bowl) to the baking sheet, coating it well.

4. Add the potatoes to the bowl with the garlic mixture and toss to coat. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and microwave on high power until the potatoes are translucent around the edges, 3 to 6 minutes, shaking the bowl to redistribute the potatoes halfway through cooking.

5. Combine the cornstarch, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne in a small bowl. Sprinkle over the hot potatoes and toss well to coat.

6. Arrange the potatoes in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet and bake, turning once, until deep golden brown and crisp, 30 to 40 minutes.

Serve with ketchup, mayo or sour cream, bacon, cheese, etc. 

Baked Ziti

I loved loved loved this recipe SO much!! 

One, because it's simple. 

Two, you can add more or less of what you love.

Three, it just tastes so darn good!

Ingredients

1 lb. Ziti noodles

1 jar Spaghetti Sauce

Mozzarella Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

Sour Cream (or Ricotta Cheese)

Optional: Garlic, Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Garlic Salt

Directions

Preheat the oven at 350*. Boil ziti in water for 8-10 minutes. 

While noodles cook, chop 2-3 garlic cloves and mix in with spaghetti sauce. Set aside. 

Spray Pam or butter on a baking dish. (I used a 13x9) Spread a spoonful or two of spaghetti sauce on the bottom of the dish to keep from sticking.

When noodles are cooked and drained, spread half of the noodles on the top of dish. 

Spread half of the spaghetti sauce on top of noodles. 

I like sour cream so I used a HUGE scoop... or two of sour cream, spread it on top on the sauce. 

Sprinkle your seasonings, if any. 

Spread mozzarella cheese on top. Add the second half of the noodles. 

Spread the rest of the spaghetti sauce. Add mozzarella. Add Parmesan cheese. 

Bake in the oven for 15 minutes uncovered. Bake another 10 minutes covered with foil. Bake another 5 minutes uncovered. (to keep from cheese burning)

SOOOOO GOOD!! Like I said, add more or less of whatever. Make it your own. 

Stuffing Casserole

This was really good!!!

Ingredients

1pkg. (6oz) stuffing mix 

approx. 4 cups chopped, cooked chicken 

bunch of broccoli or asparagus (chopped) or peas or green beans

can of cream of chicken soup

milk

cheddar cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 350*.

Add 1 2/3 cup of hot water and stuffing into bowl. Mix until moistened. Set aside.

Place cooked chicken and chopped asparagus (or broccoli) in 13x9 baking dish.

In separate bowl, mix together soup, 2/3 cup milk and handful of cheese. 

Pour over chicken and vegetable. Mix together and spread evenly. 

Spread stuffing on top of dish. 

Cook for 30 mins.