Sausage-Stuffed Potatoes (under 10 dollars) meal

I will be adding 10 dollar recipes or less as I am trying to cut down our food budget...so here is one of them...
baking potatoes (as many as you need) this recipe calls for 2 but I use more
1 pkg bulk pork sausage ( I am using whatever sausage I have in my deep freezer)
1 Tabelspoon of butter or margarine
2 Tabelspoons of grated parmason cheese
Dash of pepper
1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I am using whatever cheese I have available wich is mozerella)

1. Scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 400 degrees  for 1 hour our until tender. In a skillet cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain. Cool potatoes slightly cut in half lengthwise scoop out the pulp and place in a mixing bowl. Add butter and mash. Stir in parmason cheese pepper and sausage. Spoon into potato shells.

2. Place in an 11 by 7 in baking pan. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees. for 20 or 25 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer.

Stuffed Beef Nests (in microwave)

1 pd lean ground beef round or chuck
1/4 cup bread crumbs
3 T onion chopped fine
1/4 c ketchup
1/2 c beef broth

Combine all the ingredients and form into 4 to 6 nests arrange donut shape on glass pie plate.

Stuffing
3 T unsalted butter
1/2 c mushrooms chopped fine
1/2 cup c celery diced
2 Tbls onions chopped fine
1 Tbls beef broth
1 Tbl fresy parsley
2 Tbls carrots diced fine or grated
3 Tbl bread crumbs
I came up with an idea to make this cheaper...instead of carrots and the mushroom and stuff in the center I was thinking of making my own homemade stuffing and putting that in the center it would be cheaper and probably work just as well. I will try it and let you know.
Microwave on high for 60 seconds the butter and mushrooms celery and onion addremaining ingredients and blend mound into beef nests cover with wax paper and microwave on high for 15 minutes Rest 5 minutes

cheezy chicken casserole (in the microwave)

6 slices bread crusts removed
1/2 cup mushrooms
2 cups cooked chicken cubed
1 can water chestnuts sliced
1 1/2 c cheddar cheese
1-10 1/2 oz cab cream of chicken soup
2 eggs
1 cup half and half
1/2 to 3/4 c bread crumbs

butter a 2 quart glass casserole place 3 slices of bread in dish arrange 1/2 of the chicken mushrooms and water chestnuts over bread. Add 1/3 the cheese beat eggs well add cream and blend well pour 1/2 egg mixture over chicken repeat spread soup over dish refrigerate overnight sprinkle top with bread crumbs microwave on high 2 minutes microwave at 70 percent for 15 to 18 minutes rest 5 minutes.

zuchini bread (in the microwave)

Tomorrow my son asked me to make zuchini bread but I hate heating up the whole house so I found a microwave version and its great because now I dont have to heat up the house and it will be done so much faster. I will be trying to add some more microwavable recipes for those busy days.

3 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 cup zuchini shredded
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 T cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
one 12 cup bundt pan or any pan you can put in microwave

Beat eggs and sugar together add oil and zucchini blend stir in remaining ingredients pour into pan and microwave on high for 9 to 11 minutes rest 10 minutes put on a platter

Vinegar taffy

Iam so making this with my son tomorrow kids love to cook what a fun way to do this let them butter there hands and go at it just make sure its not so hot it burns them

2 cups white  sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
2 tbls butter
1/8 tsp cream of tarter
1 pinch of salt

in large saucepan over medium heat combine sugar vinegar butter cream of tarter and salt. heat without stirring to 250 to 265 degrees f or until a small amount of syrup droped into cold water forms a rigid ball. remove from heat and let rest until cool enough to handle pull taffy by stretching with hands folding the candy over until the candy is white and porous. cut into 1 inch pieces

Tennilles recipe with squash and chicken

pumpkin squash or any kind of squash you can cook up and mash up make sure you cook it up

couple cups of cooked chicken diced and shreded

couple cups of cooked rice

take a flour tortilla shell (soft shell) and take the mashed up squash and spread it on the flour tortilla. Take however much rice you want and mix it in with the squash and add the chicken on top of the rice and squash. Sounds wierd but I promise I love it. I warm up the tortillas in the microwave before mixing everything else and it is so good. I love it. Its also pretty low in fat too.

Navajo fry bread

1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp powdered milk
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup water

Vegtable oil for frying
this makes enough for one so if you want more.......I made them one at a time
I came accross this recipe today and am so excited. First the secret to this dont put any oil into the fry bread. Second I had to add an extra 1/2 cup of flower to 3/4 you want it to where it will hold without falling apart. Also you want the vegtable oil in the pan nice and hot 350 degrees to test it drop a peace of the bread in the oil if its sizzling and hot then its ready to go. You can use this as scones with honey and butter and eat it just plain. Or you can make chili and have chili and cheese sour cream and tomatoes or you can make taco meat and seasoning and have lettuce tomatoes onions avacados and salsa on there. Mix it up the way you want this is cheap and easy and taste so good. My family is indian and we have always loved fry bread.