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Hamburgers – A Favorite Frugal Meal and Burger Personalities

July 24, 2012 / Common Cents Mom / One comment

Who doesn’t love a great burger? In our house we love a good burger, and we love when we can get our Canadian beef on sale! On Saturday, my local halal butcher had a great sale on beef, so we stocked up.

Then we had to pick up the rest of the things needed for the perfect burger. In our house that means relish, got to have some relish, tomatoes, mustard, ketchup, and onions. Sometimes when we are feeling a little wild we even add cheese.

So if you had to say what is the burger personality of my house well I would say we are pretty well old school and love a classic burger.

My mom has had me making burgers ever since I was a little girl. My favorite recipe is this family favourite:

Ingredients

1kg Canadian lean ground beef
1small onion, finely chopped ( we dice this very small)
4tbsp fine bread crumbs
1egg, lightly beaten (this is your binding agent)
1tsp salt
1tsp mustard
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder

How to

Put the beef in a bowl and add the rest of the ingredients. Mix it all together until just combined. This is best done by hand but don’t over-work the mixture or you’ll get a tough burger.

Dampen you hands then shape the mixture into burgers.

The burgers can now be cooked either on a grill, or a non-stick frying pan with a bit of oil. Make sure you pre-heat the fying pan, or grill to a medium heat.

Cook the burgers for about 5 minutes on each side, turning them once only.

And that is my classic recipe. You can serve the burgers in a buns with salad.

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Category: Food, Reviews and Giveaways / Tags: burger personality, canadian beef, frugal, hamburgur, RECIPE

Menu Monday:Healthy and Frugal

October 19, 2009 / Common Cents Mom / One comment

This past week I came out here on my blog that I want to be a fit, frugal faboulous 40 something mom.

How can I do this? My menus will be healthy and frugal and they will help me get to my goal.

So each Monday here, you can find what I will be cooking that will help me get to my goal. I just have to remember portion control!

For breakfasts my choices are: toast with peanut butter, and a banana, oatmeal and an orange, or boiled egg, toast and fruit.

For lunch they are: Toasted tomato sandwich with cheese, spinach salad with tuna, low sodium chicken noodle soup and crackers, veggie soup with crackers, hummus and crackers

For dinner:

Monday- Homemade chicken soup with veggies, and roll

Tuesday-Breakfast for dinner- eggs, toast, tomatoes

Wednesday-Chicken Amaretto, brown rice, brocolli

Thursday-Crock Pot Barbeque Chicken with Corn on Cob, rice.

Friday-cheese pizza, salad

Saturday-leftovers

Sunday-Tuna Supper Casserole

Now I am off to Organizing Junkie to see what is on your menus this week.

Category: MENU MONDAY / Tags: food, frugal, healthy, RECIPE

Menu Monday: Frugal Favorites

March 2, 2009 / Common Cents Mom / One comment

This week with ice storms and rain headed our way I simply wanted comfort food. Favorites of my daughter and me. So I’m sharing my favorite recipe, and as you can see the rest of the week is easy.

1. Honey Mustard Curry Chicken(* recipe to follow), rice, corn

2. Spaghetti and meat sauce, and garlic fingers, with side salad ( leftovers are for lunch).

3.Hotdogs and French fries

4. Breakfast for dinner – scrambled eggs, toasted bagels, and tomato

5. Pizza- Sobeys has these on sale this week here in the Maritimes

6. Grilled Cheese and Chicken Noddle( soup was $.50 a can).

7. Leftover Mania

Now for my Curry Honey Mustard Chicken. This recipe is the one that all my friends love when they come for dinner.

2 TBS curry powder
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup mustard
whole chicken cut into pieces.

Place chicken in glass baking dish, preheat oven to 375. Mix your 3 ingredients in bowl, you can add curry powder to taste. Bake in oven for 1 hr or if you want you can do this in the slow cooker too, where I leave it on low all day while I am at work. It is our family favorite, and it ain’t that expensive especially when you can get chicken on sale.

Now I am off to read what is cooking in other kitchens over at Organizing Junkie. You all might just want to check out my giveaway here.

Category: Frugal Tips, MENU MONDAY, RECIPE / Tags: Frugal Tips, MENU MONDAY, RECIPE

Menu Monday- The Easy Week

December 10, 2007 / Common Cents Mom / 15 comments

This week with the holidays fast approaching it will be a very busy week. There is the school Christmas Concert and 2 holiday parties! This is the week that we are out of the house the most before Christmas so I wanted to keep this week’s menu easy and quick!

Monday-Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup with Veggies and rolls( this is already in the crock pot)

Tuesday- Breakfast for dinner- eggs, toast, bacon, mango slices

Wednesday- chicken nuggets and french fries, corn

Thursday- Cowboy Pasta( made with TVP and hamburger) and salad

COWBOY PASTA
1 1b. ground beef (or like me half meat and half TVP)
1 onion, chopped
1 can ( 14.5 oz) Italian-style stewed tomatoes
1 cup Salsa

Dried Basil
Worcestershire sauce to taste
1 pkg wagon wheel pasta

1/2 cup of grated cheese

1.Brown meat and combine TVP and onions and basil and sauce

2. Cook pasta to directions

3.Combine in oven safe pan, top with the grated cheese, cover pan

4. Cook for 30 minutes, uncover for the last 10 minutes for a crispy cheese top

Friday-eating out -Party #1- I am bringing veggies and dip

Saturday-eating out-Party#2-I am making Shortbread Meltaways

Shortbread Meltaways

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup corn starch
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup Skor(or other chocolate bar) bits

Beat butter, icing sugar and vanilla. In separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Stir half of dry ingredients into butter mixture. Stir in Skor bits and add remaining dry ingredients.

Roll into small balls. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes on pan. Dust with more icing sugar (if desired).

Sunday-roast( bought on sale for $5.49), carrots, potatoes, onions( all done in one pan and cooked on low while at church)

Now you can all head over to my friend the Organizing Junkie to see what is on everyone’s menu this week!

Category: MENU MONDAY, RECIPE / Tags: cooking, food, MENU MONDAY, RECIPE

Menu Monday-Cooking with TVP

December 3, 2007 / Common Cents Mom / 6 comments

Well it is that time again, time to plan the menu and last week I picked up some TVP! What is TVP? Well we use it as a meat extender in this house but it is a soybean product that can boost protein eating in many dishes. So how will I use it, you will have to see my menu over the next couple of months to see( yes I have that much).

Monday- Tacos( we love Tacos and by using a mix of TVP and hamburger we can really stretch this).

Tuesday-Veggie Spaghetti (slow cooker recipe) and Salad

Wednesday-Breakfast for Dinner-Cheese Omelet and Tomato Slices

Thursday-Hotdogs and French-fries and corn

Friday-we have been invited out

Saturday-cheese pizza(bought on sale for $3.99) and salad

Sunday-Roast Chicken, potatoes, carrots, corn( whole chickens are 2 for $10 at Food Basics).One of the ways I make this really flavorful is to add some sweet onion dressing to the chicken. Makes for a very yummy bird.

Christmas Tip–Have you started your Christmas baking yet? If not this is the week to get it out of the way..This week Roo and I will make sugar cookies for her classes. The recipe we use is on the Kraft Website and we love it…

Now go to the Organizing Junkie to see all the other menu plans every one is cooking up this week.

Category: MENU MONDAY / Tags: food, MENU MONDAY, RECIPE

Menu Monday–

November 26, 2007 / Common Cents Mom / 8 comments

We are having company in this week- got to practice hospitality right! So what are we having this week:

Monday- Slow Cooker Lasgna ( I use just regular Lasgna Noodles for this–and it is yummy!) and a salad

Tuesday-chicken nuggets, french fries and corn

Wednesday- Breakfast for Dinner- Eggs, Toast and Bacon, sliced tomato

Thursday- Turkey Tacos ( a good cheap meal)

Friday- leftovers

Saturday-Chicken/Broccoli Bake( makes enough for two days) and it comes from a Campbell’s Label

Recipe:

Cubed chicken breasts ( we use pieces)
1 1/3 cup of water
1 can 98% fat free cream of chicken
3/4 uncooked rice
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
2 cups frozen broccoli florets (we use fresh broccoli sometimes, both are great)
1 cup low fat cheddar cheese

Mix water & soup . .add pepper & onion powder
Mix in rice, broccoli, and chicken.

Pour mixture into baking dish. Cover and bake at 375 for 45 minutes.

Add cheese after you remove from the oven.

This recipe is great because you can really play around with the ingredients.
Campells has tons of recipes that you can easily modify to fit a healthy diet. We love Campbells here in this house!

Sunday-leftover bake!

Christmas Tip Number# 14–Okay folks we have less then a month to go, if your decorations arent out, and up this is the week to get going on that! Mine are up and we can feel the Christmas spirit here at home!

Today I am so very thankful for a returned wallet! I lost my wallet on the street yesterday and late last night a kind stranger returned it! Can you say honesty in Toronto is alive and real! Thank you Ali!

Now if you want to you can find more meny planning over at the one and only organizing junkies blog

Category: Family, HEALTH, RECIPE / Tags: cheap, healthy, menu, RECIPE

Menu Monday

November 19, 2007 / Common Cents Mom / 4 comments

Ogranizing Junkie is hosting another Menu Monday so here is mine for the week. It is going to be bit of a quiet week here so I can cook well. So here is what is planned for us this week

Monday-Backwards Night-breakfast for dinner(eggs,toast, bacon)($2.15)

Tuesday-Spaghetti Pie( we love this!), green salad($5.25)

Wednesday-Veggie Soup and Grilled Cheese($1.10)

Thursday-Turkey pieces, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn($7.10)

Friday-Left overs

Saturday-Using GC for Swiss Chalet that I got as a gift

Sunday- Asian porkchops, rice, carrots($2.05)

Coupons and savings for these meals where achieved by flyer shoping and using coupons from the Homebasics Mag and Save.ca, as well as trading on the Frugal Shopper site.

Christmas Tip #11–Had to recount my tips yesterday and realized that I had 10 out there so here is number 11…Make this season about connections and not presents. Reach out and get caught up with those that you need to..How? Email, Im, Call, Write plan a get together..this is the season where contact is so very wanted.

Today I am thankful that I had lots more energy then yesterday…that wee bit of down time revived me for the week..so today I applied for 3 more jobs, washed the floors and got my grocery list ready for tomorrow.

Category: Frugal Tips, OTHER GREAT STUFF, RECIPE / Tags: Frugal Tips, RECIPE

Menu Monday

October 29, 2007 / Common Cents Mom / 2 comments

I love Menu Monday that the one and only organizing junkie hosts every Monday and have decided it is one way to help me organize my weeks oh so much better. If you are visiting her today you even get to welcome her to WordPress!

So what am I cooking this week? Well I am a use the flyers kind of gal and what can I buy on the cheap that is still going to give me and Roo a healthy week.

Monday- MacNCheese Tuna Casserole. ( cost$2.30)

We make ours with good ol Kraft Dinner( I loathe the generic mac and cheeses so I buy it for $.49 on sale), tuna( also on sale for $.49), can of peas( again were on sale$.88) and cheese( the blocks were on sale for $4.99). This will be served with a side of salad.

Tuesday-Crispy Salsa Chicken( I have adjusted a recipe from Kraft-It was in there 5 meals on bag section), rice, corn

They say to use chicken breasts, here we use pieces($2.50). as well we don’t use a pouch ( I bought a canister of the Shake n bake spices on sale, put some in a baggie and I get the same result($.25), as well for the salsa I use the store brand which I find is just as good)($1.00).

Wednesday-Frozen pizza and salad and candy!( pizzas were on for $3.99)

Thursday-Meatless Meal-Frogs in a Hole, tomato slices(cost$2.00)

Frogs in a Hole is a dish that my grandmother made for me growing up and is now a favorite of Roos, and we do breakfast for dinner about once a week.

Friday-*eating out*

We are going to the Women’s Show downtown on Friday as Roo has the day off school. So after a day of browsing and having fun we will be using the $40 in Gift certificates I won recently for Gerrad Pizza-they make great pasta dishes too.

Saturday-Hot-dogs and French-fries, veggie($3)

Saturdays are the day for an easy meal, and if we don’t do this one we will do leftovers.

Sunday-Roast Chicken($5), potatoes, carrots and onions.

I cook this on low heat while at church so when we eat home we can have an early dinner.

So how is that a week of healthy dinners for about $30. Now go visit Laura and see what everyone else is cooking.

Category: Frugal Tips, RECIPE / Tags: Frugal Tips, RECIPE

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