Simple and Cheap Dinner Recipies: John Wayne Casserole

Since moving back to the states from Germany or finances have been WAY beyond tight. When it comes to grocery shopping in order to save money I have been buying a lot of box meals (like hamburger helper and Velveeta skillets) but after months of eating these I am absolutely sick of them and so is my family. I have ask readers and friends for their favorite budget friendly meals as well as scouring pinterest for some. In my last hunt I came across this John Wayne Casserole recipe so I bought what was needed and cooked it last night. Oh.M.Gee this is one of the best meals I have EVER made! I found the recipe here http://www.navywifecook.com/2012/07/john-wayne-casserole.html. I omitted the bell pepper and only put jalapeños on half so it wouldn't be to hot for the kids. I also just added the cooked half of the onions into the hamburger meat instead of having them as a separate layer. Most everything that goes into this is a staple that I have in my pantry at all times so the only thing I actually had to buy was 1 1/2 pds hamburger meat at $3.50 and some fresh roma tomatoes for about .50 and in order to make it another 2-3 times or so (which I will be doing) those are still the only 2 things I would need to buy. We all enjoyed seconds and our bellies were happy happy happy! Oh and my husband who hates eating leftovers just finished eating what we had left from last night lol.

Mini Apple Pies: A great snack for the kiddos and YOU

I made some mini apple pies for snack today, oh and a couple slices of cinnamon pizza for my daughter who doesn't like apples. These were delicious and super easy! Perfect snack for weekends or winter break when the kids will be home all day.

 

Ingredients:

1 apple sliced and cored

1 package of crescent rolls

1/3 cup cinnamon sugar mixture

2 Tbsp melted butter

 

Heat oven to 350. Unroll crescent rolls. Brush the unrolled crescent with melted butter. Sprinkle on cinnamon/sugar mixture. For cinnamon pizza slices just lay the unrolled pieces on cookie sheets but if you want apple pies then place an apple slice at the wide end and just roll it up. I used pink lady apples but use any kind you want. Place on a cookie sheet, brush melted butter on top, sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar and bake until golden brown. About 10 mins for the pizza slices and at least 15 for the apple pies. Let cool and enjoy!!

Please forgive the photo I just created an instagram account and forgot to take a real picture before we started inhaling these.