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.