Canuckian Recipe Swap - Amended - Blogged

[Canadian Mark]

If you've been into (mostly) any major Canadian fast food establishment - or even greasy spoons for that matter, you'll have discovered that a meal size plate of nearly anything goes for between $7 and $12 after tax.

Comparatively, a home-cooked meal worth the same amount will often provide 4 or 5 portions. What I'm suggesting here, is a good old fashioned recipe swap of frugal Canuckian cuisine - tried and true recipes from those college days, when Mr. Noodles was the main component of 90% of your recipe repertoire. You can mix up anything with those noodles, I swear.

I'm going for interestingly creative and fun here, but nonetheless practical - and certainly not limited to Mr. Noodles. Quick, cheap, inexpensive, obscure, yet gourmet recipes.

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what this thread is all about. I hope.

-Amendment -

As it will surely require more effort to write out a recipe, as opposed to a comment, I will be donating 0.75 "candies" to the first 10 recipes listed in this thread - making for a total of 1 candy earned per entry - just for the recipes, though.

[Canadian Mark]

Andre's End of the Month Spicy Fiesta

Ingredients:

2 packages of instant oriental beef noodles
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 White onion
1 - 3 of the hottest peppers your local grocer happens to sell. Ask if you're unsure - I've never met a produce manager that didn't love talking about food.
1 Package of fast-fry steak (thin cut)

You should be paying less than 5 dollars at the checkout for this 2 plate meal.

Preparation:

Prepare noodles as directed, meanwhile, slice the steak, onions, and peppers into strips. Saute the onion and peppers in a heavy skillet (or preferably a wok) over medium heat (using the vegetable oil, of course). Once the vegetables become translucent, add the fast fry steak.

At about this time, and depending on the peppers you chose, eye protection might be necessary, due to the possibility of mustard-gas-like fumes.

Toss this mess about for close to two minutes, then add the prepared noodles. Now is a good time to see if there's any soy sauce packages laying about from the last time you got Chinese take-out. It's not necessary, but it does add a little something extra. Toss constantly for about a minute, remove from heat, and serve immediately. Although the spicy-heat remains constant, this dish tends to lose its temperature-heat rather quickly.

Serve with bread or crackers - You're going to need it - and much cold beverage of your choice, let's not forget about that.

[thilipan]

i got to TRY THIS!!! Is it good?

[Canadian Mark]

Even though I can afford to make much better recipes now, I still make this dish every once in a while when the craving hits. It's very nice, as long as it's not every day.

[Boo Radley]

yummy

Do you mind if I link to this from the blog?

[Canadian Mark]

Absolutely - in fact, I was hoping you might ask. All I ask in return is a link back to my blog in that post also, but I think you were going to do that anway.

So yes, go ahead - and the same goes for anything else I post in here.

[Boo Radley]

Your topic has been considered blog-worthy.
You earn 7 candies.

Thanks for your contribution :D

[bcteagirl]

What a great idea! Tired now, but will try to post some frugral recipes this week.. anyone have some other good ones?

[bcteagirl]

Since this casserole turned out, thought I would post it. It also might be a good way to use up leftover ham! Original recipe from taste of home, but added to it as it was plain:

BCteagirls ham and pineapple casserole:

2 cans (8 ounces each) crushed pineapple, undrained (I used one large noname brand can)
2/3C packed brown sugar (I took out about 1/2tbsp myself).
1 tpsb white wine vinegar
2 1/2 tsp ground mustard (dry, or substitute if not)
1 pound fully cooked ham (or just however much you have and looks good) cut up.

Combine first everything but ham, stir well to dissolve sugar, add ham, stir, cook at 350 for 35-40min.

Additions:

You can leave these out if you want,but seems like it would be very plain to me! You can add in any/all of these you want:

1/2 onion and 1/2 red/green pepper (green cheaper): I fried them in a bit of light olive oil for a few minutes (any oil fine).
at least 1 tsp hot pepper flakes (I added 1 tbsp, but people said it was 'hot')
1 drop hot sauce (I added 3, but again, use your discresion).
1 glorp thai sauce, sweet and sour sauce, or whatever you need to use up that is taking up space in your fridge.

It is really good!

[Boo Radley]

nice blogged

any photos

[bcteagirl]

aug! Just ate half of the nice pretty dish casserole..... now it all messed up

[momg]

this is something my grandmother always use to make
hamburg soup
1 onion
1 garlic clove
1 pound of hamburger
1cup of each potatoe,carrot,turnip
parsnip optional
3 bay leafs
1 to 2 cans of tomatoe soup

brown hamburger with onion and garlic.fill pot with water add vegtables and when it is done add tomatoe soup. its done when veggies are cooked.
this was used very often when i was a kid because it was quick easy and fed alot of people.

[momg]

I think this is a great way to try new recipies. the ham casserole sounds great i have to try that one

[bcteagirl]

Oh oh!! I had been *looking* for a good hamburger soup recipe, thank you!! I have 2 recipes, a pizza casserole, and a pizza using ramen noodles I will post later

[Young_Freebie]

Great ideas, shame I have none (it's too late to be thinking here... after midnight)