Super quick, low-cost and high-yield:
Hatch Enchiladas Verdes
1.25 lb ground beef
1 packet taco seasoning
small package grated Mexican cheeses
1 can Hatch green chile enchilada sauce
12 flour tortillas
Brown and season the beef per packet instructions. Store beef in
plastic container, or assemble enchiladas and store them. Spoon beef
into a tortilla, sprinkle cheese, roll and press to flatten; pour sauce
on top, sprinkle with cheese and microwave 1 minute to warm filling and
melt cheese.
Testing: Uncle Ben's Mexican Rice mix -- haven't cooked it yet, but it
was the only one not cut with pasta products.
Cost: LOW -- $15 ($3 each per meal)
Yield: GOOD -- 4-5 meals
Difficulty: LOW.
Flavor: GREAT.
Possibly even easier is the trick of adding precooked seasoned/chopped
chicken to Zatarain's red beans and rice mix. A box makes a big pot of
food, maybe 4-5 servings, and the chicken plus mix can't cost more than
$9, or about $2 per meal.
Prepared ravioli and pasta sauce are a 10-minute substitute for any
week when ground beef is not on the shopping list but plain spaghetti
does not sound appealing. Cost is probably about $7 total if you don't
use the whole jar of sauce, and for 3 meals = $2.30 each.
(I include these latter two not as recipes per se, but as a reminder to
myself that they can mix easily into any week's plan. They should all
be paired with salads though.)
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