Cheap Recipe Ideas From Your Favorite Restaurants For Easy Family Dinners

The search for cheap recipe ideas is becoming more and more necessary as tight food budgets become more and more prevalent in our country. But just because your family may have had to give up going out to restaurants for your dinners does not mean you have to give up your favorite restaurant meals. An actual recipe from your favorite restaurants can make for an easy family dinner - especially for those of us on a tight food budget.
If you are reading this article, you are probably one of the millions across the country who have sacrificed going out to eat simply because of the costs. Paying for the gas to drive to the restaurant, the tip for the waiter or waitress, and the "name" on the top of your menu has simply made eating out unaffordable to many of us. The quest for an easy family dinner often leaves us longing for the restaurant quality food we crave. In looking for cheap recipe ideas, many of us often overlook the fact that many of these same restaurant recipes we pay so much money for are available in restaurant recipe books so that we can enjoy them from the comforts - and savings - of our home!
Consider the following example for Red Lobster's Shrimp Diablo (which serves four people). Whether you use it to feed your family of four or as an appetizer for a large party, everyone will be amazed by the creation you made from your kitchen!
Red Lobster Shrimp Diablo
Ingredients: 3 pounds large uncooked shrimp in shells (no heads), 1 jar BBQ sauce, 1/2 cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon freshly-ground pepper, 4 tablespoons liquid crab boil, 1/4 cup red hot sauce, 1/2 pound unsalted butter, 1/2-1 gallon milk
1. Wash shrimp in cold water
2. Soak shrimp in milk overnight
3. Mix all sauce ingredients in sauce pan and stir until boiling
4. Remove from heat and refrigerate for at least 4-5 hours
5. Drain milk from shrimp and place in a baking pan
6. Cover shrimp evenly with the sauce
7. Let stand one hour
8. Bake uncovered at 450 degrees for 15 minutes
For the price of just one entrée from these restaurants, an entire cookbook of secret recipes could be yours! Delicious meals (which would cost your family hundreds of dollars) can be made right from your own kitchen. Imagine the savings in your bank account. Better yet, imagine the looks on your family's faces when you turn a restaurant quality dish into an easy family dinner!
Even if this particular recipe does not interest you, there are literally thousands of recipes available from the most well-known restaurants in the world. Cheap recipes from the Olive Garden, Chili's, Applebee's, Outback Steakhouse, Red Lobster, PF Chang's - even McDonald's and Starbucks - are available if you just make the investment in these recipe books.
Do not let a tight food budget interfere with your family dinners. Cheap recipe ideas can come from all sorts of places - and now you know that one of those can be your favorite restaurant!
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Easy Dinner Recipes for the Family

Meal time often causes stress, stress, stress! Our lifestyles are busy and we want to provide nutritious meals for our families but our time is limited. We just don't have the time to spend in the kitchen. Here are some tips for cutting down the time you spend there and a couple of great recipes too!
Buy a big head of iceberg lettuce for instant healthy wraps. You can fill lettuce wraps with anything like shrimp, chicken, tuna, and egg salad. Super healthy!
Another great time saver is rotisserie chickens you purchase in the supermarket. Pick up a couple of these and cut them up. You can even freeze them in baggies for defrosting when needed.
Sloppy Joes are a great on the run meal. All you have to do is cook up the hamburger add tomato sauce and your favourite spices. Good to go. Don't forget the buns!
Making your own meatballs from scratch are a great time saver and very easy to freeze. You can make meatball sandwiches with the addition of tomato sauce. A nice addition this is to add some caramelized onions. These onions can be made ahead of time and kept refrigerated too.
Lasagna and a salad kit is a great quick meal. Lasagna takes time, but here is a short cut lasagna recipe.
Lazy Lasagna
1 lb ground Beef
18 oz (1 jar) pasta sauce
1/2 pack of broad egg noodles
2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup sour cream
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
1. In a skillet brown the ground beef; drain
2. Stir in the pasta sauce and simmer uncovered over med-low heat for 10 minutes
3. In a large pot of boiling water cook noodles until tender; drain
4. Combine mozzarella with sour cream.
5. In the bottom of a 8 cup casserole or baking dish spread half the noodles
6. Next layer the mozzarella-sour cream mixture
7. Next layer half the meat mixture and the rest of the noodles and remaining meat
8. Sprinkle the top with parmesan cheese.
9. Baked covered at 350 F degrees for about 25 minutes
10.Uncover and cook another 5 minutes.
Quick Beef Stroganoff
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 lb boneless beef sirloin steak, 3/4-inch thick, cut into thin strips
2 tbsp chopped onions
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/8 tsp dried parsley flakes
1 3/4 cups beef broth
2 cups sliced mushrooms
3 cups uncooked medium egg noodles
1/2 cup sour cream
1. Heat the oil in a 12-inch non-stick skillet over medium-high heat
2. Add the beef and cook until it's well browned, stirring often.
3. Add the onion, garlic and parsley and cook until the onion is tender-crisp. Stir the broth and mushrooms in the skillet and heat to a boil.
4. Stir in the noodles. Reduce the heat to low.
5. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the noodles are tender.
6. Stir the sour cream in the skillet and cook until the mixture is hot.
If you want to make this recipe a few days ahead just place it in a microwave safe dish, cover and freeze. Remove it to thaw the morning you want to serve. Microwave it or stove top heat it until hot.
Quick recipes, freezing homemade food, cooking ahead of time - these are all ways to make your life easier during the week when you meet face to face with the dinner hour rush!
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