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Fried Bologna and Egg Sandwich
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Pork Sandwich

Fried Bologna and Egg Sandwich

Sometimes, all you need is a simple, no-frills fried bologna sandwich. The addition of a runny egg bumps the delicious value of the sandwich while maintaining its simplicity. I love a fried bologna sandwich. While it’s not something I eat regularly, I occasionally crave the childhood favorite. I even make it the lazy way—with microwaved bologna and cheese slapped between two slices of toasted white …

Quail Egg Stuffed Pork Meatballs
Asian Inspired Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Light and Healthy Main Dish Pork Rice / Grain

Quail Egg Stuffed Pork Meatballs with Rice Noodles

Looking for a dinner idea for a new Asian recipe? These quail egg stuffed pork meatballs served with rice noodles are just what you need! Serve with a sweet, salty, garlicky dipping sauce and fresh condiments for a meal that is full of flavor and texture. Quail egg is not an ingredient I typically use. In fact, it is something I have never used. But …

Cobb Salad Pizza with Homemade Pizza Dough
Bread / Pizza Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Pork

Cobb Salad Pizza with Homemade Pizza Dough

Cobb salad on a pizza is amazing! Homemade pizza topped with ranch dressing, chicken, ham, bacon, cheese lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, and eggs is a meal on a slice! This recipe stemmed from my desire to make pizzeria style pizza crusts; the kind that the House of Pizza around the corner makes. These crusts are thin in the middle but puffy around the edges, light and …

Chicken Salad Sandwich
Appetizer Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Sandwich

Chicken Salad Sandwich with Garlic and Herbs Cheese

Chicken Salad Sandwich with Garlic and Herbs Cheese kicks a classic favorite up a notch! The chicken is infused with garlic, fragrant herbs, and scrumptious cheese. This sandwich is a great way to use leftover chicken and make perfect appetizers! We had our new next door neighbors over for dinner for the first time last weekend. For over five hours we sat, talked, ate, and …

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf with a cheese tunnel in the center, bread crumb coating on the outside, and topped with marinara and more cheese!  Meatloaf is a topic of controversy in my household. I like mine moist and with a slather of tomato-based sauce. My husband likes it firm and naked (no sauce). It’s not that his version is awful—it is delicious, but not what I …

Egg Panzanella with Balsamic Dressing
Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Salads and Sides

Egg Panzanella with Balsamic Dressing

Egg Panzanella with Balsamic Dressing has bread, beans, olives, tomatoes, cheese, and eggs. It is a salad that is fortifying enough to be a complete vegetarian meal. I hope you had a great July 4th. Mine was a memorable one…but not in a good way. How so? Of all of the people in New England, all of the thousands and millions of who flocked to …

Bacon Egg and Sweet Sausage Fried Rice
Asian Inspired Budget-Friendly Meals Chicken / Poultry Main Dish Pork Rice / Grain

Bacon Egg and Sweet Sausage Fried Rice

This Bacon Egg and Sweet Sausage Fried Rice has sweet and salty notes. Bacon, egg, and sweet Chinese sausage provides great flavor. So much better than takeout! As you can see by the name, this is going to be an indulgent meal for the health conscious. Some things are not worth the calories and fat, but others are, like this fried rice. Sometimes you have …