some frugal recipes :)

Recipe: Baked Navy Beans (very much like B&M baked beans)

CDKitchen http://www.cdkitchen.com

Category: Baked Beans

Serves/Makes: 6 | Difficulty Level: 3 | Ready In: > 5 hrs


Ingredients:
2 pounds dry navy beans
1 small onion -- chopped
1 cup ketchup
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup water*
2 teaspoons mustard
3 tablespoons molasses (used pancake syrup)
1 tablespoon salt
8 slices bacon -- fried crisp


Directions:
*add water as needed

Put beans in three times the volume of unsalted water, bring to a boil
and let simmer for 30 minutes. Let stand in covered hot water for 2
hours. Mix other ingredients in bowl. Drain beans well and mix all
ingredients and beans together. Put in crock pot and let cook on low for 12
hours.


Noodle Rice Pilaf (Taste of Home magazine)

1/4 C. Margarine or butter ( not spread)

1 C. long grain rice

½ C. Thin noodles ( we use little stars.) Any little noodle will
do,
alphabets, thin spaghetti- broken in small pieces etc.

2 3/4 cup chicken broth ( I use water, and 2-3 chicken bullion cubes)

2 T. parsley.

Dash of garlic

Dash of onion pd.

Melt butter/marg in sauce pan, add noodles and rice and brown. Add
broth/water and seasonings, bring to boil, put on lid, reduce heat to
simmer/low and cook for 20-25 min. Makes 4 servings