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The Marathon Meal Recipe


The Marathon Meal Recipe
This recipe is for those on a budget that really want to make the most out of their limited means i.e. College kids, Newlyweds, etc! Basically it's turning your basic ingredients into hearty and filling Main Dishes

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Ingredients
  • 1-2 lbs of Ground Beef
  • 4 cans Tomato sauce
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 tsp Crushed red pepper flakes
  • 3tbsp Italian Seasoning
  • 1 package of spaghetti
  • 1 can Kidney Beans
  • 2c Shreaded chease, your choice (I recommend Mozz)
  • 1 c white rice

Directions
  1. Day 1
  2. To begin with take your beef and cook it thoroughly! We dont want any food poisoning on our hands!
  3. While browning the ground beef use 1 tbs of the seasoning to cook with the Ground beef this enhances the flavor.
  4. take 3 of the 4 cans of sauce and dump it into the slow cooker along with the rest of the spices, sugar and ground beef.
  5. Let this cook for a min of 1 hour.
  6. Boil your pasta according to the package directions.
  7. Serve the spaghetti with meat sauce.
  8. Take your leftover sauce and refridgerate.
  9. Day 2
  10. Place the sauce ingrediants in the slow cooker along with your can of Kidney Beans.
  11. This will make a fabulous Chili!
  12. Serve with Crackers and cheese on the top!
  13. Once again refridgerate the remaining leftovers.
  14. Day 3
  15. place leftovers back into the slow cooker and include this time the rice and additional can of sauce.
  16. The sauce will plump up the rice and will make a delicious Red Beans Beef and rice dish.
  17. Serve with Bread and Butter to make Sandwiches with!
  18. Clean up and be proud at how far you stretched your families food budget!

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Comments


That's a great idea. These days you need all the help you can get.


LOVE it! Great post. Thanks for sharing - Natalie


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