Cowboy Casserole- Delicious under $5

So we all know that things are better Quick, Cheap & Easy!

& This, Cowboy Casserole, is just that.

I'm now feeding 2 growing boys, one of whom is taller than me (5'7"!) at the ripe old age of 12, it's like feeding an army........& we need enough leftovers for at least one lunch.

For Under $5 you say? Yes.

ALDI

Aldi is my secret for feeding a male heavy family of 5.

If your grocery budget does not run to the Gourmet-

If you want want quality, affordable food-

If you need to feed bottomless pits-

  

Aldi!!

This is warm, & filling 

& I find that it stimulates dinner table conversation

(Cowboys! Native Americans! Hardship! Gun Battles! Oh, my!)

Cowboy Casserole

56 oz canned baked beans, any flavor (2 big cans, or 4 small cans) 

1 box Jiffy corn bread mix

2 eggs

Honey

Spread undrained beans into a 11x13 casserole

Mix jiffy with eggs & good squeeze of honey. Add either the called for milk, or go dairy free & add same measure of water. Mix well.

Spread over beans.

Bake at 415 for about 45 minutes, or until corn bread is set.

That's it. Quick, Cheap & Easy!

ps- you can certainly make your own baked beans, & cornbread from scratch. Absolutely, & for possibly cheaper!

pps- I do not recommend going to any Grocery the weekend before thanksgiving without a big dose of patience & possibly a spiked coffee.  

Banana Breakfast Bundt

The Sun is shinning this morning, the birds are singing, & my windows are cracked!

It's the middle of February.

Nonetheless, it makes me feel just a little better about life, though I am curious to know when winter will actually happen & just how hot of a Mid-western summer we are going to have.

There is something about a sunny Sunday that makes you stop & slow down.

we spend so much of the week running hither & yon.......

Sunday morning, I try to put together a little something special, though it is rarely premeditated & often put together out of necessity, because these Children I live with demand to be feed on a semi-regular basis.

+ I had brown bananas.....

But a bundt? yes.

I shall now reference a movie, that if you have somehow missed, you should watch ASAP

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Those that have seen it should at the very least be smiling right now,

if you are rolling around on the floor, even better.....

The confusion continues when Maria displays a lovely potted geranium in the bundt.

Which in my mind is the only way to serve a cake with a hole in it.

Banana Breakfast Bundt

1 stick salted butter, softened (salted saves a step, you pick)

1/2 c sugar

4 sm, or 3 med, or 2 lrg bananas

2 eggs

1 c oatmeal, quick or old fashioned

3/4 c ground flax meal

3/4 c fiber powder

1 t baking soda

1 t baking powder

2 t vanilla

3 T cinnamon

3-5 c flour

enough water to make a tacky dough

ps- add nuts if you must.....

   

In a single bowl.......

Cream softened butter with sugar. add mashed bananas (squeeze through clean fingers...). Crack in eggs and mix. keep dumping & mixing........

Grease your bundt well. Spread dough evenly & add to oven. 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Oven can be preheated, or not.

*A note on all the added fiber- as we well know dietary fiber helps balance the sugars, & keeps our toilets flushing nicely. *