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What can I make with Mozzarella and tomatoes?
By D Grace
You can make caprese salad. Just slice the tomatoes and cheese and layer on a plate in sort of a fan shape. You can chop fresh basil to sprinkle on top or use the whole basil leaves as a third layer. Drizzle the whole with a bit of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Delicious with all the fresh tomatoes available in the summer.
I agree on the Caprise - yummy! Also if you have some bread, make Bruschetta. Chop tomato with basil, course salt, pepper and shredded mozzarella. Broil in the oven.
We are snowed in and all we have is some pasta, tuna, onion, and frozen peas. What can I make with these ingredients?
By Herb G
You can make tuna casserole if you have any cream soups just cook the pasta and add all the ingredients listed and one can of any kind of cream soup with one can water or milk and bake in 350* oven for 30 minutes or until hot. Or you can make buttered pasta with tuna patties and creamed peas. Cut up the onions and saute them.
You could try the website www.recipepuppy.com and type in the ingredients you have and it will suggest various recipes for you to try. I've found this very helpful for me in the past. Hope this helps you.
Cook pasta as per package instructions and drain. Slice and fry the onion (and any garlic if you have it) till nice and brown in oil - butter will do if you don't have any oil but use a low heat since butter may burn on high heat. Add the frozen peas, mix in the drained tuna and combine everything with the pasta.
Lovely meal which we happen to make often at home but I sometimes add a can of tomatoes as well after the onions are cooked and leave it to simmer for about 10 minutes. It's even better but I don't know if you have any. it's still very good without them.
What can I make with pork chops, carrots, onion, sweet potato, and can of french onion soup?
By Chris
I love french onion soup!
Trim any extra fat off the chops, and season the chops up well with salt and pepper. Cut the vegetables up into about 1 inch pieces. (Peel the sweet potatoes first).
If you have a 'crock pot', put the veggies in first, then top with the chops. Mix the soup (if it is condensed) with about 1/2 cup of water or broth, and pour over top of all. Cover and cook on low about 6 hours till the veggies are all tender.
You can them remove all the meat and veggies, and if the 'gravy' is too thin, turn the pot on high, leave the lid off, and let it thicken. Just keep an eye on it, and stir often.
You can serve that hot cooked rice, noodles, bread, and salad.
Sounds yummy to me! Best of luck to you!
Go to this link, type in each of those ingredients in the green box on the left side of the page and oodles of assorted yummy recipes will pop up :-)
Can check cooks.com too, list ingredients, and they find you a recipe.
What can I make using ricotta cheese, linguini, ground beef, butter, cream, pancake mix, bananas, apples, garlic, and green onion?
By Omp from Chicago
I would brown the burger with the garlic. Saute the green onion and mix with the burger - set aside. In the same pan, make a simple white sauce with the butter and cream, using canned broth to stretch it, if you have some. Otherwise, just thicken with cornstarch and water. An alternative is to add a jar of spaghetti sauce to the meat and save your cream and butter for dessert.
For dessert, make crepes, by thinning the pancake batter. Add some powdered sugar to the ricotta to sweeten it. Saute the bananas and/or apples (separately) in butter until soft. Top the crepes with the sweetened ricotta and fruit. Use the cream in your coffee!
Here is an absolutely perfect tool for searching recipes by ingredient:
www.supercook.com/
Type all of them in one by one and click the 'add' button in between each ingredient. After you're done look to the right and you will find oodles of assorted recipes. :-) Oh, and if you have some parmesan and olive oil on hand you can try this quick and easy pasta dish recently posted here at ThriftyFun:
Garlic Linguini
This is a quick pasta dish and heaven for garlic lovers! Excellent served with a salad tossed with balsamic or red wine vinaigrette and crusty bread smothered with unsalted butter. This dish tastes great reheated the next day if you have leftovers too.
Ingredients:
1 lb linguini
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp minced garlic, or more to taste
1/4 cup parmesan or asiago cheese, grated
Extra grated parmesan or asiago cheese for garnish, if desired
Directions:
Bring a pot of water to a boil, add linguini and cook al dente according to package directions.
While pasta is cooking heat a small skillet or saucepan over low heat, add olive oil and garlic, sauté until garlic is fragrant and remove from heat.
Drain pasta, return to pasta pot, immediately pour olive oil and garlic over the pasta, stir to coat, stir in the cheese and serve.
There are a few websites that let you input ingredients and give you recipes that match those. Try those.
What can I make with frozen cheese ravioli, frozen chicken breast, and a jar of Alfredo sauce?
By colliesr
If you have or could get a small can of tomatoes, you will have a yummy meal. You slice chicken breast in half horizontally (fillet them). If you have on hand, bread crumbs then dip them in some water or egg and drag them thru it both sides coating them well. Bake on pan sprayed with cooking spray or a little oil to prevent sticking. Bake on one side for about 20 minutes turn them on the other side, add the can tomatoes drained of all juice, then a little alfredo sauce of the sauce to cover the tomato, bake for about 15 minutes til done. If you don't bread them then you can cut into small cubes about 1" and saute them in oil it lightly browned, then add can tomatoes, (drained of tomatoe juice first.) Heat sauce, cook ravioli according to directions. Viola, dinner is served! Hope this helps.
Here is a link to a site where you give them your ingredients and they'll find a recipe for you:
www.recipematcher.com/
You could make it like lasagna, except cook the ravioli according to package and then boil your chicken in a little bit of water til done. Then layer the cheese ravioli on the bottom of the pan and put your cooked chicken(shredded) on top of the ravioli. Then pour the alfredo sauce on top of that. Put in the oven and bake til all is bubbly and heated thoroughly. Yum yum! That sounds so good. Wish that I had those ingredients right now. This is a good recipe for those that are on a restricted diet due to acid reflux and peptic ulcers and can't have fried foods or foods with tomatoes due to the acid content.
What can I make with cake mix and apple pie filling?
I have frozen chicken breast, fish, frozen shrimp, canned chicken breast, canned green beans, cream of mushroom soup, rice & pasta blend with broccoli, Knorr fiesta sides, pasta, and marina sauce.
I have chicken strips, broccoli, cream potatoes, and alfredo sauce.
I have banana peppers, tomatoes, cream cheese, bacon bits, and bacon. What can I make?
I need to use up some of the stuff in my cupboard. I have chocolate, marshmallows, flour, cereal, dried fruit, sugar, honey, coconut, etc.
Any ideas.
I am going to a big bring and share party tomorrow.I have 1% milk, onions, and potatoes.
By Elvira
Potato soup! Do a search on "potato soup recipe" to find a recipe that calls for ingredients closely matching those you have on hand.
You could make potato soup. Cut up your potatoes and onions, cover with water and boil with lid off for for about 15-20 mins. Drain off half of the water and add some milk. Salt pepper and margarine added also makes it taste great!
What can I make with hamburger, corn bread mix, beans, and spaghetti sauce?
By Jean
You could make chili with the hamburger, beans and spaghetti sauce, then use the corn meal to make corn bread to eat with the chili.
Brown the hamburger with a chopped onion, (optional) Drain the beans and mix with the hamburger, add spaghetti sauce just enough to moisten. Spread in a baking dish. Top with grated cheese (again optional) cover with the cornbread batter. Bake until the cornbread is done and lightly browned.
I have flour, sugar, butter, and a Snickers bar. What can I make?
By Yameka
Go to this link and type in all of those ingredients and it will come up with loads of choices. There's a tutorial for first timers using the site to help you out, too ;-)
Please come back with what you made. I have these same ingredients, but also have several different on-sale box cake mixes. Thought I'd mix chopped Snickers into the batter & bake a cake!
What can I make with cream cheese, instant pudding, Lorna Doones, and pineapple bits?
I have small cans of potted meat, mashed potatoes, frozen mixed veggies, and Bisquick.
What can I make with the following ingredients?
What can I make with apples, butter, flour, three eggs, syrup, and raisin bran? I'm limited to these ingredients at my beach house.
By Kristina
What can I make with barley and cream of mushroom soup?
By Kathy
I have flour, sugar, milk, eggs, and cinnamon.
By S Long
What can I make with turkey, mixed vegetables, and diced potatoes?
By Vicky
I have hamburger, cheese, biscuit dough, onions, and tomato products.
By Dawn B
You could make a "cheeseburger pie"...although you didn't say now many servings you needed.
Basically, it's a recipe my mom made. She layered the bottom of a casserole dish with a thin layer of tomato sauce. Then, she sauteed ground beef, onions (and sometimes green pepper or celery, if we had some), seasoning it with salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Then she topped the cooked meat layer with shredded or diced cheese (She usually made two sets of layers but you don't need to). Just add more tomato sauce, and finish it off with a layer of bread crumbs.
Heat in a 350F oven until the crumbs are browned, maybe 15 minutes. Or you could use your biscuit dough, that would be even better! Cook the casserole until the biscuits are done, at the temperature and however long it says to cook them.
It was pretty cheap, and it tasted good. She also served it with wedges of lettuce, if we had some, so it really was like a cheese burger.
Here's what I have: broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, carrots, acorn squash, and green beans. I also have ground turkey, beef, chicken stock, canned diced tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, fish sauce, soy sauce, etc. What kind of soup can I make?
By 4G
Leave out the fish and soy sauce and put everything else in a crock pot. That is the ingredients for amazing soup that I call "end of the month soup" where I put whatever I have in the fridge and cupboards. Add enough water or better yet broth to cover and cook overnight. If you have some rice about 2 hours before you serve it, throw that in too.
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What can I make with these ingredients: chicken breasts, snow peas, alfalfa sprouts, rice, green onions, ginger, celery, soy sauce, garlic paste?
By Jackie
I would brown the cut up chicken in oil, add your chopped green onions, celery, small amount of grated ginger, 1 tsp. at the most, 3 Tbsp. soy sauce, 2 tsp. garlic paste, and one can pineapple chunks with the juice. Simmer till vegetables are tender, add sprouts about 1 minute before removing from heat.
Spoon over your cooked rice. Stir fry! That sounds good, I may have to try that. You have great ingredients! :)
I have cooked hamburger patties, spanish rice, and baked onions. I am willing to add whatever necessary.
By Gene A from Victoria, TX
I would crumble and brown the ground beef, chop the onions, add the rice, add a large can of diced tomatoes, maybe 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 envelope taco seasoning. Simmer till rice is tender, maybe 25-30 minutes.
You could eat as is with warm bread, or spoon into tortilla shells and top with cheese. Sounds good to me!:)
For a different flavor, you could substitute the taco seasoning for Italian seasoning.
I have hamburger, dill, onion, cilantro, carrots, and potatoes. Any suggestions?
By Pat
I would brown the hamburger, chop up the rest of the ingredients, add to pot. Add enough beef bullion cubes to correspond to how many cups of water you added. Add a can of stewed tomatoes for an even richer flavor.
Simmer around 1 hour to let flavors blend and vegetables soften. You will now have a decent beef stew.:)
Pair with rolls and a salad and you're good to go!
