Frugal Friday: Hosting Dinner
The winds are changing and autumn is beginning to fall upon us. Now is the time for cozying up with some hot meals.
If you like going out to dinner with friends why not try your hand at hosting a dinner "party" on the cheap! You'll save money and your friends will be pleased that you went to all that trouble just for them.
Let me show you how to do it southern style and honey it doesn't have to be fancy just to impress anyone, you can entertain frugally with my Chilli Soup menu.
A couple of weeks ago I hosted dinner for my family and a family of four (2 were children) and I didn't spend much extra than I would have for just feeding my family (with a few leftovers of course).
We had a great time and the soup warmed our bellies - well let's just get past all this chit chat and get to the cookin'!
Menu:
Chilli Soup
Ham Biscuits
Bessie Green's Pound Cake
Recipes:
Chilli Soup
1 pound hamburger (I usually use a little more because my man likes it meaty)
1 onion, chopped (again, more to taste if you like)
1 green pepper, chopped
1 pkg Taco mix
Brown meat, onions and pepper. Add taco mix and the amount of water called for on the pkg. Simmer 15 minutes.
ADD:
1 can Cream of Tomato soup
1 can Golden Mushroom soup
1 can Beef Broth
1 can water
1 large can Baked Beans
Season with salt, pepper and Tabasco. Serve hot with a spoonful of sour cream.
Ham Biscuits
1 3/4 cups Self Rising flour (Southern Biscuit, Martha White....make sure it's made in the South)
1 cup (8 oz) whipping cream
Virginia Country Ham
Put flour in bowl; pour whipping cream in the middle. Mix with a fork until just wet. Place on a floured counter or board...don't let the dough get too dry.
Cut with biscuit cutter and bake at 450 for 9 minutes.
Slice and butter lightly while warm. Fill with thick cut ham.
Remember - the key to good biscuits is to handle them as little as possible in the dough stage.
You can freeze these biscuits until you are ready to use them. Reheat in 325 oven until warmed through.
Bessie Green's Pound Cake
3 cups sugar (or splenda)
1/2 pound butter
1/3 cup Crisco
5 eggs
1 cup whole milk (I actually use powdered milk)
3 cups flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 Tablespoon lemon flavoring
Cream sugar, butter and shortening. Add eggs one at a time. Stir in milk and flavoring. Add flour and baking powder. Bake in 350 oven (in a bundt or loaf pan) for approx. 1 hour and 10 minutes.
If you try these recipes won't you please let me know how it turned out? This meal is a favorite around my house (but alas I don't eat pound cake anymore - but boy oh boy is this good).
For drinks you can serve Southern Sweet Tea, I think that rounds this meal out perfectly.
If you like going out to dinner with friends why not try your hand at hosting a dinner "party" on the cheap! You'll save money and your friends will be pleased that you went to all that trouble just for them.
Let me show you how to do it southern style and honey it doesn't have to be fancy just to impress anyone, you can entertain frugally with my Chilli Soup menu.
A couple of weeks ago I hosted dinner for my family and a family of four (2 were children) and I didn't spend much extra than I would have for just feeding my family (with a few leftovers of course).
We had a great time and the soup warmed our bellies - well let's just get past all this chit chat and get to the cookin'!
Menu:
Chilli Soup
Ham Biscuits
Bessie Green's Pound Cake
Recipes:
Chilli Soup
1 pound hamburger (I usually use a little more because my man likes it meaty)
1 onion, chopped (again, more to taste if you like)
1 green pepper, chopped
1 pkg Taco mix
Brown meat, onions and pepper. Add taco mix and the amount of water called for on the pkg. Simmer 15 minutes.
ADD:
1 can Cream of Tomato soup
1 can Golden Mushroom soup
1 can Beef Broth
1 can water
1 large can Baked Beans
Season with salt, pepper and Tabasco. Serve hot with a spoonful of sour cream.
Ham Biscuits
1 3/4 cups Self Rising flour (Southern Biscuit, Martha White....make sure it's made in the South)
1 cup (8 oz) whipping cream
Virginia Country Ham
Put flour in bowl; pour whipping cream in the middle. Mix with a fork until just wet. Place on a floured counter or board...don't let the dough get too dry.
Cut with biscuit cutter and bake at 450 for 9 minutes.
Slice and butter lightly while warm. Fill with thick cut ham.
Remember - the key to good biscuits is to handle them as little as possible in the dough stage.
You can freeze these biscuits until you are ready to use them. Reheat in 325 oven until warmed through.
Bessie Green's Pound Cake
3 cups sugar (or splenda)
1/2 pound butter
1/3 cup Crisco
5 eggs
1 cup whole milk (I actually use powdered milk)
3 cups flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 Tablespoon lemon flavoring
Cream sugar, butter and shortening. Add eggs one at a time. Stir in milk and flavoring. Add flour and baking powder. Bake in 350 oven (in a bundt or loaf pan) for approx. 1 hour and 10 minutes.
If you try these recipes won't you please let me know how it turned out? This meal is a favorite around my house (but alas I don't eat pound cake anymore - but boy oh boy is this good).
For drinks you can serve Southern Sweet Tea, I think that rounds this meal out perfectly.
posted by Amanda @ 5:45 AM
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