Create a meal out of 5 ingredients

[winner]

Before I go to bed I decided to start a new thread to see how you creative you can be. Being off of work, now I have more time to watch TV, so I came accross a cooking show (Canadian) "She said, he said" During the show they cook a couple of dishes, on the of them they call "High 5", meaning they have to create a meal our of only 5 ingredients. It was actually very cool. With my husband being away, I cook light at least for a couple of days, then cook a normal meal for myself. Like yesterday I even baked corn bread (haven't been shopping for 3 weeks, still recovering). Now when I am planning to cook I think about High 5 I can use for my meal.
So here is your quiz, being frugal, please share what meal you can create out of 5 ingredients you have on hand? By sharing it will give us new ideas for our next meal.

[sunshine]

Mock lobster (fish, seafood seasoning, vinegar)
rice (rice, guess I'd use the seafood seasoning again, although I prefer to use boullion)
peas

[pat in east texas]

Last night's dinner - carrots, potatoes, onions, chuck roast, cream of mushroom soup in the crock pot.

[TheRootedNomad]

Meal #1

1. Baked chicken breast in a can of
2.cream of something soup with
3. baked sweet potatoes useing
4. brown sugar as the topping and
5.steamed broccoli

Meal #2
1. grilled steak tenderized with
2. meat tenderizer
3. fresh oranges - sliced
4. lettuce
5. red vinegar as dressing

Meal #3

1. black eyed peas cooked down with
2 . ham hunks
3. salt for flavoring
4. peas
5. carrots

[Moor]

1. elbow noodles
2. milk/butter/cheese
3. onion
4. hamburger
5. can of diced tomatoes

brown the hamburger with the onion. while doing this, cook the elbow macaroni.
when the macaroni is done, make homemade mac/cheese.
when hamburger is done, add the tomatoes and let simmer for 5 mintues.
then put hamburger mixture and the mac/cheese in a big bowl and mix well.

Makes a wonderful goulash!

[Dancing Lotus]

I have an entire cook book that is called "four ingredients or less" it's a life savor.

[sunshine]

BLSL chicken breast in crock pot with can of cream of chicken soup

mixed veggies

jello made with canned fruit

[cheles2kids]

Let's see:
Veggie stir-fry-
Bag of frozen veggies
A bottle of spicy stir-fry sauce
Garlic
Olive oil
Jasmine/White rice cooked


Baked Pasta-
Penne Noodles
Jar of Spaghetti sauce
Onions
Garlic
Shredded Cheese (Preferably Mozzarella)

Bean Tacos-
Can of refried beans
Taco Seasoning
Soft tortillas
Shredded Cheese
Whatever type of salad fixin's you'd like

I'm sure I have more, but I gotta run the kids to school.
Great Thread!!!!

[ladytoysdream]

I am going to make homemade scalloped potatoes and ham for supper.
Should fit the 5 and under just fine
Other quick and easy dishes I do....
spagetti, spanish rice, stews, and a lot of times, it's just a meat, potatoes, and a veggie meal.

[momof2joys]

AnnK, I also have a cookbook similaiar to yours. Mine is called Fix it and Forget it, 5 ingredient favorites. The book is actually designed for all meals to be made in the crockpot or slow cooker.

Although at any given time we can always make Tuna noodle casserole

1 can tuna
egg noodles or elbow noodles
1 cream of mushroom soup
mushrooms (sometimes)
a little milk
peas

Cook noodles, drain, mix all together and put in oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Done!!

[Spikey1341]

Chicken Corn Soup
1. Chicken Stock
2. Left over Chicken
3. Corn
4. Rice
5. Caraway seeds

Spaghetti and Meatballs
1. Spaghetti
2. Sauce
3. Meatballs
4. French bread
5. Garlic Butter

Stuffed Cabbage Casserole
1. Browned Hamburger
2. Sliced Cabbage
3. V8 vegetable juice
4. Rice
5. Celery Salt

Homemade Mac and Cheese
1. Elbow Macarone
2. Milk
3. Cheese
4. Flour
5. Butter

Halushski

1. Bow tie noodles
2. Cottage Cheese
3. Sour Cream
4. Salt
5. Pepper

Creamed Beef On Toast

1. Browned Hamburger
2. Milk
3. Flour
4. Salt & Pepper
5. Toast

Those are just a few off the top of my head. Great topic. I am getting some good ideas for suppers.

[winner]

Thank you for sharing this recipe, I haven't had a tuna casserole in while and was planning to have that for tomorrow, but you saved me time to look for the recipe. I am out of milk, can I use just mushroom soup or substitute with something?

[winner]

Hi Spikey,
Thank you for sharing your ideas, you have a couple of Ukrainian names to your dishes. Are you from Ukranian decents? I am from Europe myself, from on 100km from Ukraine. I will try Halushki.

[MomToTwoBoys]

Here's mine:

Meal #1: Alfredo vermicelli with caesar salad - vermicelli, alfredo sauce, romaine lettuce, croutons, dressing

Meal #2: Fish, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw and bread

Meal #3: Pancakes, sausage, juice, toast and jam

Meal #4: Perogies, onions and sausage with sour creme and sauerkraut

Meal #5: Cabbage rolls, rice a roni, peas

Meal #6: Chicken and noodles with mushrooms, creme of mushroom soup, chicken, egg noodles and parmesan cheese

[vanamarie]

"Stir Fry"

Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Soy Sauce, Worchesiste Sauce

FH eats it like that, i eat it in a tortilla!

this is my favorite :light" meal