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2015 A-Z Challenge Complete

The A-Z Challenge is over and I hope you enjoyed the journey across the web and around the world. Now I will give your inbox a break from receiving so many new post. Until next year!!!

Here are all the recipes for 2015:

ALL 26 recipes can be made from ingredient purchased at Aldi stores (or store brand from your local grocer)

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***The mention of Aldi brands and/or Dave Ramsey does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation from the brand or company.

Z – Zag Left | Red Beans & Rice Casserole

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72 Ways to Prepare Beans & Rice…And Love It: A Cookbook for Dave Ramsey Fans

During the A-Z Blog Challenge I will bring more recipes from across the web and around the world that contain BEANS and RICE to my fellow Dave Ramsey fans. As part of the challenge I would love for you to share a link to your favorite budget friendly recipe that starts with the letter of the day.

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Red Beans & Rice Casserole

Joanie @ Zag Left

Ingredients

(Ingredients modified to include Aldi brand name)

  • 1 tablespoon Carlini olive oil
  • 1 small onion, chopped (about 1½ cups)
  • 1 medium green pepper, chopped (about ½ cup)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 12-ounces Parkview beef sausage, sliced
  • 1 16-ounce can Dakota’s Pride kidney beans
  • 1 10-ounce can Happy Harvest Diced Tomatoes and Chilies
  • 1½ cups Rice Bowl Instant White Rice
  • 1½ cups  Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth
  • 1 cup shredded Happy Farms cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
  3. Heat the olive oil in a large pan on medium-high heat.
  4. Add the onions and green peppers and cook, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender, about 8 minutes.
  5. Add the garlic and cook, stirring for a minute more.
  6. Add in the sausage and red beans and stir.
  7. Mix in the can of undrained diced tomatoes and chilies, the rice and the chicken broth. Stir well.
  8. Transfer to the baking dish and top with shredded cheddar cheese.
  9. Cover baking dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
  10. Serve.

Please see source website for pictures and detailed instructions – Zag Left

Costs = $

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*If the amount is zero, the cost of the ingredient is less than $0.01 (one penny)

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***The mention of Aldi brands and/or Dave Ramsey does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation from the brand or company.

Y – Year of Slow Cooking | Slow Cooker Rice Pudding

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72 Ways to Prepare Beans & Rice…And Love It: A Cookbook for Dave Ramsey Fans

During the A-Z Blog Challenge I will bring more recipes from across the web and around the world that contain BEANS and RICE to my fellow Dave Ramsey fans. As part of the challenge I would love for you to share a link to your favorite budget friendly recipe that starts with the letter of the day.

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Slow Cooker Rice Pudding

Stephanie @ Year of Slow Cooking

Ingredients

(Ingredients modified to include Aldi brand name)

8 cups Friendly Farms milk
1 cup Rice Bowl white rice
1 cup Baker’s Corner sugar
1/4 cup Friendly Farms heavy cream or Friendly Farms half and half
3 Goldhen eggs
2 teaspoons Stonemill Essentials vanilla
1/2 teaspoon Stonemill Essentials cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Stonemill Essentials salt

Instructions

I (Stephanie @ Year of Slow Cooking)  used a 4 quart slow cooker. Spray the stoneware insert with cooking spray, then combine the milk, rice, and sugar. Stir well and cook on low for 4-6 hours, or high for about 4. It took longer than I expected for my rice to become bite-tender—I did low for 3 hours, then high for another 2.

When the rice is tender, mix in a large mixing bowl, the eggs, cream, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Scoop a 1/2 cup of the hot rice mixture into the mixing bowl and whisk. Keep adding 1/2 cup at a time of the rice and milk mixture into the egg bowl until about half of the milk and rice mixture is gone from the slow cooker. Then pour everything back into the pot. Stir well. This is called “tempering your eggs”—you have to do this step, or your eggs will scramble on you when you add them to the crock.

Cover and cook on high for 1 hour. Stir well, then take the lid off of the cooker and unplug it. When the rice pudding is room temperature, you can refrigerate it. Some people like their pudding hot or warm, and some prefer it chilled—-it’s completely up to you

Please see source website for pictures and detailed instructions – Year of Slow Cooking

Costs = $ 2.02

Y - Cost

*If the amount is zero, the cost of the ingredient is less than $0.01 (one penny)

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***The mention of Aldi brands and/or Dave Ramsey does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation from the brand or company.