Yet another way to make your dollar stretch further with a larger family is to serve meat and bean chili (seasoning made from scratch) with cornbread. But before you think you have *ho-hum* heard this before, let me tell you how i do it.
Using a greased muffin/cupcake pan or other small baking dishes, scoop a small amount of chili into bottom of baking cups, top with shredded cheese (shred and freeze this yourself to save money and starch), then pour cornbread mix over the top to cover it all. Bake in 400 degree oven until cornbread is set. Pop them out upside down (or scoop if you are using attached muffin cup pan) onto plates. The results are a bubbly, oozy, delicious chili stretcher! I came up with this when i had leftover chili, but it wasn’t enough to feed our entire family. Now i do it on purpose to save meat/protein and still serve a nutritious meal.
That’s a great idea. We’re having a cool spell coming up this weekend and I know what I’m fixing. Thanks for sharing.
I love this idea! I know we will be trying it soon. Thanks for sharing it.
i am going to make this for my next bingo group when we all bring a little pot luck…..sounds good and easy to transport…..
I made this for dinner tonight, with you Best Cornbread recipe, and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. My son is picky and HATES chili, but loves cornbread. And he ate nearly his own weight on this! I used mini pie plates, and ended up with a sozen of them. The kisd gobbled it up. This is going to be a common meal in our house from now on. Thanks!
I can’t wait to have some leftover chili and make this for supper. I’ll probably throw in a handfull of frozen mixed veggies, just to up the nutritional value a bit.
I’m making chili next week for dinner and this will be a round 2 recipe, I can’t wait to try this recipe!
I love that idea! I always have just a little leftover chili, never enough to feed the whole family. Maybe this will even get my picky little girl to try chili! Another thing I do is maek chili dogs with my leftovers. I only need 2 Tbsp or so of chili for those, and hot dogs and buns are cheap.
I do this in a 9×13 inch pan (since I feed 8 it works great) and is less work for a larger family. I also use it for a ham and bean bake. I dice half a pound of ham (less if it’s what we’ve got.) I then add 2 cans great northern beans, 2 cans black beans, 2 cans red beans and 4 oz of barbecue sauce. If you have fewer to feed, use fewer cans of beans. Pour cornbread batter over and bake until set. Yummy, cheap, and even better if you use leftover beans.