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2 Cheap and Easy Meals

In today's economy we need to be very careful how we spend our money but we still need to eat! So I have come up with 2 meals that save money and fill bellys at the same time.

meatless chili
 1 bag black beans,
2 bags pinto beans, 
2 bags red beans.  
whatever tomato item i have at the time- died tomatoes, sauce, paste, fresh tomatoes- throw that in to my liking. 
a few spoonfuls of chopped  garlic, 
chopped onion and green pepper if i have it. 
you could add ground beef or turkey to this if you wanted.
soak all beans overnight and put in crockpot in morning, on medium . keep checking  til you find it is the way you like. For me that is about 3 hours.

Of course if you have ground turkey or ground beef you can add this and make it even better!

lentil soup
3 bags oflentils
2 cans tomato sauce
some spoonfuls of chopped garlic
a few spoonfuls of olive oil
1 can of evaporated milk- this needs to go last, when all else has simmered together a few hours and you are just about to serve it.

If you have sausage on hand you can add this to it and make a more hearty stew.

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