Taking on the Three Rivers Homestead Challenge - 3 Meals and a Sweet Surprise! #threeriverschallenge

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk reduces calories while maintaining moisture.

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while ground pork is often cheaper.

ketchup

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: tomato paste

Tomato paste is less expensive and can be seasoned to taste.

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Oats are healthier while crushed crackers can be a budget-friendly option.

Cut chicken breast into pieces and coat in flour, salt, pepper, and onion powder.

Cut potatoes and place them in water on the stove.

Add home canned green beans to the potatoes with onion powder and bouillon cubes for flavor.

Preheat oil for frying chicken tenders.

Fry the chicken tenders in hot oil until cooked through.

Heat up the green beans and serve with chicken tenders.

Make honey mustard and serve with pickled red onions and cucumbers on the side.

Mix home canned chicken, home canned salsa, and taco seasoning in a pan and heat up.

Cook Goya rice according to package instructions.

Shred cheese for quesadillas and toast them in a cast iron skillet.

Top quesadillas with salsa and sour cream before serving.

Season defrosted pork chops with paprika, barbecue seasoning, and onion powder.

Brown pork chops on both sides in a pan.

Add homemade barbecue sauce to the browned pork chops and simmer.

Serve pork chops with mashed potatoes and broccoli and cheese from the freezer.

Prepare meatloaf by mixing two pounds of meat, chopped peppers, onions, two scrambled eggs, cracker crumbs, and ketchup.

Place the meatloaf mixture in a pan and bake until cooked through.

Prepare zucchini and squash by adding oil, salt, pepper, and Parmesan cheese, then bake for 15 minutes.

Cook potatoes in a crock pot with bouillon cubes and water, adding green beans after potatoes are done.

Flatten pork chops and coat with Shake and Bake before baking.

Fry zucchini and squash with onions in bacon grease until tender.

Prepare a plate with pork chop, green beans, potatoes, fried squash, and zucchini.

Make peach cobbler by melting one stick of butter in a 9 by 13 pan.

Mix one cup of sugar, one cup of flour, and one cup of milk to create batter.

Pour batter into the greased pan and layer drained peaches on top.

Bake peach cobbler for about 35 minutes.

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