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Cook up these easy Keto cheese and onion enchiladas for a delicious Mexican meal without the guilt. 

Give me Mexican food any day of the week. I absolutely love it. My choices regarding Taco Bell in college I feel sure resulted in my Freshman 15! I was even known to eat my beloved Mexi-melt for breakfast. 

Why did Taco Bell have to get rid of that little gem? I miss it so much. 

Anyway, eating Mexican doesn’t have to be detrimental to your weight loss goals! These Keto cheese and onion enchiladas are filled with gooey cheese and have traditional flavors of my favorite carb laden version. 

It will satisfy your Mexican food need and is so easy to throw together and bake in just a few minutes. Great for busy workday lunches or simple dinners. 

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Keto Cheese and Onion Enchiladas – THM S

Can’t imagine eating another steak or piece of grilled meat for dinner? 

I love grilled foods but a comfort food casserole or a favorite Mexican style dish is something that I miss when low carbing it. But with very little work, you can have your Mexican food & eat it too! 

It is a great Keto for one meal or you can make a big pan for your entire Keto family. I made 4 for myself for lunch and was very satisfied!

Ingredients: 

To make these Keto cheese and onion enchiladas you need just a few basic ingredients that are easily found at any grocery.

Thin-Medium Sliced Chicken Deli Meat 

Shredded Cheese 

Diced Onions

Enchilada Sauce

Jalapenos (optional for Topping)  

That is it. Short little shopping list! 

But wait. Are onions keto?

According to this article, they are in appropriate portions. 

So feel free to add a few to your Keto cheese and onion enchiladas, just don’t eat a whole onion. 

Making the Low Carb Enchiladas

These simple keto cheese and onion enchiladas are so quick and easy to make. 

I threw them together for a quick lunch but they would make a great dinner as well. 

To make the enchiladas, lay a piece of chicken deli meat flat on a cutting board. 

Add a tablespoon or two of shredded cheese and a few diced onions in a vertical line down the deli meat. 

Roll up the chicken and place into a small Pyrex dish. If you are making this dish for one, this is my favorite small Pyrex dish.

Continue until all enchiladas are made. 

Drizzle enchilada sauce over the top of all the enchiladas. 

Top with another sprinkle of shredded cheese. 

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and hot through. 

More Yummy Keto/Low Carb/THM S Recipes

Granny’s Famous Shrimp Casserole

Low Carb Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas

One Pan Keto BBQ Sausage & Cauli Rice Skillet

Crispy Low Carb Chicken Nuggets

Mac & Cheese Zoodles

Quick and easy two ingredient meals to feed your family for less. 

This post was inspired by two things that I have recently been thinking a lot about. 

Incredibly easy meals and cheap meals. Right now there is a lot of uncertainty in our day to day due to this pandemic. 

Many people are not only thinking about frugal meals due to that uncertainty but also just struggling to get certain foods at the grocery store due to people buying more than normal.

This list of two ingredient meals combine just two staple items to create a simple supper for yourself or your family. 

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25 Frugal Two Ingredient Meals 

While you only need a couple of things to make these easy two ingredient meals, you can always elevate the meal by having a few pantry and fridge staples. 

Things like oil, butter and spices/salt and pepper will help add extra flavor. 

Also, please remember that these could be meals that you use for hard times when your pantry is bare. However, if you can you will want to balance these out with veggies and fruit if you choose. 

Side salads or a bag of frozen veggies make an easy side dish that is still low cost. 

Simple & Cheap 2 Item Recipes

Chicken + Salsa
Place chicken breasts and bottle of salsa in crockpot. Cook for 8 hours on low. Eat plain or serve over rice or in a tortilla.

Baked potato + canned chili

Baked potato + chunky soup

Chicken + Buffalo sauce
Cook in crockpot for 8 hours on low. We like to eat as a quesadilla or plain with a side salad. 

Pork tenderloin + enchilada sauce
Cook in crockpot for 8 hours on low. Eat over rice or stuff into a taco shell. 

Ground beef and baked beans 

Hot dogs and crescent rolls

Can chili over spaghetti

Banana + Egg = Banana Pancakes

Cheese + Tortilla = Cheese Quesadillas

Scrambled egg sandwich

Macaroni + can of chili

Ham and northern beans

Tomato soup + noodles or tortellini

Pork chops + cream of mushroom soup
Cook on low in crockpot for 8 hours. 

Cabbage and sausage

Sausage + Fried potatoes

Chorizo and potatoes

Kielbasa and couscous

Chicken Caesar 
Place chicken breasts and one bottle of Caesar dressing in crockpot on low for 8 hours. Serve with a salad, over rice or on a bun. 

Chorizo and eggs

Chicken + gravy
Chicken breasts, chicken gravy packet and water requested in chicken gravy in crockpot for 8 hours. 

Beef tips + gravy
Same as above but sub Beef and brown gravy.

Black beans +tortillas

Fish Sticks + Tortillas = Fish Tacos!

Do you have 2 ingredient meals that you love to serve your family?  

Hoping everyone is staying healthy and safe so that we can overcome this and move on with our normal lives soon. 

A 15 minute meal that will cost you less than $5 to prepare. This BBQ Smoked Sausage and Couscous is a weeknight family meal that everyone will enjoy!

School is about to start and that has had me working on a big list of easy meals that I can get on the table quickly. Between homework, extra curricular classes and some kind of family time our nights will be jam packed soon. Not to mention nighttime routines like baths, lunch packing and setting clothes out for the next day. 

I need some super easy meals that will get everyone full without spending an hour in the kitchen prepping and cooking. This recipe is one of my go to meals when I haven’t planned something for dinner because even if the sausage is frozen it comes together really quickly.

Once you have made it a time or two, you won’t even need a recipe! This BBQ smoked sausage and couscous recipe is versatile, easy and cheap. 

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BBQ Smoked Sausage And Couscous

My little boy started exclaiming “a hot dog, a hot dog” today when he saw his plate on the table this evening. He loves hot dogs (and even though this isn’t a hot dog that just shows you how easy this will be to get your kids to eat!) It combines saucy sausage with cheesy couscous. What’s not to like? 

What You Need

• Smoked Sausage
• Parmesan Couscous
• Chicken Broth 
• Pale Ale Mustard Based BBQ Sauce
• Parsley (For Garnish – Optional)

Directions

Start by slicing the sausage in about 1 inch pieces. 

Pour 2/3 cup chicken broth into a skillet over medium heat. Add in the sausage.

Allow the sausage to absorb/cook down almost all of the liquid and the sausage to brown slightly. 

Once almost all of the liquid is absorbed, add 3 tablespoons of bbq sauce to the sausage and simmer for about 5 minutes on low.  The small amount of chicken broth combined with the BBQ sauce will create a thick glaze. 

Meanwhile, prepare your couscous according to the package directions. 

To serve, spoon couscous onto the plate and serve the sausage on top. Sprinkle with a little parsley. 

I usually serve this with a side salad or tonight, we ate it with a bag of frozen green peas that I warmed while cooking the BBQ smoked sausage and couscous. 

Why I Love This Meal

BBQ smoke sausage and couscous is a meal that I have been making for about 6 years now. I love it for several reasons and I will share those with you! These little tricks may make this a staple meal in your house too!

• My whole family loves it! All the kids, teens to a 1 year old love it. No one ever complains and they always eat their meal. 
• It is so versatile. Don’t have Parmesan Couscous? Use regular. No chicken broth? Saute the sausage in olive oil or a dry white wine. No Pale Ale Mustard BBQ sauce? Use a traditional bbq sauce.  I have done all of these & it is always still yummy.
• I always have the ingredients! Just about every time I go to the store I grab a box of couscous and a rope of sausage. So I always have the stuff to make this simple supper.
• Inexpensive. The cost to make this meal is low and makes for a budget friendly family meal. Read more about this below. 

Cost of BBQ Smoked Sausage and Couscous Meal

Aside from the ease of preparation and the fact that my kids will eat this without complaints, the cost is my next favorite thing. Since this meal uses just a few simple ingredients, you can keep your costs down while feeding your family. 

Smoked Sausage – $2.50
Couscous – $1.55
Pale Ale BBQ – $3.19 At Kroger (.319 for 3 tablespoons)
Chicken Broth –  $1.35 32 ounces ( .22 for 2/3 cup)

Total: $4.589 or about $1.15 per serving 

This recipe feeds our family of four. We do have two small children at our normal dinner table so they are not big eaters but my husband is a big eater and it works out to serve our family well. 

If my husband’s teen girls are over, I will double the recipe. 

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