Price per serving for two: $3.15
You will need to buy one pound of ground turkey and the same of ground pork. These ground meats are tasty and lean and inexpensive. If you don't have in your pantry: beef stock, heavy cream, potatoes and butter, then go to the store. That is relatively easy to do.Consider though that going to the store in a pinch could become a problem given the current political and economic climate. This is basically why the brainy gourmet is here for you today; to teach you how to be frugal ~ wise with food and money.
Today's dinner is going to capitalize on some left over beef stock in the fridge. Let's begin. Mix your ground meats as you would for meatloaf (follow a previous meatloaf post of mine). Get your stock boiling and drop in your meatballs. Once they are bobbing up to the top and no longer pink, add your heavy cream - 1/2 cup. Let this simmer for 25- 30 min.
Time to make the scalloped potatoes. Peel and slice as many yellow potatoes as you need. I prefer yellow potatoes as they are denser than red, at least in my experiences. Take a glass baking dish and drizzle in some olive oil. Lay in your potato slices, mix in 1/2 cup of sour cream and pour over the top 1/4 cup of heavy cream. Cover and bake in the oven on F375 for 30 min. After that time, your meatballs will be done. Remove them from the heat and let rest. Meanwhile, take the potatoes out and cover them with shredded cheddar, then put them back into the over uncovered for another 10 min.
That's it. Set the table and feel blessed to have good hot food to share with family and friends.
*the best is yet to come when left over Swedish meatballs morph into an amazing vodka sauce for pasta.
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