chili casserole

During the fall, winter, spring...and sometimes summer, this is a quick, easy go-to recipe of mine. and boy is it frugal! all the ingredients usually end up costing about 2.50 total. My mom of course copied the recipe from her mom, the only difference is that my Granny would use Frito's instead of tortilla chips.

Without further ado! Here is the cast of characters:

ingredients:
-can of chili
-cheddar cheese
-tortilla chips
-cornbread mix


step one:

Layer some of the chili on the bottom of an oven safe dish.


step two:
On top of that, layer chips and cheese. I tend to use a lot of chips, but go with your gut on how

much YOU would like in it.



step three:

Put the rest of the chili on top of the other layers.


step four:

Cover with tin foil. bake about 40 minutes in a 375 degree oven. (if you're making this for a larger amount of people just double the chili quantities but increase baking time/temp)

After the casserole is in the oven I usually make the cornbread and bake it too. It takes less time over all so I start the casserole first.


step five:

EAT this cheesy, yummy, FRUGAL dinner!