Sandra Lee's Money Saving Meals Recipes

Check out 25 of Sandra Lee's best money-saving recipes in this photo gallery from Food Network.

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Chicken Cutlet Sandwich with Herb Mayonnaise

Sandra's Money Saving Meals features budget-friendly meals with a premium on taste. This chicken breast sandwich on baguette, enhanced with a mustard, lemon, parsley and fennel mayo mixture, is a prime example of how to convert leftovers into first-rate fare.

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Grilled Fruit Skewers with Sweet Yogurt Sauce

Serve Sandra's chunks of grilled pineapple, nectarines and mango on a skewer alongside a vanilla yogurt dip flavored with orange juice and brown sugar syrup.

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Edamame with Pasta

Save money by dressing up leftover green soybeans (sautéed) with bow tie pasta, diced bacon and grated Parmesan.

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Grilled Bananas Foster

Give this classic dessert a Hollywood treatment and design by aligning the bananas to resemble a star, topping them with two scoops of ice cream and adding a drizzle of pumpkin pie spice sauce.

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Mexican Fried Rice

For a quick touch of Money Saving Meals flavor, add bacon, corn, diced tomatoes and spices to Sandra's Zesty Rice Salad recipe.

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Hawaiian Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Pineapple juice, ginger and a garlic-flavored sauce give this slow-cooked meat an appealing island flavor.

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Peach Mug Pie

Layer graham crackers, peach halves, heavy cream and vanilla ice cream in a mug for a quick, fun dessert — spoon required.

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Spaghetti and Meatball Calzones

With pizza dough, tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, Sandra converts leftover spaghetti and meatballs into a deli delight.

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Cream of Asparagus Soup

With leftover asparagus, spices and a can of cream of potato soup, Sandra creates a hot, thick bowl of comfortng flavor.

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Cinnamon Roll French Toast

Sandra's French twist to the standard breakfast cinnamon roll is to slice it in half, douse it in eggs, milk and vanilla, grill it on a griddle, and drizzle a frosting and molasses mixture on top. Tip: Slightly stale rolls work best.

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Raspberry Lemonade

Vodka gives Sandra's beverage adult flair. Tip: Leave the seeds behind by pushing the frozen raspberries through a sieve.

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Cucumber, Tomato and White Bean Salad

This quick and easy recipe adds hummus flavor to leftover vegetables and white beans.

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Osso Buco Stew with Spicy Polenta

Sandra slow cooks veal stew meat with chopped vegetables, garlic, thyme and broth to create a flavorful melt-in-your-mouth experience, complemented by spicy, buttery, cheesy polenta.

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Potato Stuffed Onions

Create a double take at the dinner table with these baked, potato-salad-and-shredded-cheddar stuffed onions.

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Corn Pudding

Make Sandra's easy, cheesy corn salad pudding in 35 minutes.

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Barbeque Bean Chili Dogs

Spice up leftover hot dogs with black and kidney beans, season with barbecue sauce and add flavor with chili seasoning, brown sugar and mustard.

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Ceviche

Whip up a quick and easy appetizer with leftover fish (Sandra went with tilapia) by adding tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, onions and corn tortillas.

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Risotto Cakes

In only eight minutes of cooking time, Sandra converts leftover risotto into 12 corn, garlic, mushroom and Parmesan flavored cakes.

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Crispy Eggplant Parmesan

Give new life to eggplant by adding lots of mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, veggies and spices — then broil to a crunchy perfection.

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Chicken Satay with Grilled Vegetable Couscous

Sandra's grilled chicken satay on skewers is served with a spicy grilled vegetable couscous and a peanut butter flavored dipping sauce.

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Shortcakes with Warm Strawberry Sauce

Quick and easy but packed with fruity flavor, Sandra's dessert features alternate layers of shortcake biscuits and cranberry-juice-infused strawberries, topped with heavy cream.

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Pork Nachos

Black bean salsa, shredded cheddar and sour cream enhance any corn chips, but the true magic in this Money Saving Meals recipe is slow-cooked orange pulled pork.

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Put a Stick in It Cocktail

Chunks of pineapple and a maraschino cherry on a skewer garnish this easy-to-make rum, ginger ale and pineapple juice drink.

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Corn Salad

Corn never had better companions than the ingredients (Granny Smith apple, fennel, red onion, ground cumin and black pepper, apple cider vinegar, and spicy brown mustard) in this Sandra Lee recipe.

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