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Toast some bread. Add some left over chicken, And potato like gravy. and some green beans. Topped with a bit of parmesan cheese and you are in heaven for a poor man's meal.

From gravy to mac-n-cheese.

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Gravy is so easy to make and inexpensive sauce for a lot of dishes. It probably was made most famous from being the usual topping for chicken fried steak. In this case we will use toast as the base. 1. Take several slices of bacon or other meat that will make grease when you fry it. 2. Fry the meat, but keep the stove on. (substitution: take solidified fat, lard, or butter) 3. Remove the meat (if you did not use the fat or butter) and put on some paper towels. 4. Remove all the oil except for about a tablespoon and a half. 5. Add about a tablespoon and a half of flour. mix well with a heat proof whisk. till it is light brown. 6. Add a cup or so of milk. 7. Stir till you get a nice thick brown slurry. 8. Add a little black pepper and mix it in. 9. Pour  the mixture on the biscuits. (you can use toast also just as well.) 10. Crumple the fried bacon on top. (if you fried the bacon) Eat and you are in high heaven.  One plus to this is that you are two steps away from having maca...