My goal is to provide dinner for my family (2 adults and one toddler eating) for an average of $5 except on special occasions. We don’t have to eat beans and rice to accomplish this goal! We typically only cook a main dish 4 or 5 times a week, so each main dish cooked will be for 4-6 servings, and there will be leftover servings for lunches, dinners on the weekend, or to freeze for another week. This cuts down on cleaning, cooking, and meal planning- saving us lots of time!
Breaded Shrimp, Baked Potatoes, Broccoli, carrot sticks
potatoes @ .50
toppings for potatoes @ .25
3/4 lb breaded shrimp @ 3.47
carrot sticks @ .25
1 cup broccolli @ .64
3 slices of velveeta @ .45
Total Cost: $5.56
Ham Steaks, Macaroni and Cheese, Sweet Peas, Peaches and Toast
4 precooked ham steaks @ 3.00
macaroni @ .50
cheese @ 1.00
butter and milk for mac @ .10
1 can sweet peas @.62
1 fresh peach @ .71
3 slices toast with cinnamon & sugar @ .18
Total Cost: $6.11
Little Caesar’s Pizza, Grapes
(we spent the entire day on the road yesterday, so pizza made the most sense)
1 pizza @ 5.00
grapes @ .75
Total Cost: $5.75
Triple Cheese Chicken Helper, green beans, fresh plums, cinnamon rolls
chicken helper @ .66
2 cups milk @ .28
3 tbs margarine @ .18
1 can green beans@ .54
2 fresh plums @ .46
1 can cinnamon rolls @ 1.30
Total Cost: $3.42
Breakfast for Dinner
5 scrambled eggs @ .42
shredded cheese @ .25
pancake mix @.33
syrup @ .25
milk @ .07
orange juice @ .64
6 little sizzlers sausages @ .50
Total Cost = $2.46
Average cost of the meals we’re cooking this week : $4.66
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