My goal is to provide dinner for my family 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. Each main dish cooked will serve 4-6, and the leftovers will be for easy dinners on the weekend, or to freeze for another week. This cuts down on cleaning, cooking, and meal planning- saving us lots of time!
Spaghetti, Cheese Toast, Sweet Peas, Corn
4 servings spaghetti @ .50
1/2 jar sauce @ .34
1 can corn @ .62
1 can sweet peas @ .45
3 pieces of bread @ .18
3 slices of block mozzarella @ .18
garlic salt
Total Cost = $2.27
Eeeny Meeny Miney Mo, pick a little casserole 
with green beans and corn
cost for my casserole for the swap 3.55, but we get to eat someone else’s tonight
1 can green beans @ .25
leftover corn @ free
Total Cost = $3.80
Little Caesar’s Pizza, Apples
1 pizza @ 5.00
2 apples @ .86
Total Cost: $5.86
Corndogs/Hotdogs, Broccoli & Cheese, Pineapples, Cinnamon/Sugar Toast
4 Corndogs @ 1.16
1 Hotdog @ .04
1 can pineapples @ .76
Broccoli @ .64
3 slices of velveeta @ .45
3 slices of bread @ .18
Total Cost: $3.23
Breakfast for Dinner
6 scrambled eggs @ .45
6 little sizzler’s sausages @ .50
3 slices of cheese @ .18
pancake mix @.33
1 pkg blueberry muffin mix @ .77
syrup @ .25
milk @ .07
orange juice @ .64
Total Cost: $3.19
Average cost for the 5 meals we’re cooking this week – $3.67
Wow! Impressive! I am somewhat envious of your ability to feed your family on so little. Right now, I have 2 15yo boys in the house, and I think they each eat at least $5 worth of food at each meal! LOL! Your menu sounds delicious.
Have a blessed day.
thank you ladies! My 3 yr old and I have a fairly plain palette but I try to put in some new things for my hubby whose mother is an extraordinary cook. I remember the days of feeding teenagers too T Jones, and yes they will eat you out of house and home. I hope you’re a stockpiler to help offset the cost!
Ow wow your menus are inspiring and they look SOOOOO fun!