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!
Chicken Spaghetti and sweet peas
1 lb chicken @ 1.78
spaghetti @ free
velveeta @ 1.00
1 can rotel @ .55
cr mushroom soup @ .50
1 can sweet peas @ .45
Total: 4.28
Chicken and Biscuit Casserole with Green Beans, Pineapples and Brownies
3/4 cup milk @ .10
montreal chicken seasoning
black pepper
1 can of 8 butter tasting biscuits @ .70
2 oz. cheddar cheese grated @ .40
minced onion
1 can cream of chicken soup @ free
1 cup sour cream @ .13
1.25 lb. chicken breast pulled @ 2.22*
1 can green beans @ .25
1 can pineapple @ .76
*I put more chicken in the dish this time because this was my freezer meal for a casserole swap.
Brownies @ .48
2 eggs and veggies oil @ .30
Total Cost: $5.34
Cost for the casserole: $3.55
Little Caesar’s Pizza, Apples
1 pizza @ 5.00
2 apples @ 1.00
Total Cost: $6.00
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo, pick a little casserole 
with bananas and leftover veggies
cost for my casserole 3.55, but we get to eat someone else’s tonight
3 bananas @ .47
leftover veggies @ free
Total Cost: $4.02
Average Cost $4.91