$5 Dinners Week of 3/21 Average Cost of $4.15

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 and Biscuit Casserole with Green Beans and Pineapples
3/4 cup milk @ .10
montreal chicken seasoning
black pepper
1 can of 8 butter tasting biscuits @ .95
2 oz. cheddar cheese grated @ .40
minced onion
1 can cream of chicken soup @ free
1 cup sour cream @ .13
1 lb. chicken breast pulled @ 1.78
1 can green beans @ .25
1 can pineapple @ .76
Total Cost: $4.37

Grilled Hawaiian Chicken, Sweet Peas, Pineapple and Cinnamon Toast
4 precooked frozen chicken patties @ 3.37
1 can sweet peas @ .45
1 can pineapple @ .76
3 slices of toast @ .18
cinnamon and sugar
Total Cost: $4.76


Yakisoba Smorgasbord with leftover veggies and sides, and grapefruit
4 Yakisoba single serve dishes @ .32
leftovers @ FREE
1 grapefruit @ .33
*Even if you didn’t get the Yakisoba for .08 using the $.50 coupon, the meal would still only cost $2.55 if you’re clearing leftovers too.
Total Cost: $.55

Eeeny Meeny Miney Mo, pick a little casserole    with creamed corn and candied sweet potatoes
cost for my casserole for the swap 4.50, but we get to eat someone else’s tonight
This one is spanish rice with sausage
1 can creamed corn @ .06 (my last one at that price :-()
sweet potatoes @ .55
brown sugar @ .14
half a stick of butter @ .06
Total Cost = $5.31

Little Caesar’s Pizza, sliced apples 
1 pepperoni pizza @ 5.00 (I’m using a coupon to get it free)
2 apples @ .78
Total Cost $5.78

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