$5 Dinners Week of 10/10 $4.82 Average Cost

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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!  I shop the grocery sales each week.  Then I plan my menu based on the foods I have already at home (at a great price). I balance more expensive meals with less expensive ones. 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 planningsaving us lots of time!

Grilled Pork Ribs, Seasoned Potato Slices, Corn and Apples Slices
1 lb. country style pork ribs @ 1.67
4 small potatoes @ .50
1 can corn @ .52
2 apples @ .80
Total Cost: $3.51


Hamburgers, Baked Beans, Doritos, Deviled Eggs
1 lb. beef @ 2.19
1 can pork and beans @ .50
brown sugar and BBQ sauce @ .20
1/2 bag doritos @ 1.00
6 eggs @ .65
mustard and pickle relish @ .15
hamburger buns @ .88
cheese slices @ .38
Total Cost: $5.95

Chick-Fil-A Carryout and Bananas
1 Adult Meal @ 5.79
1 kids meal @ FREE (kids night)
1 spicy chicken sandwich @ FREE (from coupon calendar)
2 bananas @ .40
Total Cost: $6.19

Pigs in a Blanket (smoked sausage), Fruit Cocktail, Green Beans 
1 can butter tasting biscuits flattened @ 1.00
1 smoked sausage @ 1.00
1 can fruit cocktail @ .78
1 can green beans @ .25
Total Cost: $3.03


Tortilla Soup
1 lb. chicken pulled @ 1.29
1 can generic rotel @ $.50
1 cup mild salsa @ $.94
3/4 can black beans @ .46
garlic & cumin
1 cup sour cream @ .83
1/2 cup shredded cheddar @ .25
1 small sweet onion diced @ .30
1/2 red onion diced@ .24
Tortilla Chips @ .50
Total Cost $5.40

Average cost of the meals we’re cooking this week: $4.82

This post is part of Menu Plan Monday at OrgJunkie.

Comments

  1. What seasoning do you use on your “seasoned potato slices”? Always looking for new or better. Thanks!

  2. cholesterol.

    I bake them in a small corningware dish soaked in butter and topped with either garlic salt or montreal steak seasoning. It’s the butter flavor that we like more than anything, unhealthy as it is. LOL