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 planning- saving at us lots of time!
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 at us lots of time!
This week we’ll be cooking (in no particular order)
Crockpot Salsa Chicken with Pineapples (we didn’t get to this last week)
Dairy Queen (using a GC)
Taco Salad
Chicken Pot Pie (my MIL’s recipe)
Leftover Carousel
For 2012, I will no longer be showing
the cost breakdown for our meals. This is very time consuming and for
little purpose since I’ve spent the past 18 months showing that a family
of 4 could eat for an average of $5 per dinner. If you’d like to see
some $5 menu ideas, please browse my pages for $5 Dinner Plans.
the cost breakdown for our meals. This is very time consuming and for
little purpose since I’ve spent the past 18 months showing that a family
of 4 could eat for an average of $5 per dinner. If you’d like to see
some $5 menu ideas, please browse my pages for $5 Dinner Plans.
This post is being linked up to Menu Plan Monday at OrgJunkie.