Frugal $5 Dinner Menu Week 30 of 2012

July 23, 2012 by
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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 planning- saving at us lots of time!

This week we’ll be cooking (in no particular order): 

Chicken Enchiladas, Pineapple, Chips and Cheese Dip (I didn’t get to this since I went out of town last week)
Grilled Pork Chops, Sweet Peas, Fresh Peaches and Toast with Honey
Hot Dogs, Carrot Sticks with Ranch, Fresh Plums
Little Caesar’s Pizza and Apple Slices (would it be my menu plan without a pizza??)

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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 with cost breakdowns, please browse my pages for $5 Dinner Plans. 
This post is being linked up to Menu Plan Monday over at OrgJunkie.

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Comments

  1. BerryMorins Bits & Tips says:
    July 24, 2012 at 1:34 am

    Hello, I’m stopping by from Organizing Junkie today.
    You have some wonderful meals planned this week.
    The humidity has arrived in Las Vegas. It has me wishing for our dry hot days.
    Enjoy your week!

  2. Penny Cricket says:
    July 24, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    Thanks for stopping by!