$5 Dinners Week of 8/29 Average Cost $4.98

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 us lots of time!

This week I used my last can of $.25 cream of chicken soup for this casserole and wasn’t about to pay $1.16 at Walmart. I’m down to 1 can of my $.24 sweet peas, and one can of tomato soup. We had to pick up several items that I usually don’t worry about price shopping on because we use them infrequently.  I’ll have to be getting a little bit more creative for the next few weeks until I restock and I imagine this eating out will have to stop! It was nice while it lasted LOL.

Chicken and Biscuit Casserole with Green Beans and Peaches
1 lb. chicken breast pulled @ 1.67
3/4 cup milk @ .10
montreal chicken seasoning
black pepper
1 can of 8 butter tasting biscuits @ 1.19
2 oz. cheddar cheese grated @ .31
minced onion
1 can cream of chicken soup @ .25
1/2 cup sour cream @ .13
1 can green beans @ .25
4 small peaches @ 1.17
Total Cost: $5.07

Spaghetti, Cheese Toast, Sweet Peas, Corn
4 servings spaghetti @ .50
1/2 jar sauce @ .34
4 ears of corn @ .60
1 can sweet peas @ .45
4 pieces of bread @ .16
4 slices of block mozzarella @ .24
garlic salt
Total Cost = $2.29


Baked Beans and Weenies, Plums and Toast2 can pork and beans @ FREE
brown sugar etc.
4 hot dogs @ .22
4 small plums @ 1.17
1 can pineapples @ .93
6 slices of toast @ .36 (good for sopping up bean juices)
Total Cost: $2.68

Little Caesar’s Pizza, sliced apples 
1 pepperoni pizza @ 5.00
2 apples @ .78
Total Cost $5.78

Salsarita’s (using our Seize the Deal GC)
our bill was $6.57
the GC was $5 (I used credits so mine was free)

Total Cost: $11.57

3 slices of cheese @ .18
pancake mix @.33
1 pkg blueberry muffin mix @ .77
syrup @ .25
milk @ .07
Total Cost: $2.50

This post is part of Menu Plan Monday over at OrgJunkie.



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