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!
Last week I asked you guys for some new dinner ideas. There were several comments with lots of new meals to try and a few new ones to resurrect too 
I’m still exploring some of the sites everyone suggested I use too. My new dinner goal is to incorporate at least one new (or renew) meal from your comments into the mix for the next 10 weeks. This week we’re going to try the “meaffins” suggested by Super Saving Sisters.
Meaffins, Fruit Cocktail, Carrot Sticks with Ranch, Toast
1 lb. ground beef @ 2.27
1 handful oatmeal @ .05
1 egg @ .08
3 TBS rooster sauce @.20?
1 can fruit cocktail @ .76
carrot sticks @ .40
3 slices of toast @ .18
Total Cost: $3.94
Butter Garlic Pork Chops, Mashed Potatoes, Pineapple and Green Beans
1.5 lbs. pork chops @ 2.36
1/2 can of pineapple @ .38
2 large potatoes @ .40
1 can green beans @ .25
Total Cost: $3.39
Tortilla Soup (variation from a recipe by my friend who blogs at Simple Purpose)
1 lb. chicken pulled @ 1.79
1 can rotel @ $.77
1 cup mild salsa @ $.94
3/4 can black beans @ .46
garlic & cumin
1 cup sour cream@ .58
1/2 cup shredded cheddar @ .25
1 small sweet onion diced @ .30
1/2 red onion diced@ .24
Tortilla Chips @ .25
Total Cost $5.57
*This is my meal for the April Casserole Swap
Spaghetti, Cheese Toast, Sweet Peas, Corn
(we didn’t get to this last week because of so many leftovers)
4 servings spaghetti @ .50
1/2 jar sauce @ .34
leftover corn @ free
1 can sweet peas @ .45
3 pieces of bread @ .18
3 slices of block mozzarella @ .18
garlic salt
Total Cost = $1.65
Cereal, Sausage Links, Jelly on Toast
I can’t believe Hubby has lasted this long-but last week he did ask if we could do pancakes instead-maybe he is cracking after all! We’ll see if this makes it to the menu 6 weeks in a row.
Cereal @ 1.00
5 sausage links @ .50
3 slices of toast @ .18
jelly @ .15
Orange juice @ .32
Total Cost $2.20
Average Cost $3.35
This is part of OrgJunkie’s Menu Plan Monday.