This Week’s Dinners 12/13 Average Cost

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Raspberry Chipotle Pork Tenderloin, Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes
1 lb. flavored pork @ 4.87
2 potatoes @ .40
1 can green beans @ .25
3 slices toast @ .18
Total Cost: $5.68

Hamburger Helper with Chicken, Sweet Peas, Apple Slices and Carrot Sticks with Ranch
Hamburger Helper @ .66
1 can sweet peas @ .25
2 apples @ .80
carrot sticks @ .40
ranch

Total Cost: $2.11

Spaghetti, Cheese Toast, Green Beans, Corn
4 servings spaghetti @ free
1/2 jar sauce @ .67
1/2 can corn @ .06 (Libby’s at Albertson’s last month)
1 can green beans @ .25
3 pieces of bread @ .18
2 slices of block mozzarella @ .21
garlic salt
Total Cost = $1.59

Breaded Shrimp, Pineapple, Minute Rice, Biscuits
1 box of Seapak Butterfly Shrimp @ 4.68
1 can of pineapple @ .76
3 servings of minute rice @ .54
1 can of butter tastin’ biscuits @ .70
Total Cost = $6.68


Average cost for the meals we’re cooking this week: $4.01.


If you wonder how I get food items for free or for next to nothing, keep reading my blog. Every week I post the best grocery deals in the East Texas area so you’ll know when and where to buy food products, what coupons to use and where to find them. I’m always looking for new $5 dinners to try. If you have any recipes, please send me an e-mail (link on my sidebar)