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, so each main dish cooked will be for 4-6 servings, 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!
Crock Pot Chicken, rice, fruit cocktail, green beans
1 lb chicken breast @1.72
3 servings minute rice @.54
1 can cream of mushroom soup @ .50
1 can fruit cocktail @ .78
1 can green beans @.54
Total Cost: $4.08
Spaghetti, Cheese Toast, Grapes, corn
4 servings spaghetti @ free
1/2 jar sauce @ .67
1/2 can corn @ .27
1/2 lb. grapes @ .38 (yes, Walmart actually had them on sale for .75 a pound!)
2 pieces of bread @ .12
2 slices of block mozzarella @ .15
garlic salt
Total Cost = $1.59
Triple Cheese Chicken Helper, pineapple, sweet peas, cinnamon toast
chicken helper @ free (leftover from Saturday)
1 can pineapple @.75
1 can sweet peas @ .54
3 slices of bread with cinnamon sugar @ .24
Total Cost = $1.53
Chicken Quesadillas, bananas, peaches
3/4 lb pulled chicken @ .89
3/4 lb mozzarella and cheddar shredded @ 1.50
1 can gv rotel @ .78
10 tortillas @ .50
2 peaches @ 1.40
2 bananas @ .40
Total Cost = $5.47
Anniversary Dinner Out–
place undetermined, budget $12.33 (Quite lofty a goal, but I’ll let you know how this turns out)
Average cost of the meals we’re cooking this week: $5
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