This Week’s Dinners 8/16

My goal is to provide dinner for my family (2 adults and one toddler eating) 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 5 or 6 times a week, so each main dish cooked will be for 4-6 servings, and there will be leftover servings for lunches, dinners on the weekend, or to freeze for another week. This cuts down on cleaning, cooking, and meal planning- saving us lots of time!

Pasta with italian sausage, green beans, cheesy garlic toast
1/2 box pasta @ .50
1/2 lb sausage @ 1.25
1/2 jar spaghetti sauce @ .67
1 can green beans @ .67
2 slices of toast @ .12
2 slices of mozzarella cheese @ .25
garlic
 
Total Cost: $3.46

Alfredo Chicken Helper, green peas, fresh plums, peanut butter cookies
chicken helper @ .66
2 cups milk @ .28
3 tbs margarine @ .18
1 can green peas @ .62
2 fresh plums @ .46
6 cookies @ .12
 
Total Cost: $2.32

 

DH’s Special Pork Chops, mashed potatoes, fresh corn, green beans
1 lb pork chops @ 2.25
tomato soup @ .52
lipton soup mix @ .40
lots of spices
2 ears of corn @ .66
potatoes @ .50
milk @ .07
stick butter @ .12
1 can green beans @ .67
 
Total Cost: $5.19

Little Caesar’s Pizza, Crazy Bread, bananas
1 pizza @ 5.00
bread sticks and sauce @ 2.99
2 bananas @ .40
 
Total Cost: $8.39

BBQ chicken, baked beans, biscuits, left over peas and corn
1 lb chicken @ 1.98 (cooked with last week’s chicken)
BBQ sauce @ .25
7 slices of bread for buns @ .42
can of baked beans @ .99
left over peas and corn @ free
 
Total Cost: $3.64