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 4 or 5 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 {Read More}

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 {Read More}

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 {Read More}

Okay everyone, I’ve been trying some new frugal recipes and trying to find ways to cut costs even further in the kitchen. Several of the recipes I’ve tried or want to try call for black beans, so I thought it would be so simple to use dry beans instead of canned. I know my culinary skills are shaky at best, but it’s beans right? Well, like most of my other new attempts I failed miserably. Twice. I tried the quick {Read More}

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 {Read More}

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 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, {Read More}

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 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. Monday: Pork Chops, broccoli casserole, {Read More}

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! Each main dish cooked will be for 4-6 servings so there will be leftover servings for lunches, dinners on the weekend, or to freeze for another week. Monday: leftover crockpot chicken, corn, plum, peach leftover chicken @ free (2) servings rice @ .40 (1/2) {Read More}

My goal is to provide dinner for my family (2 adults and one toddler eating) for under $5 except on special occasions. We don’t have to eat beans and rice to accomplish this goal! Each main dish cooked will be for 4-6 servings so there will be leftover servings for lunches or to freeze for another week. I haven’t listed the prices for spices and such because it’s impossible to tell how much was used. Monday: Mac and Cheese, BBQ, {Read More}

On Mondays I would like to share what we’ll be cooking for dinner this week and the cost breakdown. I say “we’ll” because many of you know that my husband is a much better cook than I am. My goal is to provide dinner for my family (2 adults and one toddler eating) for under $5 except on special occasions. We don’t have to eat beans and rice to accomplish this goal! Each meal will be for 4-6 servings so {Read More}