What's for dinner? Was it "budget"?

[Grendalynn]

Not super thrifty, but still pretty good!

Using up leftover meatballs and sauce... Add a bag of rolls (not for me - too many carbs. Disney will be here before I know it!) and provolone cheese - totals about $4, add a bag of Ceasar salad - about $3...
total Dinner for a family of 5 - $7 - less than $2 each! Not too shabby!
We will see what the rest of the week brings...

 

[stahshee]

well I cleand out the freezer so here we go
fried egg , cheese and ham on a roll
eggs..120
ham..2$
cheese1$

 

[Our 2 Princesses]

For those of you who dont want to look around this is how I make my pretzel crusted chicken. It was originally from Rachel Ray book but adapted for my pantry..

2 chicken breast cut into small chicken fingers.
2 eggs beaten with a little water in a shallow dish
3-4 handfuls of pretzels crushed and put into a shallow dish with a big dash of Mrs. Dash

Coat chicken in pretzel, then egg, then pretzel. Let sit for a few minutes to set up. I put them on a baking rack with a pan under to catch any fall-off. Put enough canola oil on the bottom of a frying pan to cover and add a few splashes of olive oil. Fry each side 2-3 minutes depending on how thick you made your chicken.

I also make a cheese dip..

1 tbsp. flour in 1 tbsp butter/margarine in a pot until combined and flour cooks out. Do not brown. Add one cup of milk and 1-2 cups cheese after thickened. I also put in 1tbsp. dijon mustard. (for the pretzels)

My kids love this dinner but its is time consuming, so it is a Sunday meal...

Thank you! These recipes sound great!!

 

[bellebuzzandpooh]

Tonight is sloppy Joes, tater tots, green beans, and grapes. I know not the healthiest meal around but sometimes ya just gotta do it.

I need to look back through this thread because I'm starting to run out of ideas and I need inspiration again!

 

[Floridagal23]

I am on WW, so I just made an english muffin (have 2 packs in freezer to use up), with a little bit of tomato sauce (in pantry, need to use up, will make ziti with leftover pasta and cheese) and some string cheese I am also trying to use up!

 

[stacy347]

Sizzlers $7.98 (we need 2 packs here)
Buns $0.78
Fried potatoes $1.00
Green beans $0.89

$10.65 total

 

[babytrees]

Sizzlers $7.98 (we need 2 packs here)
Buns $0.78
Fried potatoes $1.00
Green beans $0.89

$10.65 total

Sizzlers???

tonight in my house will probably be yo yo. I was hit with massive pain Friday night and while it's dissapated...my desire to cook has not come back

 

[Floridagal23]

Just realized I posted my lunch before. For dinner, I just made chicken pot pie - using a frozen rotisserie chicken I had in the freezer, sauteed onion, some chicken stock, some white wine (I had a box of chardonnay left over from a ski trip..yes a box..classy, I know , frozen peas and corn from the freezer, and carrots that are expiring on friday. For the crust, I just rolled out 2 leftover (frozen) pillsbury biscuits from that great deal at target awhile back. The crust doesn't cover the entire pie, but close enough.

 

[Sorsha]

Tonight I am tired (LONG weekend) and I have been doing laundry all day ... so my enthusiasm for cooking is a bit lacking. I almost never use "boxed" or "prepared" foods, but I do keep a few on hand for nights like tonight.

I have a couple of lemon-pepper turkey tenderloins... I got a good deal on them, they were marked $2 off because they were nearing their sell-by date. I will bake those in the oven. I will serve a couple of bags of Lipton's noodles for a side... I think I have the parmesan flavored ones, with the green and white bi-colored pasta. Finally I will either find a bag of frozen veggies in the freezer, or open up a couple of cans of french-cut green beans.

 

[bellebuzzandpooh]

Tonight is sloppy Joes, tater tots, green beans, and grapes. I know not the healthiest meal around but sometimes ya just gotta do it.

I need to look back through this thread because I'm starting to run out of ideas and I need inspiration again!

Change of plans. I decided to use up some leftover chili so we're having chili cheese omelets, homemade blueberry muffins, and grapes. Sloppy Joes will just have to wait until another day this week.

 

[OceanAnnie]

Change of plans. I decided to use up some leftover chili so we're having chili cheese omelets, homemade blueberry muffins, and grapes. Sloppy Joes will just have to wait until another day this week.

Never heard of that! Sounds interesting. I'll have to keep that one in mind!

 

[bellebuzzandpooh]

Ohhh chili cheese omelets are SOOOO good! You have to try them sometime.

 

[mom2my3kids]

We had Subway tonight, I had weigh in at weight watchers so we ate fast and easy tonight. It cost 21.00 for 3 foot long subs and a big bag of baked ruffles.. I am making low fat cake now, its in the oven and smells so good..

 

[stacy347]

Sizzlers???

Sizzlers are a quick cooking beef patty in between two very thin slices of ribeye.
Not exactly gourmet, LOL, but they are a great quick meal!

 

[njsweetP]

We're having beef stew from the crockpot. I'm not sure if it's budget, but here goes:

1.5lb of stew beef - 6.50
carrots - had in fridge maybe 25 cents (4 carrots from $1 bag)
potatos - from pantry maybe 25 cents
onion - from pantry about 30 cents
can of condensed tom. soup - 1.25
can of condensed beef stock - 1.34
1/2 cup of wine ???
noodles - had in pantry

Now that I think about it, we will get more than 3 meals out of this so I think it's pretty cost effective

For dessert I mad the best carrot cake from everything I had on hand.

 

[babytrees]

Sizzlers are a quick cooking beef patty in between two very thin slices of ribeye.
Not exactly gourmet, LOL, but they are a great quick meal!

sounds good...obviously I've never heard of them

 

[OceanAnnie]

Tonight we're having zucchini boats. I'm using the leftover taco meat & I'm adding rinsed kidney beans. (I also add the zucchini that's scooped out back into the filling.)

The recipe is from Family Fun. I play around with it some. Here it is:

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=40977

 

[marcyinPA]

Tonight is meatloaf (90% lean ground beef, $1.99/lb on sale), 2 twice baked potatoes from Market Day (only two left), and 2 regular baked potatoes, and some sort of green veggie from the freezer. So, probably like $6 for the 4 of us.

 

[stacy347]

Hot and Sour soup tonight

Soup base $4.77 for 3 packets (vegetables are in the packets)
Approx. 3 lbs. boneless chicken thighs $5.69
4 eggs drizzled into the soup $0.66
Rolls $0.50

$11.62 total

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

Tonight is leftover night.. You can choose from Turkey soup or Chili...

For your side you will received salad from a bag..... We have 2 types of dressing left, a small amount of grated cheese, homemade croutons, onion, and well nothing else..That will clean out the fridge

Cost $0.00.... Time Saved not cooking and being able to Dis .... priceless