Saturday, August 4, 2012

7 Cheap Easy Dinners and Recipes

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7 Cheap Easy Dinners and Recipes

Grocery's are a huge part of most families monthly expenses. In most households the grocery bill is the second highest bill other than the rent or the mortgage. Here are tasty quick easy recipes for a weeks worth of meals for about .00. A great way to save more money is to shop grocery sales and cater your meals colse to them. Save even more by grocery shopping with a list and using coupons.

7 Cheap Easy Dinners and Recipes

Monday: American Chop Suey 1 box of pasta .00, 1 26.5 oz Can of Hunts tomato sauce in a can .00, 1 lb of ground turkey 2.00, 1 8 oz bag of fresh Parmesan cheese 2.50 Boil pasta and drain, cook and drain ground turkey, add tomato sauce and pasta to cooked ground turkey and heat straight through serve topped lightly with Parmesan cheese. Total Cost .50

Tuesday: 6lb bag of Tyson boneless skinless chicken breasts individual packaged approx 24 6 meals cost (.00 at Bj's) Costs .40 per meal (3 meals for next week) 1 can of cream of chicken soup .69, 1 box of bagged brown rice 6 packets in it Cost $.50 (Cost .00 you will have bags left over for next week) beloved 1 lb bag of frozen veggies .50(you can save move by using can or ripened veggies I just prefer frozen) Place Chicken in a 13x9 pan and cover with cream of chicken soup mixture made to cans directions Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 1 hour. Serve chicken over rice with sauce and veggies on the side. Total Cost .09

Wednesday: 1 chicken Caesar salad 1 head of your beloved lettuce Costs .00, 1 cucumber Cost $.50, 2 tomatoes costs .00, 1 bottle of beloved salad dressing Cost .50 4 chicken breasts .40 1 carrot (salad will make 2 meals) Rip half a head of lettuce leaves in put into 4 individual bowls use 1/2 a cucumber, 1 tomato, shred 1 carrot and place in bowls top each bowl with 1 grilled and sliced chicken breast topped lightly with shredded Parmesan cheese Total Cost .40

Thursday: Sloppy Joes 1lb of ground beef Costs .50, 1 26.5 oz can of Hunts tomato sauce garlic and onion Costs .00, 1 6 or 8 pack of Hamburger rolls .89 Cook and drain ground beef add tomato sauce and heat fully serve in hamburger rolls with salad Total Cost .39

Friday: 1 1 1/2 -2lb London broil cost .00, 1 5lb bag of potatoes Cost .00 use 5-7, 1 can of Campbell's mushroom and garlic cream soup cost .69, use 8 carrots from lunch. Mix soup as per direction plus 1/4 can of water place beef, quarter potatoes and carrots, pour soup over top of all ingredients in baking pan and bake for 60-90 minutes until beef starts to fall apart. Don't let it dry out cover with foil if needed. Total Cost .69

Saturday: 1 1lb canned ham cost .00, 5-7 potatoes, 1 1lb bag of frozen broccoli Cost .50 (you can save move by using can or ripened veggies I just prefer frozen), 1 can of cream of cheddar soup Cost 1.79, chunk ham and place in baking dish quarter potatoes, add frozen broccoli and top with cheddar soup mixed per instructions on can add a quarter can more water if needed bake at 350 degrees for about an hour until potatoes are soft, lightly sprinkle with any leftover Parmesan cheese. Total Cost .29

Sunday: 4 boneless chicken breast Cost .40, grilled with barbecue sauce Cost .29, 1 zucchini Cost .00, 5-7 potatoes, 1 green pepper costs .00, 4 ears of fresh corn on the cob Cost .00,1 bag of brown rice Cost $.50. Grill veggies and serve over the cooked brown rice with grilled chicken. Total Cost .19

I know these days people are trying to make every penny count. Hopefully these recipes will help stretch your dollar. I work at home and this is one way we have cut our grocery bill by just eating straightforward home cooked food.

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