Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Cheap & Easy...
Yeah, not what it sounds like. Since our income is going to be cut in half sooner rather than later, I've got to come up with some cheap & easy (and Katie friendly) dinners for us to make. This recipe for Salsa Chicken looks good and I have just about everything but the salsa and maybe the frozen corn, so it would cost me almost nothing to make next week. My only issue is that it is alot of chicken and can I convince Doug that we can eat the chicken again? Hmm...if we have the chicken as a meal itself one time and then maybe for tacos another time and then I'm thinking we could get one more meal of it. Maybe topping a salad? I don't know if Doug will go for that. Any other suggestions?
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Mmmm...I've had that Salsa Chicken before and it is GOOD! Highly recommended.
I'm thinking you could easily shread the leftovers for tacos, that's a great idea!
If you can convince Doug to go vegetarian for one dinner a week, you could definitely save more. Veggie soup or Chili are good, hearty foods without meat. Here's a good recipe for the chili: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/07/clean-out-pantry-crockpot-chili.html
You could make that with cornbread from a Jiffy mix (Only 49 cents!)
Other tricks I've used to eat cheaper:
Noodles in everything. It makes the food stretch furter and they are CHEAP!
Dry beans are definitely cheaper. Put the in your crockpot and 8-10 later they are ready for use. Freeze what you aren't using in individual freezer bags for future use in chili, etc.
Also, breakfast for dinner can be super cheap. Pancakes and brown and serve sausage or biscuits and gravy. Both are filling and inexpensive.
I think we've had this conversation before. :) This time, I have no choice but to start implementing these ideas. Yes, I've already mentioned the meatless thing to Doug. He's not thrilled, but he's going to have to do it. And your suggestions are right up our alley. Especially breakfast for dinner, yum!
Another thing...At Sam's we buy these big packages of Chicken sausages. It's around $11 but you get 15 sausages. I use them in just about everything, but my favorite way to use them is to slice them thin for spagetti meat. If I slice them really thin then half the slices, I only use 2 sausages for a whole batch of spagetti that lasts us two days (dinner and lunches the next day). Best part is that there is meat in almost every bite!
That adds up to:
Can of sauce - $.99
Noodles - $.99
Chicken Sausage - $1.50
Dinner for $3.50 and you get two meals out of it! I use the same approach for almost all of my noodle dishes. Bonus: It's a ton healthier than ground beef!
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