Are you having a frugal dinner tonight???

**guest2** · 11-08-2004, 04:00 PM

Josh has decided that he wants to make dinner once a week now so he went through my recipe books and came up with stroganoff over noodles.

Here is the cost breakdown for us:
~ground venison (free)
~plain yogurt (about .05 since it is homemade and the milk was free) substitutes for sour cream
~noodles (.50 for the package)
~onion (.20)
~spices (.03)

Canned corn (free)
Applesauce (home canned .20)

so for .98 we have a good and filling dinner!

**Guest1** · 11-08-2004, 04:10 PM

Well - while I can't break it down quite like that for you, I'd be willing to bet that it's under a dollar here as well......

We'll be having Shephard's Pie and homemade bread (can we say carbs out the wazoo!!)......

**pqb52** · 11-08-2004, 04:17 PM

left over turkeyburger and potatoe casserole from saturday
steam the other half of the head of cauliflower from yesterday
and for desert, leftover cinnamon swirl bread from yesterday morning

**Darlene** · 11-08-2004, 04:24 PM

Good job on the menu planning Josh.

Our dinner is pretty economical. We're having a 5 lb chicken
(.67 lb.) that will be rotisseried for dinner toniught & carcass & any leftover meat for soup later this week. Along with that we're having corn on the cob we froze from the summer harvest. Parmesan noodles made with inexpensive elbow macaroni to go with.

**pip** · 11-08-2004, 04:34 PM

Found some frozen pork chops in the freezer, have some potatoes in the basement, and a can of cream of mushroom soup from ALDIS. Guess it's a porkchop bake here.

**Michele Annette** · 11-08-2004, 04:42 PM

Mmmm, tonight is baked chicken: Feeds four HUNGRY people for about $4.84

4 chicken leg & thigh pieces (on sale for $.69 a lb separated from a larger package) ~ $1.65
5 large peeled russet potatoes ~$1.00
2 large onions ~ $.60
2 large peeled sweet potatoes ~$.70
5 garlic cloves ~$.25
10 large peeled carrots (DH loves carrots!) (on sale for $.25 a bag)~ $.20
4 boullion cubes $.16
1T. olive oil ~ $.18
seasonings ~pennies

**Telephus44** · 11-08-2004, 04:57 PM

Not my most frugal meal ever, but better than eating out!
TurkeyBurger and Mushroom Gravy over whatever...

1lb ground turkey - $1.645/lb
1 can cream of mushroom soup - $.50
1/2 an onion - approx $.15
Various spices - pennies
Water

To serve over rice - we use $.45 worth of instant rice. Can also use potatoes, but since we have both in the pantry and we just had potatoes last night..

Total for two (with enough leftovers could have fed 5) - $2.75

**i.m.cheap** · 11-08-2004, 06:23 PM

Leftover beef stew from last night's dinner, and peanut butter Rice Krispie cookies. Recipe follows:

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup white corn syrup
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 1/2 cups Rice Krispies
1/3 cup flake coconut (optional, but I like it)

Heat sugar and corn syrup over medium heat to boiling. Cook one minute. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter until well mixed. Add cereal and coconut (if using). Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper. let cool.

**ScrapMama** · 11-08-2004, 07:21 PM

I don't know how to break it down either, but we'll be doing a Shepard's Pie and Corn for dinner.

**kimmee** · 11-08-2004, 07:28 PM

Two families are having shepherd's pie - YUM!! one of my flavorites !!
We are having homemade bisquits which at one point I determined cost just a ridiculously small amount. Homemade sausage with 73% beef which we got for .79 a lb. mixed with ground turkey at .89 a lb. (we'll use about two pounds) and gravy made from stuff on hand which I can't gestimate a price on plus green beans 1.29.

**mommy2many** · 11-08-2004, 08:04 PM

Noodles with sauce and garlic bread sticks.
Choc pudding for dessert.

Noodles-Free
Canned Sauce-$0.78
Bread Sticks-Free, Garlic butter spread aprox$0.50
Choc Pudding-$0.99

$2.27 for a full family

**Lori Biever-Launder** · 11-08-2004, 08:59 PM

Homemade minestrone soup--about 2.00 for the entire pan!
Garlic bread--.70
salad--about .50 for all four of us.

There is enough soup for lunches for me for three days!

**slowtypinwoman** · 11-08-2004, 09:23 PM

Wow! you a ll rock!
We are having pepper steak. Not as frugal as all of you but deffinatly cheaper than take out.I think the whole thing will ost us about $5.

**Ellise** · 11-08-2004, 09:27 PM

We had Baked Penni with cornbread topping

Pasta .39¢
sauce .67¢
Corn meal .20¢

Applesauce free homemade

So for $1.26

**AmyBoz** · 11-09-2004, 06:05 AM

Our dinner was also under $1 tonight, thanks to my Mom. We had a roast in the crock pot, which my Mom picked up at the A&P when they were having a buy one, get one sale. So, the meat was free (which is GREAT since meat is never free.) I cooked it in the crock with water, also free, and a can of green beans which I got at the last can-can sale for .40. We also had biscuits which I bought for .59 So, our dinner to feed 3 was... .99 cents! Wow! I never thought of it that way! And, we'll use the leftover beef for sandwiches or for leftovers one night.