Cake for dinner. ....

My granddaughters answer to what did she want for her birthday dinner was. Cake.    I told her she could have meatloaf cake with mashed potato frosting and we would spell out her name in parsley.    She wasn't impressed!  

Last night we had pizza from scratch.   1/2 pepperoni and black olives, 1/2 cheese and black olives.    

Tonight we are having breakfast for dinner.    

After a long day. What"s  for dinner is the last question you want to hear.   Years ago, every once in a while I retorted with " whatever you cook! ".  That had them standing with their mouth open! lol? 

I digress......    

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What to do with what you have.   

Chicken - whole. Or Thighs when  appropriate.  

• Chicken pot pie
• Chicken tacos or nachos 
• Roast chicken dinner 
• BBQ chicken thighs. Legs, and wings.    
• Chicken soup
• Chicken noodle casserole 
• Chicken and cheese stuffed shells 
• Buffalo chicken pizza 
• Chicken and vegetable stuffed baguette.  

Pork Roast ( loin) 

• Roast pork
• BBQ pork sandwiches 
• Pork and vegetable stuffed baguette 
• Pork pie 

Other inexpensive    protein sources :  ground turkey or hambirger (7-9 percent fat) , cheese, beans, rice, eggs, sausage .   

Groceries on the cheap is looking at the Put Dinner On The Table meal train from a different prospective.  The emphasis is on purchasing good food shelf/ freezer stable staples at the lowest possible cost and purchasing enough to last you until it goes on sale again -- Keeping a controlled non-perishable stock of the things you use on a regular basis. It means that when you shop you don't buy just what you need for a day or a week.   You buy a loss leader protein, produce you will need on sale, a stock item if it's a RBP, and dairy instead.    This allows you to put well balanced meals on the table and feed your family on a consistent basis good, nutritious meals  for a four dollar a day budget per person.   You spend more time on the planning and shopping end of the meal train and less on the cooking end by cooking efficiently.    

Four dollars a day is the target amount for people on snap.   My premise is that of you can do it on four dollars a day, spending more isn't hard.   You still get more bang for your buck.