Terrific Tuesday

This blog is going to be about low cost dinners.    On a four dollar a day budget, for the proverbial family of two adults and two children. You have 16.00 a day to spend,    Some of your  grocery miney has to go for staples  like flour, sugar, spices, olive oil, and stock.    That leaves .50 for breakfast, 1.50  for lunch and 1.50 for dinner.    I usually concentrate on dinner,   Pretty much breakfast ( oatmeal and fruit ) and lunch ( cheese, crackers and fruit, or leftovers, or a BLT  and fruit ) takes care of its self.   Dinner needs to be less than five bucks.  Thus : 4+1=5.   Four people , one meal, five bucks.   

1. Pork chops  over  bread stuffing with apples and cranberries, green beans.   Use dry bread cubes , or a dollar box of stove top.   Stove top was two for 88 at target last week.   Add cubed apples ( 100 or less a pound ) and dried cranberries.  Add chicken stock if you  are making scratch and herbs of choice.   Brown Pork chops. Out on top of stiffing in bakingmdish and bakemoff on a 375 degree oven until Pork chops test done.   I got Pork chops for 1.50 a pound at FM, or you can slice your own from a pork loin at about 1.79 a pound,   Green beans are .50 a can or less.   
2. Quiche, with sausage and cheese,( Betty Crocker bisquick  cb )  mixed field green salad with mandarin oranges.  
3. Chilli, with cheese, sour cream, nacho chips for garnish.  Beer bread or corn bread .  
4.  Pizza - a family favorite.   Scratch pizza crust ( easy and fast and cheap) pizza sauce (dollar tree ) and cheese ( Costco) or sale.   Add  hopped veggies  and /or sausage and/or pepperoni. Pepperoni is .50 at dollar tree with a coupon at coupons,com.   I never pay more than  two dollars a pound for sausage--a little bit goes a long way.  Veggies can be chopped and saved during the week as you make other meals.   A cheese pizza can be made for a buck.  
5. Mexican sloppy joes.    Buns are .88 at Winco. You can make your own cheaper, or find them at the bakery outlet.    I got marked down for .78 at FM one time,   Use a pound of hamburger (300) and a can of enchalada sauce (.33) and a small can of tomato sauce, taco seasoning.  Cook in slow cooker. Fresh veggie sticks.