How did she do that?

How did she do that....meals under five dollars.
Four people, one meal, five dollars.

Four dollar a day meals means that you need to keep a dinner for the proverbial family of four—two adults and two school aged children for five dollars.

Using foods on sale and incorporating them into meals is an age old concept.   My mother did it for years.

Buffalo Chicken salad

• Package of mixed salad .99
• 1/2 cucumber .44
• 2 Roma tomatoes  .50
• 1.2 lb chicken, cooked from froze in the insta pot, then pulled with wing sauce tossed.   .49

Total 2.42

That leaves plenty for bread, tortilla chips or bread sticks and a fruit desert. 

I got yogurt for .50 for white chocolate and .38 for fruit yogurt.  Hint:  you can freeze yogurt in its own container.  A good desert with protein and calcium.