So, instead this is a list of menu ideas that are less than five dollar a meal for four people. Some are way lower. You can eat well on four dollars a day, Seattle is one of the seven most high COL areas in the nation. One might think it is because of the housing market, but, I watch a lot of grocery hauls across the nation, and the grocery prices are a lot higher on most things. Even a lot of things that come from California and Washington.
- Loaded potato soup
- Chicken noodle soup, scratch
- Tomato basil soup with or without blue cheese
- Taco soup
- Chili
- Vegetable bean soup
- Tacos
- Enchaladas
- Tostadas
- Burrito bowls
- Breakfast burritos
- Green Chile pork tacos
- Pizza. Pepperoni.
- Pizza chicken
- Sausage sheet pan
- Sausage quiche
- Sausage and bean soup
- Spaghetti and meatballs or meat
- Chicken spaghetti
- Meatball subs
- Pork cube sandwich
- Pork roast
- Pork sliders
- Pulled pork sliders
- Pork fajitas
- Mexican green chili pork (taste of Home )
- Sausage, pancakes, fruit
- Bacon , eggs, pancakes
- Hash browns, eggs, fruit
- Spinach, feta and tomato omelet
- Waffles , bacon, sliced oranges
- Mac and cheese, peas and carrots
- Toasted cheese, tomato soup
- Broccolli and cheese pizza pockets
- Pork stir fry
- Chicken stir fry
- Baked potato bar
- Vegetable omelet
- Roast chicken Sunday dinner
- Chicken stew
- Bbq chicken thighs and legs, wings
- Sweet and sour chicken with rice
- Split Pea soup with ham
- White beans and ham
- Frittata
- Red beans and rice
- Pasta e Fagioli
- Sloppy joes
- Meatballs w gravy over mashed potatoes
- Meatballs with cream sauce over noodles
- Beef stroganoff
- Pork stew
- Pantry spaghetti (taste of Home )
- Bow tie and tomato, cream with sausage rounds,
- Pork with orange sauce and rice
- Glazed pork with sweet potatoes
- Brats with apples and cabbage
- Chicken with vegetables and biscuits
- Chicken Normandy
- Chicken and dumpling
- Pork chops with apple, Craisens , stuffing.
- Smoked paprika chicken 🍗
- Beef tortilla taco casserole (Pillsbury)
- Baked chicken nuggets. (Scratch) oven fries
- Meat ball subs
Basic ideas
Pork loin is from one to two dollars a pound, You can easily cut roasts, chops, and stew and stir fry meat from it.
Chicken can be purchased for around a dollar all the time here. Breasts are 1.28 at winco often. They come from Idaho. Buy local chicken .
Buy ground beef when it is on sale. Cook it, made fat it, amd portion control it in bags in the freezer. It just makes life easier. Meatballs can be purchased cheaper than scratch. Use coupons if you can find them. Costco ones are good, but I haven’t compared prices.
Easiest , fastest. Way to cook a whole chicken when crispy skin isn’t an issue is to cook it in the slow cooker. Cut an onion, roughly, quarter a large one or half 2 small ones. Dump on the bottom of the skow cooker, Open the chicken, drain off any liquid and pay it m dry with a paper towel. Using a sheet pan contains the mess. Shake a seasoning salt or rub of choice on top of the chicken. Place on top of the onion. Set the slow cooker on high for an hour a pound. Check for doneness 3/4 of the way through. I like 180 degrees—well done!
Chicken will be moist with a lot of stock. Remember your stock will be flavored by the rub you use.
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