Favorite Meal $5 or less - Page 15

Momof2boys2005 · 06-10-2009, 01:13 PM

I can't believe I forgot to add this one considering it's MY favorite!!!!!
Homemade Potato and Leek Soup
- (1) litre (0.8 gallon) milk (can add more depending on the size of your family)
- (3) leek> cleaned and chopped (I use only a bit of the dark green part)
- cooked potatoes and cut into chunky cubes (again the amount of potatoes depends on whether you prefer a thinner or thicker soup> I prefer thicker so I use a min. of 6 good size potatoes)
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine (I use butter> I make it)
- splash of worcestershire sauce (optional but I always use it)
-salt and pepper to taste

Boil potatoes (I precut for faster cooking) and cut leeks together until tender and drain. Return potato and leek to the pot and add the rest of the ingredients. At this point I do a very quick & rough mashing of the potato chunks...I like some bigger pieces in my soup but the "quick mashing" provides the soup with a bit of thickness which I really like.
Note~ You *can* use broth as your base for this soup but I feel it changes this soup dramatically (not in a good way to me hahaha). I also prefer to have the protein from the milk when serving this as I generally do not serve a meat when I do this soup. **1 cup of milk has 8 g protein!!** )

SUPER LOVED BY ALL~ SUPER CHEAP AND SOOOOOO FILLING!

wonderfullymade · 07-13-2009, 04:07 PM

I would definitely say mac and cheese with mix-ins. Boil the water and mix the cheese packet in with it. Microwave it covered with the macaroni for 6 minutes. Then add in sliced up smoked sausage (one with low sodium) and heat that covered for another 6 minutes. Stir and then add a can of drained green beans. Cover and let sit for 2 minutes then stir and serve.

justnkate · 07-13-2009, 04:39 PM

Spaghetti, ravioli (on sale) with sauce
Hamburgers, canned corn
Tacos on sale

911spatcher · 07-20-2009, 08:23 PM

Meatloaf Muffins

1 lb Ground Beef
1 Box Stove Top Stuffing
2 egg whites (or 1 egg)
1 cup water

Mix together, drop meatball size portions into a muffin tin and bake 350 for 35-40 minutes

I serve this with roasted potatoes and steamed broccoli.

For the potatoes I cube them, mix with one egg white and a tbsp or two (depending on how many potatoes I am cooking) or dry ranch dressing mix. Bake 450 for 25 minutes.

Addimom · 08-06-2009, 10:09 AM

Chicken and Dumplings

Ingredients
- 1 whole fryer chicken
- cheap canned biscuits (if you prefer, you can make your own dough, but I have found 4 pack cans of low fat biscuits for 0.99...can't beat that and they work great)

Directions
-Boil chicken in water (salt and pepper water to your liking). The water becomes the stock.
-Take chicken out of stock and put on a plate.
-Put both the chicken and the pot of stock in the fridge.
-Allow the stock to cool long enough for the fat to congeal. I leave it over night.
-When chicken has cooled, remove skin and bones and shred chicken.
-Once the fat has congealed, skim the fat off of the top of the stock.
-Put shredded chicken back in stock. Bring stock and chicken to boil.
-While boiling, add biscuits, individually, and let boil for ~5 minutes.

Scoop and serve in a bowl. This recipe serves much more than 4.

I just made this Sunday. Instead of boiling the chicken, I roasted it and served one (huge) breast with rice for Sunday lunch. Then, I de-boned the remainder of the chicken and made the chicken and dumplings (using canned chicken broth and water) which lasted for 2 dinners and a lunch! Each meal was served with a salad and was waaaaaay under $5!

BTW - DH always tells me this is one of his favorite meals.

I think he would be happy if he ate it daily!

rdhill007 · 09-27-2009, 02:53 PM

Chicken leg quarters($3.00 at the most)
Some type of frozen veg($1.00)
Baked potatoes/twice baked potatoes/roasted potatoes

Pork Chops($3.00 a package at the most)
Some type of frozen veg($1.00)
Some type of rice($1.00 or less)

Pasta($1.00)
Meatballs($2.50)
Pasta sauce($1.50 or less)

Ham Steaks($3.00)
Mac and Cheese ($.75)
Frozen Broccoli($1.00)

Mac and Cheese($.75)
Ground beef($2.00 or less)
Taco Seasoning($.50)

MissLucie · 09-27-2009, 09:12 PM

Tuna salad sandwiches.

3 cans of tuna - $2.16 - WMART
1 loaf of wheat sandwich bread - $.88 - FRY'S
1 can of corn - $.75 - WMART
1 lettuce head - $1.00 - WMART

give or take.
healthy and oh-so yummy

tango · 09-27-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MissLucie

Tuna salad sandwiches.

3 cans of tuna - $2.16 - WMART
1 loaf of wheat sandwich bread - $.88 - FRY'S
1 can of corn - $.75 - WMART
1 lettuce head - $1.00 - WMART

give or take.
healthy and oh-so yummy

sounds yummy! Do you put mayo or anything in it?