Dinner Menu

I just cant wait until 2010 to start sharing!! I promised to share my dinner menu's with you as well, and I will list their approximate cost as well. The prices listed are for the whole dinner, with 6 servings, minus things like spices which are pennies. Please remember that I use coupons to lower the price of each item, if not making it free, and most of these things are thing I have stocked in the house already, like canned broth and veggies and frozen chicken breast. I also use leftovers a lot, like this week I use the Christmas ham twice.

Monday - Chicken and Stuffing "dinner in a foil pack"
* 1lb chicken breast .88 lb
* 1 box stuffing .50
* 6 slices of ham (leftover from Christmas) , free
* 1 cup mushrooms .50
* 8 oz peas .18
* 1 can of cream of mushroom, free
* salad .99
Total $3.05

Tuesday - Black Bean Soup with Ham
(not listed and priced out, garlic, red peppers, cumin)
* 1 med onion .12
* 2 cans black beans, free
* 1 can chicken broth, .10
* 1 can diced tomatoes, free
* 1 can yellow corn .18
* ham (leftover from Christmas) free
* dinner rolls (flour, yeast, milk, sugar, oil, salt) such small amounts its hard to tell, best guess .40 for a doz.
Total $0.80

Wednesday - Sumi Chicken Salad
(not listed and priced out, butter, salad dressing (which was free anyway) and sugar)
* 1lb chicken breast .88
* 1 head of cabbage .99
* 2 packs ramen noodles .20
* green onion .50
* bread sticks (flour, yeast, milk, sugar, oil, salt) such small amounts its hard to tell, best guess .40 for a doz.
Total $2.97

Thursday - Creamy Crock Pot Chicken
(not listed and priced out, white wine)
* 1.5 lb chicken breast 1.32
* 1 can cream of chicken, free
* 1 packet dry Italian dressing .25
* 8 oz cream cheese .18
* 8 oz white rice .34
* salad .99
Total $3.08

Friday - Pizza Night!
(not listed and priced out, leftover veggies in fridge, like mushrooms or peppers that I just throw on so they are not wasted, salad dressing)
* 2 pizza doughs (powdered milk, yeast, salt, sugar, oil, flour) best guess $1.00
* 1 lb mozzarella cheese 1.99
* we use spaghetti sauce rather then pizza sauce, and for both pizzas we use 1/2 a jar of Ragu, each jar was .20 total, so .10 for both pizza
* 1 pack pepperoni .34
* 1/2 can of olives .25
*salad .99
Total 4.67

Saturday - Spicy Baked Tilapia
(not listed and priced out, lemon juice, mayo, sugar, worcestershire sauce, onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne, mustard, paprika)
* 1.5 lbs Tilapia 4.99
* Red potatoes with butter 1.50
* Frozen green beans .18
Total $6.67

Sunday - Baked Ziti
(not listed and priced out, salad dressing)
* 1lb ziti pasta, free
* 1 jar Ragu .20
* 8 oz mozzarella cheese 1.00
* salad .99
Total 2.19