Sunday, February 24, 2008
This Week's Frugal Dinner Menu
| By Lynn Forgy I went to the grocery yesterday, armed with a list and a sale paper. For $22.00, I was able to buy dinner and my daughter's lunch items for the week.  Night 1: Vegetable Pot Pie 3 cans veg-all (Kroger had them on sale 3/$1) Homemade crust TOTAL: $1 Night 2: Vegetable Stuffing Casserole 2 cans veg-all Stuffing mix ($1.20) TOTAL $1.86 Night 3: Pizza Cheese $2.99 (Kroger did have Kraft on sale for $2 but not the kind that I wanted) Sauce $1.10 Homemade crust TOTAL: $4.09 Night 4: Chicken & Rice *I already had these items on hand TOTAL: $0 Night 5: Vegetable soup 3 cans vegetables (3/$1 at Kroger) Potatoes (had on hand) Chicken Broth ($.50) TOTAL: $1.50 Night 6: Corn casserole Corn (3/$1) Sour cream ($1) Cheese ($2.99) TOTAL: $4.99 Night 7: Potato pancakes Potato flakes (had on hand) TOTAL: $0 GRAND TOTAL $13.54 I'm not one to follow recipes religiously, I generally throw my meals together and use a recipe as a "guide". For the crust in the vegetable pot pie and pizza: 3/4 cup warm water 1 TBSP oil or butter 1 1/2 tsp salt 2 c. flour (bread flour works best) 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp yeast Mix together and let rise for about 20 minutes, then roll out. Homemade Condensed Soup: If you need a recipe for this, there are many on the internet. I use about 3/4 - 1 cup of dry milk, about 1/2 cup of cornstarch. Mix these together, add about 1 TBSP chicken bouillon powder, pepper, enough water to make it milky (about 2 cups). Then cook on the stovetop until it's the consistency of condensed soup. Pot Pie Recipe: Mix the vegetables with homemade condensed soup and pour in a baking pan. Cover with crust and bake at 350 or 400 til golden brown. Vegetable Stuffing Casserole: Mix the veg-all, stuffing and condensed soup mix together. Bake at 350 or 400 for about 30 minutes. Corn Casserole: I do not have a recipe for this, and I haven't made it before so I'll be winging it. I plan to mix the corn, 1 cup of sour cream, and 2 cups of cheese together and bake for 30 min. at 400. |
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