Ingredients
1.5 chicken breasts ($1.50) or leftover chicken from previous meal (free!)
4 tortillas ($.75)
1 Can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilis ($.65) or use fresh tomatoes and add salsa
1/2 onion, chopped ($.30)
1 cup milk ($.20)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese ($.85)
4 corn cobs ($1 in August!)
2 T butter ($.20)
Directions
Cut chicken breast into cubes. Begin to boil in 1 qt of water. Add Rotel tomatoes, onion, milk and cheese. Let simmer an hour. About 10 minutes before serving, add torn tortillas to soup.
Cook corn and serve HOT with butter!
Cost $ 5.45
A little over $5, but a delicious early fall meal!

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$5 Dinner Mom,
How do you keep track of how much each meal costs you? I would love to be able to see how much we are spending for each meal, but haven’t quite been able to come up with a system that allows me to keep track.
Thanks!
Blessings!
Mrs. Q
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For those of us who are cooking idiots — soft tortillas or hard tortillas in the soup?
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Hey, SH. Since the recipe calls for torn tortillas, that would be soft and since I’ve had this kind of soup at restaurants, I believe it should be soft corn tortillas to make the right flavor. Hope that helps!
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I find that not all your receipts have print this receipt at the bottom of it.
Thanks Shelia
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I am so glad I found your website. My husband was just laid off work and I am going to need to really watch the grocery budget now. Feeding a family of 8 will be a challenge.
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