Comments on: Night Out – $5 Dinner Challenge

By: Jami

Jami — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:53:12 +0000

Yummy and cheap Spinach, Bacon, and Fried Egg Salad…probably less than $5 for a family of four- especially when you use garden spinach!

http://www.anoregoncottage.com/2009/06/spinach-bacon-and-fried-egg-salad.html

By: gourmetmomma

gourmetmomma — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:42:41 +0000

running late for the $5 challenge. here’s a flexible idea for using up leftovers and coming in on budget. my family calls it pasta with stuff and it was $2.40 for a family of 4 tonight.

http://gourmetmomma.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/leftover-love-pasta-with-stuff/

susan

By: Carissa

Carissa — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:38 +0000

New to your website but love the idea! Here is another meal for you – this one costs about $3.00 to make and is about $0.50 per serving.

Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked and rinsed lentils
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
3 cup sliced carrots
1 lb swiss chard, cleaned and chopped
1 lb kale, cleaned and chopped
3 cups water
1 packet reduced sodium onion soup mix

Directions: Place all ingredients in large pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook until rice is done, 20 to 30 minutes.

My 18 month old daughter loves this meail. I have made with both the rice and quinoa…love quinoa. Hope you enjoy!

By: angie

angie — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:26:38 +0000

once again found sale on hamburger and a great recipe check this out http://shopannies.blogspot.com/2009/06/we-love-cheeseburgers-and-sloppy-joes.html

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:03:49 +0000

I posted the recipe for Babushka Soup a while ago (’babushka’ is grandmother in Russian). It’s tomato juice-based vegetable soup with beef & barley, practically a meal in itself. A pot comes in at around $5, but makes at least two meals and a few lunches, so I’m sure it qualifies.

The recipe is at http://fourandahalfchickens.blogspot.com/2009/05/cooking-with-whole-grains-1-barley_20.html

By: Marybeth at www.babygoodbuys.com

Marybeth at www.babygoodbuys.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:39:14 +0000

I don’t have a meal to post, but have you checked out the Firefox extension YSLOW? It’s pretty useful in figuring out why a website loads slowly. Just a thought!

By: Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship

Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:48:35 +0000

Full of omega-3 fats, uses leftover vegetables, repurposes stale bread and heels…salmon patties, cream of vegetable soup and biscuits for $4.25 for 6 people. http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/06/09/recipe-connection-salmon-patties/

By: Alea

Alea — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:28:10 +0000

I am glad you got a night off (at least from cooking).

Here is a link to a one dish dinner that I call Kitchen Garden Skillet:
http://premeditatedleftovers.blogspot.com/2009/06/kitchen-garden-skillet-recipe.html

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:58:19 +0000

Here are two recipes, one for a cream of summer squash soup that using frozen squash from my garden cost about $1.25 to feed a family of seven. The other is for a garden frittata that also uses garden veggies and costs about $1.50.
http://wiseanticsoflife.blogspot.com/2009/06/quest-to-use-up-frozen-zucchini.html

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:44:39 +0000

Whoops – here’s the link:

http://foodforfrugalfoodies.blogspot.com/2009/06/sun-dried-tomato-crusted-chicken-with.html