Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Dinners w/cost 3/23-25

Good evening! Here's an update on what we have eaten and the cost for the last couple of days:

Monday, 3/23: pork roast, mashed potatoes w/gravy, corn and rolls
pork roast: $1.5 lobs @ $2/lb/ = $3.00
mashed potatoes (steam-n-mash): $1.00
corn (steamers) $0.00
rice $0.65
rolls $0.70
TOTAL: 5.35

Tuesday: potluck of leftovers
TOTAL: $0.00

Wednesday: chicken breasts, roasted new potatoes w/green beans in rosemary butter, corn, and rice w/gravy
chicken breasts: 3 lbs. at $1/lb. = $3.00
Italian dressing as marinade: $0.00
roasted new potatoes w/green beans in rosemary butter (steamers): $0.00
corn (steamers): $0.00
rice and gravy (both leftover from Monday): $0.00
TOTAL: $3.00
(This is why I love using coupons - FREE dressing and 2 veggie side dishes! WOOHOO!!)
Plus, these 3 chicken breasts were HUGE, so we only ate 2; therefore, the 3rd will be dinner tomorrow night!!!


Total spend on dinner so far this week:
Monday: $5.35
Tuesday: $0.00
Wednesday: $3.00
Total: $8.35

Thanks for joining me on this journey so far! It really has been interesting for me to see what we really spend to eat!

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