Ok so last night I went to Publix for dinners for this week...
We only needed three Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday , (Friday we are having Matt's team over for a cookout and then going to the SCA football game together :) )Soooo I tried to Buy 3 seven dollar meals....
Meal one ... We had this last night "fried" chicken , green beans, and sweet potatoe fries
Chicken ( I bought a package of 4 breasts and only used two) - 4.29 for the package so for this meal I used $2.15 of chicken. to make it "fried" I create a honey mixture dip it in that and dip it in crunched honey bunches of oats and bake it ...super delicious super low calorie
Sweet Potato- We one used one 99cents
Green Beans-I went with caned organic ... usually I opt for fresh but canned are less expensive and were pretty delicious... $1.23
Meal one- $4.37
Meal Two - TONIGHT!!! EGGPLANT PIZZA .... and yes eggplant is my very favorite food :) weird but true...
Eggplant.. I weighed three eggplants to find a one pounder :) I was so proud of myself this was a first-$1.83
Pesto- $1.69 ... its a package that you mix with olive oil ... delicious!!
Pinenuts- 2.89... this was a splurge but they are my favorite cooking item..I will only use half so I can count just half the price$1.45
FLATBREADS- $2.69
cheese- already have this but I will count $1.00 worth of it
Meal Two-$8.66.....1.66 over ... bummer
Meal Three ... Spagetti Squash and Balsalmic Chicken
Squash-$4.83
Diced Tomoatoes-$0.85
Chicken $2.15
Meal Three $7.83...83 cents over....
Since Meal one was $2.63 under...and meals two and three were over... I combined it all and I was still under 14 cents...
WHOO WHOO!! SUCCESS
Now I am inspired and hungry! Can you post your chicken recipes? They sound so yummy! Check out my blog soon as I have a friend who has found great sales/coupon blogs and I'm going to post them (that is when Jacob lets me have computer time without him in my lap!).
ReplyDeleteI am going to use those recipes. They sound delicious! Good job on your savings!
ReplyDeletethanks! I was so excited its all because of you!
ReplyDeleteOh how i miss Publix!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this! That is such a great wife thing to do, Nat! your an inspiration :)
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