I was talking with a friend of mine the other day and it had come to her attention that they'd been eating too much take-out lately; she's trying to transition to more home-cooked meals but the dollar menu as a fallback plan is quick and inexpensive. There's a misconception that buying ingredients and cooking at home is more costly than picking up fast food.
So, to address this, here's dinner from Thursday...
Pork chops from Harris Teeter... $1.67
Mrs. Dash Caribbean Citrus... Free
Fresh broccoli crowns from Aldi... $1.79
Canned corn from Food Lion... $0.25
Look how GREEN that broccoli is!
...and then there's dessert...
Three cups milk... $0.56
Jello pie mix... $0.68
Keebler pie crust... $0.50
Chocolate 'Pi'
That's a total of $5.45, or about $1.36 per person.
Add milk for the kids and a glass of wine for the hubbie (I'm drinking water) and the whole dinner, plus beverages and dessert, comes to $6.79, or an average of $1.70 per person. You can't even feed a family of four with fast-food sandwiches and beverages from the dollar menu for that.
And, no, we didn't finish it all. We have leftover broccoli and pie for today. (The last pork chop evidently became someone's midnight snack - LOL!) Follow @RocksTheCoupons
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