Parmesan encrusted chicken
Sauteed Yellow (summer) squash and onions
Broccoli and Cheddar Rice
Besides the fact that my children did this for us, the best thing about this dinner is all together it was less than $15, it fed all of us, and we had left overs. Here is the breakdown:
Parmesan Encrusted chicken
Chicken leg quarters (pkg had six of them in there) $5.91
Plain Bread Crumbs, about 1/2 cup $0.24
Parmesan Cheese, grated, about 1/2 cup $0.74
any seasoning you like
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cut apart the thighs and legs; put into a 10 x 13 baking dish.
3. Top with garlic salt, then the bread crumbs, and finally the Parmesan cheese.
4. Bake for about an hour.
Total cost of Parmesan Encrusted Chicken $6.89!
Sauteed Yellow Squash and Onions
the squash I actually got for free from a neighbor, but will price it as if I bought it
Yellow Squash, about 1.5 lbs $1.94
Onions, about 1.5 lbs $2.00
Butter, 1 stick $0.49
Melt butter in skillet; while doing that slice the yellow squash and onions into about the same size slices. Throw into pan and cook until desire doneness. We carmelize ours!
Cost for the squash and onions: $4.43 (now, it actually only cost us $2.49 since our squash was free).
Broccoli and Cheddar Rice - I bought two boxes of Zantaran at $1.50 each plus we used 4 T butter in the dish for $.25. So this cost us $3.25
Our Total Cost???????? $12.63! If we had paid for the squash, it would have been $14.57.
Even with using a convenience side rice dish, our meal, that fed HUNGRY teens and adults, gave us left overs, cost less than we could even eat at a fast food restaurant, and could feed a larger family than ours for the same cost. That is a success story.
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