Nutritious snacks around 20 cents per serving
Frugal Snack Ideas Who doesn’t like to snack? My worst time is in the morning, between breakfast and lunch, because I’m sitting…
Roast chicken: under $1 per serving
Whole chickens are cheap. I usually find them for less than $1 per pound or even less on sale. I like to…
German Pancakes: only 31 cents per serving
I’ve also seen these called Puff pancakes, Oven pancakes and Dutch Babies. Bake these in muffin pans and they will be popovers….
Easy Sausage and Cabbage Dinner: less than 50 cents per serving
This is a super quick, easy, nutritious and delicious meal. AND it’s low carb! My kids like it so much that my…
Waffles with fruit compote: about 50 cents per serving
Waffles topped with fruit is one of our all-time favorite meals, and we eat it for dinner as often as we eat…
Burritos: less than 45 cents per serving
Burritos are both cheap and healthy, and they freeze well, so you can make a bunch all at once and use them…
Chili Con Carne: less than 60 cents per serving
Chili is one of those great basic dishes that you can make a hundred different ways, all of them cheap and filling,…
Homemade Macaroni and Cheese: less than 60 cents per serving
We love mac ‘n cheese at our house, but my kids won’t touch the boxed stuff. Even my five year old yells,…
Chicken Noodle Soup: less than 54 cents per serving
Canned chicken stock and other canned soups are chock full of chemicals and toxic ingredients. It is really simple to make your…
Huevos Rancheros: 38 cents per serving
I realize that Huevos Rancheros typically use fried eggs, but I’m cooking for kids, so I make it the way they like…