$5 Dinner Turkey Meatball Spaghetti

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This week there are good deals on spaghetti and ground turkey. They make a perfect match with bread sticks for a simple Italian dinner

Simple Spaghetti Sauce
Simple Turkey Meatballs
Extremely Frugal Breadsticks

If you have fresh herbs growing in containers or your garden, substitute them in the recipe. In general, you need at least twice the amount as suggested in the recipe for the dried version. I was able to use basil, oregano, and thyme from my windowbox herb garden.

$5 Dinner Roman Navy Beans

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$5.00 Menu

This ~$4.25 dinner provides 1/2 cup beans, 1/2 cup tomatoes, 2 ounces of cheese, and 3 pita breads per person.

Roman Navy Beans
Pita bread
Mozzarella Tomato Salad


Buy: Nothing
Pantry: Navy beans, olive oil, rosemary, garlic, flour, cheese
For 4 servings

1 pound flour .46
1/2 pound navy beans .50
1/4 C olive oil .75
8 oz mozzarella 1.50
1 pound Roma tomatoes 1.00
garlic, rosemary,

Total $4.21

$5 Dinner Corned Beef

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This week's specials at Meijer include corned beef brisket and green cabbage.

This ~$4.50 dinner provides 4 oz of corned beef, 1 cup of potatoes, and 1 cup of cabbage per serving.

Corned Beef, Extremely Frugal Colcannon

Buy: Corned beef, cabbage
Pantry: Onions, butter, potatoes
For 4 servings

1 1/2 lbs Corned beef $3.56
1 3/4 lbs Potatoes $0.50
1 1/2 lbs Cabbage $0.30



Total $4.36

$5 Dinner Baked Ham

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This week's specials at Meijer include a bone-in ham, and fresh plums.

This ~$3.00 dinner provides 4 oz of baked ham, 2 biscuits, and 1/2 cup of plum chutney per serving.

Baked Ham, Plum Chutney, Extremely Frugal Biscuits.

Buy: Ham, plums
Pantry: Onions, fresh ginger, brown sugar, cider vinegar, cloves, cinnamon, flour, shortening,
For 4 servings

1 1/2 lbs Ham $1.40
1 lb Plums $0.99
1 lb Onions $0.56
2 cups Flour $0.15


Total $3.10

$5 Dinner Hungarian Pork Goulash

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Originally uploaded by Simply Frugal

This week at Meijer, you can get a good deal on western ribs, and green beans.

This $3.50 dinner provides a 4 ounce serving of pork ($2.25), 1 cup of noodles (.53), and 1/2 C (.63) of green beans per person.

Hungarian Pork Goulash, Noodles, Green beans

Buy: 2 lb western ribs, 1 lb frozen Freshlike green beans, 1 green pepper
In the pantry: Sour cream (on sale last week), onions, tomato paste, garlic, salt, flour, noodles.

$5 Dinner Simple African Peanut Chicken

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Originally uploaded by Simply Frugal

A frugal menu for items you can buy at Meijer this week.

Simple African Peanut Chicken, Rice, Steamed Broccoli

Buy:
1 1/2 pounds bone-in chicken breast ($1.50)
1 bunch broccoli ($1.00)

From the pantry:
1 pound rice ($.70)
1 C diced tomatoes(.40 Jan 31 sale)
3/4 C peanut butter ($.55)

Total: $4.15

Per person: 4 ounces chicken, 1 cup rice, 1/2 cup broccoli