Not a bad day today. The kids had their friends over for breakfast unexpectedly and early, but a very reasonable day in terms of cost. Breakfast and lunch very inexpensive, and Ryan begged for taco's for dinner (happy about that because he doesn't usually like to eat meat and hard to get protein from anywhere else but cheese with him). Emilia and Michele didn't want beef so we made a second batch with canned lentils and they both loved it. A great, easy dinner that is inexpensive and evryone love. Best of all about 5 minutes of prep time.
Here again smart shopping comes to play. 2 weeks ago there was lean ground beef on special for $1.50/lb. Bought about 8 lbs, made 16 1/2lb packages and froze them.
I'll post the recipe for the taco's.
Breakfast
Raisin Bran & Milk (4 bowls, kids friends came for breakfast)-$.60
Granola bars - $.70
Yogurt - $.40
Granola - $.10
Lunch
Cheese Sanwiches - $.75
Yogurt - $.80
Carrots & Celery -$.20
Leftovers -$.00
Dinner
Tacos
Lean ground beef - $1.50
Taco shells - $2.00
Lentils $1.00
Toppings - Tomatoes, Lettuce, Cheese, Avocado, Red peppers - $2.00
Snacks
Ganola bars, crackers, cheese, apples - $1.50
Monday 1/8/10 Total
$11.55
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