Sunday, January 4, 2009

Sunday Dinner and Recipes


Tonights dinner was roasted chicken, mashed potatoes with roast chicken gravy, roasted brussels sprouts and homemade roll.
Roast Chicken ($2.85)
1 whole chicken (bought on sale .69# x 5.45 pounds = $3.76. This chicken will be used for 3 meals so $3.76/3= $1.25.
1 pkg Poultry Herb meadley $2.99 (will be used in 2 meals 2.99/2= $1.50)
1/4 onion- .10
Roasted Brussels Sprouts (.50)
1/4 pgk Brussels sprouts cut in 1/2 (.42)
2 slices bacon (.08)
Saute bacon in a frying pan. Remove. Saute Brussels sprouts in the bacon fat. Move Brussels sprouts to an oven safe dish and crumble bacon over top. Bake in oven for 15 minutes.
Mashed potatoes and Gravy (.63)
I cheated tonight. 1/4 box of instant mashed potatoes (.38) 1 pkg. gravy mix (4/$1) = .25
Homemade Rolls (.40)
I used the recipe from allrecipes.com for French Bread Rolls to Die For
Total for dinner: $4.38!

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