What's for dinner 10-26 & 10-27

On Wednesday we had cheese manicotti. No pictures since we have made it previously this month.

Tonight we had steak (fillet & rib eye), rolls & jambalaya. The jambalaya was spicy, so our kids had broccoli & cheese instead. Our daughter wanted a picture of her plate too, so you get to see her mess;)

I went shopping at GE earlier in the day, so I just used items we purchased then.

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What's for dinner 10/25 - Salad :)

Sorry for the crappy picture. I meant to take a picture before we dished it out into bowls and put ranch on it but I forgot...

We had some lettuce & a whole carton of eggs that were going to expire on 10/26, so we decided to use them to just make a salad for dinner. We didn't have any veggies to add and didn't want to run to the store, so it's very basic. Our 1 year old isn't the biggest fan of salad yet, so he had pears and scrambled eggs. I also made some dinner rolls.

Ingredients we had for the salad:
Lettuce
Salad dressing
Eggs
Cheese
a few seasonings for a little added flavor
dinner rolls

We didn't have croutons at home so my husband picked up a small bag at his work before leaving. I believe they cost $.78

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What's for dinner 10/22 - 10/24

On Saturday we had Long John Silvers for dinner. Totally went against my not eating out plan, but we went to the Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad Halloween train ride so we had to pick up something on the way.

On Sunday we had Chicken Tacos..something I have previously posted about so I didn't take a picture or anything :) I had to purchase chicken and Cilantro, so my total cost for dinner was around $3.00

Tonight we made pizza and bread sticks.  I had to purchase everything to make it. (pizza isn't cooked yet in the pic;))

GE bread sticks $2.50
GE shredded cheese $2.99
Prego pizza sauce $1.69
GE all natural pepperoni $2.19
2 Pack Mama Mias (i think) pizza crust $4.69 - $.55 peelie on product = $3.59

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What's for dinner 10-17 thru 10-19

10-17
This was another night (like 10-16) of randomness at our dinner table. My husband had hummus again & my kids had apple cobbler and green beans.

We didn't need to purchase anything for dinner this night

10-18
Yesterday was my husbands birthday!! I had planned to make him a fancy salad (it's what our daughter wanted to make him a salad for his birthday) but he didn't get home until around 6:30 and I still needed to run out and get him 1 more gift. So, we had Chipotle instead. He had a veggie bowl with everything, the kids had a cheese quesadilla & I had soft chicken tacos.

10-19
Tonight we finally had a chance to make dinner. We made baked rigatoni & had crescent rolls.

Ingredients we had:
Cheese
Rigatoni pasta
canned tomatoes
pasta sauce
onion
garlic

Ingredients we purchased:
.5 pounds sausage $1.87
Organic green pepper $1.32

OOP: $3.12

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What's for dinner 10/15 & 10/16

On Saturday we had:

Breaded chicken, corn, mashed potatoes & rolls

We had everything we needed for dinner tonight:
Chicken
Bread crumbs
frozen Green Giant corn
butter
Frozen potatoes (these are Ore-Ida and they are actually really good!)
Pillsbury Rolls
salt and pepper
Olive oil to cook the chicken


Sunday we had a mixture of a bunch of things....My husband wanted Hummus and I wanted tacos. Our son doesn't eat tacos so he had broccoli and cheese and hamburger meat...no taco mix. It was a very random dinner night:)

Items we had for dinner:
Hamburger
Cheese
Taco shells (hard and soft)
Taco seasoning mix
Broccoli

Items we had to purchase:
Hummus
Green pepper

OOP: approx. $3.50

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What's for dinner 10/13 - guacomole & tequilla lime chicken tacos

I haven't done one of these post in almost a week because frankly...we haven't made anything. Our dinners have been very quick and easy because we haven't had time or haven't been home. Tonight my husband had some friends over and we made guacomole and tequilla lime chicken tacos!

The only ingredients we had was cheese & salt and pepper

I had to had purchase:

2 GE flour tortillas $2.00 each

GE sour cream $1.00

Lime juice $.99

Lettuce $.99


Sweet onions $1.27

Cilantro $.99

Peppers $.76

Garlic $.30

Plum tomatoes $1.00

4.5 pounds of chicken breast $22.50

4 Avocados $6.00

2 Tositos chips $5.00
Tositos dip $2.29

Cabo Wabo tequila $29.10 
I am very plain with my food, so that is why there are no veggies on my tacos lol

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What's for dinner 10/6 - chicken soft tacos

Sorry, I lost my phone earlier today and still can't find it...so no pics :(

Tonight for dinner though we had chicken soft tacos! They were so yummy :)

Ingredients we needed:
Cilantro $.99
Chicken breast $2.24

Ingredients we had already:
Wheat tortillas
Cheese
Tomato
Limes
Brown rice
Corn
Salt


Total money spent for dinner: $3.23

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What's for dinner 10/5 - Dominos Artisan pizza!

Tonight for dinner we ordered the Domino's Italian Sausage and pepper trio pizza. We decided the end of last month we weren't going to eat out at all this month (except to use my FREE meal at outback coupon) but I was able to snag one of the Artisan pizzas for FREE so I couldn't say no :) I also ordered an order of cheesy bread because of our kids don't like pizza that well...weird right? :)

OOP: $3.99

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What's for dinner 10/4 - Chili

Tonight for dinner I made Chili! This was my first attempt and it turned out pretty good

I didn't need to purchase anything for dinner tonight...YAY!!

Ingredients we had:
Beef
Kidney beans
Canned tomatoes
Tomato sauce
cumin
Crushed red pepper
Minced onions
Chili powder
salt and pepper
shredded cheese

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What's for dinner 10/3 - Homemade breaded chicken strips, mac & cheese, corn

We didn't even start making dinner until 7:30...so, I wanted something simple. Tonight we had homemade breaded chicken strips fried in olive oil, corn & mac & cheese

Item I had to Purchase:
fresh Chicken Strips $6.04

Items we had:
Bread crumbs
garlic
corn
Velveeta mac & cheese
olive oil

OOP: $6.04

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What's for dinner 10/2 - cheesy chicken and rice

Tonight for dinner we made cheesy chicken and rice. We also had dinner bread. I LOVE dinner bread and rolls so I make them almost every meal....the rest of my family doesn't share the love lol. This is one of my favorite things we make...it's SO good! You can also make it with cream of cheddar canned soup.

Items we had to purchase:
Chicken $6.04
Jalapeno $.30
red pepper $2.25
shallots $1.55

Items we already had:
Rice
Shredded cheese
all spices
chicken broth
butter
canned tomatos

OOP: $10.14

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What's for dinner? 10/1 - stuffed pasta shells

I've decided that I am going to try to do a daily post "What's for dinner" for the month of October. I am going to share what we had for dinner & how much it cost us out of pocket to make it. Included in my out of pocket will be anything we had to purchase to make it that WAS NOT already in our kitchen. I am going to kinda use this for myself, to see how cheap (or expensive) it is to make dinner :) Growing up, I lived pretty much off of packaged foods; so that is what I am used to. My mom would actually make dinner on Sundays, but other than that, she was working & I was left to make quick meals for myself. It's still 10x easier for me to make something prepackaged, but I am trying to get better because we have 2 kids now & they need a balanced dinner each day. My husband is the cook in the family so when he is home in the evenings we almost always make something from scratch.

 I'll try to remember to take a picture each day.

Last night we had stuffed pasta shells, rolls & salad (no picture)

I had to purchase:
Salad $.69
Rolls $.99
Onion $.71
Organic red pepper $2.30
Tomato $.73
Ricotta cheese $2.49

We already had:
Salad dressing/vinegar
Shells
shredded Cheese
Parmesan cheese
pasta sauce
oregano
garlic
eggs
salt & pepper

OOP: $7.91

You'll notice bread or rolls with almost every meal. I LOVE bread & dinner doesn't feel complete without it. My kids and husband aren't as big of fans and could probably do without lol.

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