We have a relatively new Grocery Outlet in town, and I'm a sucker for quality (though slightly irregular) food at a cheap price. I'll post some photos of meals created from a recent shopping trip for there. My goal. Spend $20 and get meals for a week.
First on the menu is a 50-cent can of chili (not gourmet, but decadent nonetheless), a few oyster crackers from a 99-cent bag, and moist cornbread made from a 40-cent mix and leftover bell pepper slices and fresh corn.
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i recently tried one of those biscuit pkgs. that make only 6 or so and was really tasty...
i added garlic n' Tillamook cheddar to pump up the flavor tho'.....getting back to eating some chunky soups for at least one meal.....
cheers,gayle
FYI: Great non-grocery Dollar Tree buys are garbage/kitchen bags and laundry extras like Oxygenated cleaners and dryer sheets.
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I hadn't thought of oyster crackers on chili -- that could be fun.
Thanks for the ideas.
I don't think my family would eat the chili from a can, though. Every once in a while I will use it to make frito pie wraps, but my husband still doesn't really like it. I have a recipe that calls for chili that I can sneak it into without a problem, but I don't think he would ever go for it straight from the can.
Here's the next meal in the series: Frugal Eats: Hearty dinner for two for $4.
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I love the Grocery Outlet and was just there last night.
Sometimes there are local stores with good deals on fresh produce also. You can cruise a farmer's market at the end of the day, when they are tired and don't want to haul things back. Tomato, onion, garlic, corn, and peppers can go a long way to jazz up beans or even bread. Butternut squash, yams, purple cabbage can make things pretty. Winter squash will cook up in 7 minutes in my micro-wave, and then I cut it in bite-size chunks. Greens with mustard are good too. Growing your own can make it affordable. I had a tomato that made it overwinter in a window. It didn't bear tomatoes because my house is too cold, but I'm planting it out now. Garlic and leeks made it over-winter outside. It's handy to have your own outside the door, and some things will grow inside. Thanks for the posting.