Frugal Food: June First. Dinner for two for under $10

Defuniak Springs, Florida
June 1, 2017 4:53pm CST
Welcome back to this series. I took a break from them for about two weeks because it was just getting tiring. Although I do really like doing them so I decided to start them back up with the start of the month. So here we are. Tonight is sweet and sour chicken night, and because they were on sale this past weekend, I am cheating a little bit and using the Chicken Helper box which comes with the rice, some seasoned coating for the chicken and the base powder mix for the sweet and sour sauce. As with most meals I make I add some seasonings along the way. We will also be having steamed broccoli. So without further ado, here is the breakdown: Two bunches of broccoli- $2.50 Two pounds of chicken- $3.50 Chicken Helper- $1.39 Garlic butter and cheese for broccoli- $0.75 Vegetable oil-$0.25 Dinner for two total: $8.39 (And if it works there will be a picture attached, probably not the best because its taken with my tablet)
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@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jun 17
That's still over 4 bucks each lol!
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
@JohnRoberts , Still cheaper than going to the buffet though. Lol. Whats for dinner at your house?
@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jun 17
@thislittlepennyearns I don't know what I will have for dinner. There's still some leftover potato salad.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
@JohnRoberts , Still cheaper than going to the buffet though. Lol. Whats for dinner at your house?
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@Nana2016 (251)
• United States
1 Jun 17
This will be a wonderful meal. I have wrote it down and I am going to make this for dinner Saturday night. Thank You for this receipe I can not wait for more to come. Prayers
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
@Nana2016, not so much a recipe as it is just a outline of what i made and what it cost. lol. it was good though. Check back tomorrow for another frugal food post.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
@Nana2016, not so much a recipe as it is just a outline of what i made and what it cost. lol. it was good though. Check back tomorrow for another frugal food post.
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@Nana2016 (251)
• United States
1 Jun 17
@thislittlepennyearns Oh I will Thank You
• United States
1 Jun 17
This sounds quite good April. I am not up to eating a lot today, but I would have a bite.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
@TiarasOceanView , Better hurry if you want that bite. IT is almost gone lol
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• United States
1 Jun 17
@Courtlynn (67002)
• United States
1 Jun 17
Sounds like a great cheap meal.
@Courtlynn (67002)
• United States
2 Jun 17
@thislittlepennyearns pizza is almost always good.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
It was pretty good, although your pizza dinner sounded good too.
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@NJChicaa (115606)
• United States
1 Jun 17
Great price on your meal and it sounds delicious!
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@NJChicaa (115606)
• United States
1 Jun 17
@thislittlepennyearns oh I have no idea. My pork chops are still frozen. I might make a linguine dish with whole roasted garlic cloves, crushed canned whole tomatoes, and red pepper flakes. Or I may just have another drink and skip dinner.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
@NJChicaa What are you guys going to have?
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@josie_ (9764)
• Philippines
1 Jun 17
I'm surprise at the relative price of your food items with those here in the Philippines. Chicken here cost 150 pesos a kilo (2.2 lbs) and broccoli about 100 pesos/kilo since I last visited the public market (like most of the rest of the world we use the metric system) Exchange rate of one US dollar is 50 pesos. For ordinary housewives around the world food take up a major portion of our budget.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
2 Jun 17
I like sweet and sour chicken
@KristenH (33355)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
1 Jun 17
Great stuff for dinner.
@KristenH (33355)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
2 Jun 17
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Jun 17
It was good, and pretty filling.
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