You made it! All the way to the end!

We go a little nuts this week with the chicken dishes. I’ve been trying to keep the meat down to about a pound a week, but in between the Chicken Pot Pie, the Chicken Chili, and the Broccoli Chicken Casserole, we’ll cook up 2 pounds of chicken. You could reduce the chicken in the chili to 8 ounces instead of 16, but it is 8 servings so I thought it was worth the splurge.

This being the last week, I went a little nuts on splurging. No pasta, rice, or potato dishes this week means that we’re making some more expensive things. The Broccoli Chicken Casserole needs stuffing ($1.00) and broccoli cheese soup ($1.25) and the chicken pot pie needs a pie crust ($2.59 for a box of two). I also got a bell pepper for the chili ($1.00 for a single pepper, which felt really expensive). You could cut that out if you wanted to make the chili a little cheaper.

I found the ground turkey at $1.99 on a wild sale so I went ahead and got it. I thought about using that in my chili, but it’s normally over $4.00 so it didn’t seem fair to put it in. But it will freeze and it shows that it’s helpful if you can keep a little bit of room in the budget for these kinds of sales.

• Bananas (6) – $1.55
• Bread (1 loaf, 21 slices) – $0.99
• Broccoli (two 12 ounce frozen bags) – $2.00
• Broccoli Cheese Soup (1 can) – $1.25
• Cheddar cheese (8 ounces) – $2.49
• Chicken Stuffing (6 ounce box) – $1.00
• Chicken breasts (3 pounds frozen) – $6.99
• Chili Powder (1 ounce) – $0.99
• Cinnamon (1 ounce) – $0.99
• Cumin (1 ounce) – $0.99
• Eggs (1 dozen) – $1.19
• Garlic (1 bulb) – $0.34
• Milk (1 gallon) – $2.59
• Pepper (1 pepper) – $0.99
• Pie Crust (1 box, 2 crusts) – $2.59
• Tomatoes (2 cans, diced) – $1.38
• Ground Turkey (16 ounce) – $1.99 (SALE)
• Onions (3 pound bag, yellow) – $1.49

Total: $33.98

Leftover Meals:

• Bean Soup (4 servings from week 1, frozen)
• Chicken white bean soup (3 servings from week 4, frozen)
• Lentil Soup (3 servings from week 4, frozen)
• Tater Tot Supreme (1 serving from week 5)
• Apricot Oatmeal (6 servings from week 5)

Leftover from Week 4:

• Bacon – 2-4 slices
• Baking Powder – most of the can
• Baking soda – most of the box
• Black Pepper – about 8 teaspoons
• Bread  – about a loaf
• Bread Crumbs – 3 cups
• Butter – 3-4 sticks
• Canola oil (most of a bottle)
• Cheese – 12 oz
• Chicken – almost out (6 ounces or so)
• Cinnamon – 2 teaspoons
• Corn, frozen – 4 oz
• Eggs  – 9
• Flour – 8 cups
• Garlic – several cloves (about 20)
• Honey – 9-10 tablespoons
• Italian Seasoning – about 8 teaspoons
• Lime Juice – 10 oz
• Milk –about a gallon
• Oatmeal – 7 cups
• Onions – 2-3
• Orange juice – 14 oz
• Paprika – 3-4 teaspoons
• Pasta – 2 boxes
• Pasta sauce – 2 cans (16 oz per can)
• Parmesan Cheese- 1/2 cup
• Peanut butter – 27 oz
• Potatoes – 10-13
• Salsa – 16 ounces
• Salt (lots)
• Sausage, ground – 4 oz, frozen
• Sugar (most of a bag)
• Soy Sauce – 8 ounces
• Syrup – most of a bottle
• Veggies, frozen mixed – 16 oz