Using whatever was around...of course.
Turkey soup:
3 qts turkey stock (homemade): $0
1 cup cooked turkey from Thanksgiving: $1.50
2 diced carrots: 0.50
3 celery stalks, diced: 0.30
1/4 large onion, diced: 0.15
sage, thyme, bay leaf, pepper, oregano: 0.15
1/2 can green beans: 0.25
2 oz black lentils (they were sitting around): 0.25
1/2 c. pearl barley: 0.50
2 small potatoes: 0.30
Total: $3.60 for, well...16 cups? That's my best guess, about four meals. $0.23 per cup. We're having it for lunch tomorrow. It was really really really good. The homemade stock is the key. I have a turkey carcass in the freezer and keep a bag of celery pieces, onion peels, etc. in the freezer for the next batch.
Salad
1/2 head red leaf lettuce: 0.50
1 carrot: 0.15
1 oz walnuts: 0.37
1 oz blue cheese: 0.60
2 tsp olive oil: 0.08
2 T balsamic vinegar: 0.19
pepper, garlic powder, sugar: 0.05
6 green olives: 0.19
Total: $2.13 for two, or $1.07 each. (big salad)
Corn muffins:
1 pkg Trader Joe's muffin mix (lazy!): $2.49
1 egg: 0.13
3/4 c. milk: 0.14
1/2 c. oil: 0.30
Total: $3.06 for 17 muffins. 0.18 per muffin (cheaper if from scratch!)
Total:
Hubby: 0.34 for soup (1.5 cups), 1.07 for salad, 0.36 for two muffins: $1.77
Me: 0.34 for soup, 1.07 for salad, no muffin (diet): $1.41
Toddler: 0.11 for soup, 0.18 for muffin: $0.29
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