Dinner was quick, cheap, and easy.

I love quick, cheap, and easy.

Here's the breakdown:

Wheat rolls from Wal-Mart's day old bread section - 10 rolls for $1.50
Turkey deli meat - 2.88 per pound
Cheese - (mine was pepper jack, the kids had mozzarella) which evened out to about $3.52 per pound.

They get wrapped individually and heated through until the cheese was gooey, and served with a small bowl of leftover chicken soup. Each sandwich cost roughly $0.80. My meal rule has been "serve up 6", 2 for Man, one for Princess, Tag, and Me, and split the last one between the two little girls. Those numbers will change drastically over time, but for now it's nice to keep it simple.

Tonight, dinner is costing about $7. (fast food costs us about $25 and we're often still hungry afterward) It would have been less expensive to make up more rolls, but since we're using leftovers, I needed to change up the meal so the littles don't get bored too quickly. Freida loves the soup. We dish up the veggies and chopped meat, cool it off, and she gets instant finger food.

Is there any interest in hearing about meals like this? I try to keep each meal under $10 for the 6 of us, and we very often have enough leftovers for lunches and breakfasts the next day.