Recycled Dinner - Chicken Alfredo w/ Broccoli

Last night we had aanother recycled dinner...here's the breakdown of how it went.

Heartland Mickey and Friends Whole Grain Pasta: clearanced at WalMart from the remodel .50
2 Leftover chicken breasts (cooked with a sweet basil rub) from Sundays dinner, Shredded: free
2 1/2 jars of Alfredo sauce from the fridge: free
Milk to thin the sauce: .10
Sprinkle of shredded parm cheese leftover from spin/art dip: free

1 box Immunity Blend veggies (our favorite): .67 (sale + MQ)

This dinner cost us app. $1.27 and we have leftovers for today's lunch!

Also, all of these items were pulled from out pantry or freezer, helping us to stick to January's eat from the pantry challenge!

Recycled Dinner - Goolosh

What is a recycled dinner, you ask? When you take items leftover from your fridge or freezer, add no more than 3 ingredients and make a NEW, RECYCLED meal (at little or no cost to you!)

Today's meal was goolosh. I used leftover cooked macaroni (maybe 2 cups), browned ground beef (about a half pound), and half of a bag of frozen mixed veggies from the freezer (all recycled foods). To that I added: beef broth, a can of tomatoes, and a bay leaf. Combined all in crockpot and cooked on low for 3 hours. Served with sprinkled cheddar (so the kids would eat it) and it was sooooo gooooood!

I estimate that the cost of this meal was under $3.00 and it fed our family of 4 for lunch and will again for dinner. That's what I'm talking about... :)