Chicken Pot Biscuit for 4.73 and Recipe

Dinner was a very good and very cheap meal this is part two of our roasted chicken from Sunday.  We used 1/4th the bird so I have more for another meal.  How cool is that one bird and three meals.  Coupons also played a part in tonight's meal.  And left over corn from last night.

I call this chicken pot biscuits because my husband and I couldn't agree on a meal I wanted chicken pot pie and he wanted chicken and dumpling and at first I told him I was cooking so it was going to be what I wanted.  But changed my mind and put biscuits on time instead.  This is a huge hit.

Tonights dinner was nice and cheap 5.18

Tonight dinner was a simple one of mac salad and corn and brats for the adults and hot dogs for the kids.  Thanks to coupons I was paid to take the pasta out of the store, and got the hot dogs for .25 a pack.  thus making a cheap mean an the left over mac salad makes great sides for lunch too.

Watermelon day 6

Day six of Watermelon water and I am just happy how they are growing not many pics today but enough to see the change

A big thank you!

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Roast Chicken and veggies for under ten bucks for a family of five

I have a large family there are six of us but one is just starting solids and mostly nurses.  But feeding all of us could be costly but I have been setting a goal of $10 for dinner as this is the one meal we all eat together.  And I have made some pretty good meals for under ten last night I made a roasted chicken with roasted veggies.  In the end it cost me 7.40 total.  Now the chicken cost me more than that but I am going to easily get to meals if not three meals out of this one bird plus I am going to and make my first home made stock.

Cost Break Down:

Chicken 4.35 (half of the 8.70 I paid)

1 pound taters about 1.00

baby carrots 1.00

1 small onion .25

1 bell pepper .50

1 lemon .13

1 lime .13

Plus or Minus .04 

And the rest that I used to make is standard pantry items like evoo and spices.  This was a tasty me and I don't think we ever touched half the book it was probably less than that.  Whole chickens are a great thing for big families to buy to feed a lot for a little and get more for there money.  And tomorrow night we are going to have chicken pot pie with the left overs.  And I am sure we will have one more meal of the rest maybe a lunch we will have to see or I will freeze it for a third meal and save the bones for a stock.

watermelon day 5

Wow day five already.  We had some great changes and great pictures.  So here they come.

 I just love this pic I don't know why but I do.

Second set of leaves starting.

Big brother and little brother AWWWW.

Here they are all of them I hope they all make it all the neighborhood kids want watermelons.

Seed shell is like a parent not wanting to let go.

What A Day

Today was a crazy day filled with shopping and the library.  Our trip took two hours and then another 30-45 to check out.  It's my fault it took so long since I had almost 200 coupons. But with them alone I saved a ton of money not counting the savings from the sales prices.  It took well over an hour to scan label and put everything away but you know what it was worth it we had been done quiet a bit in stock and six people can use a lot of stuff.  And summer's here meaning my oldest is going to be home and eating more.  But we are fine now we have stock and can just keep it up and maybe get to once a month shopping.

With all that said I must think I am going to have a lot of free time for reading as I took out nine books today.

• From a house to a home, by Jemima Mills                                                         
• Simple Steps for Every Holiday
• Contain Yourself By:Kerstin P. Ouellet
• From Difficult to Delightful in just 30 days
• Organizing Magic 40 Days to a well-ordered home and life
• America's Cheapest Family gets you right on the money
• The Backyard Homestead
• MrsCleanjean's Housekeeping with kids
• Simple Secrets to Better Everyday Cooking

A few of these I know I will need to resign out others I am not sure one and well others will be quick reads I have to say I have flipped through a few and I think it will be hard to put them down once started.  But hey my hubby has the next few days off so it will be nice to get some reading in.  Who needs tv?

We ended up as a family checking out 25 books most of which will be read it's great passing along this love of reading to my children.  This reminds me of my Autumn Lily she would get a board book from the baskets they have at our library sit and in a chair and tell you the story as she saw it and you would be able to make out about every other word because she's going to fast. And at the end you hear t end  and then all done. It's cute I was shocked how well she was at the library since she wanted a nap but we wanted to get there before they closed. I wouldn't trade any of my children in for the world even when they drive me batty.

Have a nice weekend.