3 Easy and Delicious Meals that Cost Under $5 to Make

These 5 delicious meals cost under $5 to make and taste very good.

Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients

Cooked white rice (I buy large bags of white rice at the Chinese supermarket for only $7 and it lasts for many months)

2 chicken breasts cut into small pieces (I buy individually frozen chicken from Costco and it's very inexpensive

Veggies (carrots, onions, peas) I buy these vegetables either canned or frozen. I usually use one can of cut carrots and one can of peas.

Garlic salt (optional)

Soy sauce

Scrambled eggs (I use 6, but it's up to you how many to use)

Olive oil or vegetable oil

Sesame oil

Directions:

Cook the white rice and then let it cool.

In a wok or large pan heat up the oil. Add the can vegetables. Cut up the onion into small pieces and cook in the pan also.

After cooking the vegetables, take them out of the pan. Cook the scrambled eggs.

Take out the scrambled eggs and add to the vegetables.

Add a little more oil in the pan. Put the cooked fried rice in the pan and add a little soy sauce and a little sesame oil. Sorry ,I learned to cook this from my mother in law. Chinese cooks don't follow recipes and they don't measure. If I had to guess I think I put 4 TBS of soy sauce and 2 TBS of sesame oil.

Mix the fried rice to coat all rice with the soy sauce and sesame oil. Stir, but allow the rice to cook a few minutes between stirrings to allow it to become "fried". After about 5-10 minutes some of the rice should appear a little crunchy. At this time add the veggies and scrambled egg into the rice. Stir for a few more minutes and then serve. One of my family favorites.

Chicken green bean casserole

This is a small twist to the traditional Thanksgiving green bean casserole.

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts cut into small pieces

1 can cream of mushroom soup

2 cans green beans

1/2 can (6oz) Frenchs Fried Onions

1/4 cup milk or water

a pinch of salt and pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Put all ingredients into a glass pyrex pan. Milx all ingredients. Cook for 30 minutes. Stir halfway through to mix the chicken. 5 minutes before serving add a little more fried onions and they will cook to a golden brown.

This meal is very delicious and very easy to make.

Shrimp spaghetti

This meal might cost a little over $5, but if you find specials on shrimp it can be under $5 to make.

Ingredients:

Your favorite type of pasta (I like angel hair pasta for this recipe best)

One pound shrimp

3 cloves of garlic

1 can of diced tomatoes

Olive oil

Basil and oregano (fresh tastes best, but unless you grow it in your garden it can be expensive)

Directions:

Cook the pasta according to the package.

In a pan heat the oil. Chop the garlic and cook in the pan. Add the shrimp and cook.

Add the can of diced tomatoes and basil and oregano. Simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.

Put the garlic shrimp and sauce on top of the pasta. This is a very delicious meal.

Cooking at home can be easy and inexpensive. Check back next week as I will be giving more inexpensive meal ideas.