A good cheap dinner 10pts?

Question

ok, so hears where I'm having trouble. i have 10 dollars and a big family, (8) ive searched this question but all I'm getting is spaghetti, hamburger helper.. its all the same. i want something different, like a stir fry maby but idk how much it would cost or even how to make it. so any suggestions on something good, that feeds a lot of people and only cost 10$ lol i know horrible budget

Answer 1

I know I'm not being specific here but try to use a lot of pasta, rice or dried beans, and frozen veggies are a lot cheaper than fresh and almost as good, meat is expensive so buy in bulk whats on sale, also if you have a big family, a membership to costco or sam's club would do you a lot of good!

Answer 2

Burger King  

Answer 3

Ramen Noodle Stir Fry

This dish is so great because it's different every time you fix it... beef, chicken, spicy, mild, different veggie mixes, the variations are endless.

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Ingredients:

4 pkg. Ramen noodles ( or more depending on how hungry your family is)

bag of generic frozen veggies (or fresh, in season)

use your favorite (i love broccoli and corn)

Inexpensive cut of meat to match Ramen flavor; for "beef" use cube steak, breakfast steak, etc.--whatever is on sale.  Or go vegetarian, extra firm tofu, cubed and seasoned is great too.

Your choice of spices.

Directions:

Thinly slice or chop your choice of meat.  Heat small amount of oil in wok or large pan.  Add meat and brown quickly.  In another pot, boil noodles about 2 minutes.  Remove meat and let sit on paper towel lined plate to remove excess grease.  Add veggies, Ramon flavor pack, any other seasoning (soy sauce, Chinese five spice, curry, red pepper flakes... use your imagine or gear toward family favorites).  Add a splash of liquid (water, white wine, orange juice, etc...), stir constantly.  Add noodles and meat to warm through and mix flavors.

If you prefer a more "saucy" dish, thicken chicken or beef broth with cornstarch and add to the veggies and beef.  Leave noodles out and serve the mixture ON TOP of plain noodles for best results.  

Answer 4

Beans and rice are not only inexpensive but,the combination is almost a complete protein.

you can soak your beans over night or in a large pot cover bean with water and bring to a boil for 5 mins...cover and remove from heat and let set for 1 hour...drain water...add fresh ...then drain again...

cover with water .I like to add a bay leaf and 1 or 2 sliced onions...and a ham bone if I have one...bring to a boil,,,then turn down to a simmer and let cook until tender.

Answer 5

macaroni and cheese..... Mmmm

Answer 6

For 8 people, 10 bucks is really really steep, but here goes....

FIrst of all, you should have cold, cooked rice ready. Cook it a day before and stick it in the fridge. Try not to use Uncle Ben's. You can probably find a lot of cheap rice in your closest Chinatown.

Use about 4 strips of bacon, finely diced. Pan fry this in a large frying pan or wok, and cook until the bacon is dry. Remove the bacon bits from the pan and put aside. Leave the bacon grease in the pan. Cube up a of spam or lunch meat into bite size pieces, and 2 Chicken b*****s. Stir fry that, until chicken is browned, and remove from heat. Now, stir fry a lot of diced garlic with a bag of frozen vegetables (peas, carrots, etc), and a diced onion if you can stretch your food dollar. Add rice to this, and then all the meats you put aside. You probably won't need soy sauce or salt, since there's saltiness from the bacon and the spam. If you find it's a little bland, add some soy sauce to it.

I don't imagine you can spend 10 bucks and get all this stuff at once, but I think you can spend about 40 bucks and get enough of the ingredients to cook this meal 4 times, since you're not going to go out and buy one bottle of soy sauce (you can be a real penny pincher and grab some of those soy packets from Chinese takeout places) for one meal or buying one head of garlic, etc. If the budget loosens up, you can even add egg and shrimp to it as well.

Answer 7

I would say with that budget I would do..

Eggs

Pancakes/Toast

Bacon/Sausage

Yummmm

Answer 8

I know a good cheap casserole recipe that is yummy!  The only ingredients are 2 cans of the chunky soups (any variety will work, but I like chicken noodle), a little corn starch or flour (hopefully you'll have one of these on hand, if not you are buying for the future), a little milk (water could work too on a pinch), and a tube of biscuits (like Pillsbury, but the generic ones are cheaper and work just as well!).  

Pour the soup into a pan and bring to a boil.  Thicken to gravy consistency using corn starch mixed with milk (adding that mixture slowly).  Then pour that into a cake pan.  Top with biscuits.  Bake in the oven on 350 until biscuits are light brown.  

It is a delicious recipe and provides nutrients from most of the major food groups depending on which type of soup you get!

Also, you can take those same pre-made biscuits in the tubes and make a cheap pizza out of them.  You use the biscuits for the crusts and smash them out pretty flat.  Then you put a tomato or Alfredo sauce, some cheese and what ever else you want to put on there and they are yummy.  It is a great recipe for kids because the kids can make there own.  You can have a variety of toppings like mushrooms, olives, onions, peppers, pineapple, peperoni, bacon, hamburger, Canadian bacon, etc.  You can decide which toppings you want based upon your family's preferences and the dollar amount you have to spend.

Good luck!

Answer 9

what we do fr stir fries is you use meat that you had from a different day, we have the pork from our sunday dinner and have it on monday.

Cook the dried noodles as the packaging says.

Make sure, before you add any ingredients, that the wok is very very hot. Add some soy sauce to the wok and black bean sauce. Then add your vegetables from the hardest vegetables to the softest and then finally add the meat and the noodles. Stir the wok until the meat is hot and then finally stir. this will come to about £12 but that is only because of the soy sauce and black bean sauce which you will have enough for at least 10 more meals :D

Answer 10

Hi there,

Yep that's a bit of a severe budget, but good that you're open to ideas and tips from people

:-)

Maybe a Vegetarian pizza - not sure if all the ingredients all up might put you over the $10 limit, but when you cut out meat, meals are usually cheaper.

Also, instead of buying a pizza base, make your own, or use ethic breads - cheaper.

Filo Pastry is cheap and can be adapted to make many affordable meals.

What about making spinach and ricotta cheese filo parcels?

Or using some affordable meat cuts, slow cook them them make a meaty pie

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Also, I know there's many things that can be made with cheap beans and legumes....I just can't think of any recipes at the moment - sorry

:-P

Oh, Chili Con Carne?

Or make one big pot of Minestrone / Vegetable Soup and serve with a french stick made into Garlic Bread - VERY affordable and filling

:-)

All The Best

Great Question by the way

Answer 11

This is a gorgus meal.. try it..

chicken fillet

1 tin tomatoes

1 onion

half red pepper

2 stock cubes

1/2 scotch bonnet.. or any chilli you wish

salt

veg oil or palm oil if available

1. heat oil in pan and when hot add 3/4 of the onion, chopped

2. meanwhile blend tomatoes, red pepper, scotch bonnet and rest of onion in blender.

3. add to pan

4. add cooked chicken

5. add stock cubes and salt

cook until chicken is done, serve with rice

trust me its simple quick and tastes soooo good!!!

Answer 12

Jacket potatoes or bubble and squeak ( mashed potato mixed with greens or cabbage and fried till you get nice brown bits) with baked beans and any protein thing you may have handy in your cupboard. eg. cheese and onion, bacon, ham, sausage etc.,

Answer 13

Little Ceasers 5 dollar pizzas!! It's works for me and my family of 6.

Answer 14

I come from a family of 8 too and understand totally-where i put 1 chicken -you may need to double this...veg dinners twice weekly will keep cost down and healthy too.......1.cheese potato and onion pie is very yummy, par boil pots and slice, layer in oven dish thus--pot slices,onion slices,grated cheese,salt and pepper-until on last layer sprinkle on lots cheese  2 dollops butter and pour over 1/4 pint of milk  [a little cream makes xtra spesh!]cook for approx 40 mins on gas 6. variations are..add cooked crispy bacon,peas any other veg.                            or omit cheese altogether and pour over a veg,chicken or beef stock cube on layered pots and onions--mmmm

2. Simple homemade tomatoe sauce--freezes well too. to pour over pasta is healthy and very cheap.You saute an onion in butter and o.oil til clear-pour in tin of cheap tomatoes 2 large tbsps tom puree and basil leaves if you have in your garden--reduce down by cooking in for say 20 mins-and its ready! add chilli for another difference.

3.Chicken roast-x1 meal      x2 meal-take that chicken carcass and cover with water,add 2 carrotts, celerey, bay leaves,lemon thyme if you grow it,salt and pepper and allow to bubble away slowly for 2 hours.Let cool-now remove ALL bones and herb stalks and add stock cube-veg or chicken, par boiled potatoes or lentils, more root veg if you want and a little milk or cream and cook til all done.. 1 CHICKEN ALWAYS = 2 DINNERS IN MY HOUSE[only 3 of us now]. best of luck!  

Answer 15

Try some Chinese!

Green Beans and Pork

2 cups rice (cooked)                    

1# (lb) fresh green beans(washed and popped)

5 pork steaks (cut up and boned)

Cook rice.

Take the fat from the pork and cook it.  Remove fat from pan.  Put cut pork into the pan and cook it (med heat). After about 15 minutes of cooking pork add 1-1 1/2 cups water and green beans.  Cook them together with pork for about 15 more minutes.  Stir about  3 tablespoons of cornstarch to 1 cup water.  Pour into Green beans and pork, stirring constantly, till thickened.  

Heap rice onto plates and cover with green beans and pork mixture.

M-mm good!  Takes about 45 minutes , total  

Answer 16

something with rice,

mashed potatoes is cheap also.

really 10$ will not get you far at all.  Go to a grocery outlet tho, and see what they have on sale.. you will be surprised.

You could also make the dinner a potluck because to be honest anything you make for 10$ for 8 people - there will either be way too little, or no one is going to like it.  it will be bland and starchy.

Answer 17

Make Sang Choy Bow they will love it

500g minced pork

chopped mushrooms

can water chestnuts chopped

can bamboo shoots chopped

shallots

4teaspoons sesame oil

2tablespoons soy sauce

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

4 tablespoons dry sherry

iceberg lettuce leaves

oil

Brown the pork

Add mushrooms.water chestnuts,bamboo shoots and shallots

Cook 1 minute

Combine all sauces and add to pan

Toss everything together

To serve break lettuce leaves apart and place a potion of the pork inside fold over and enjoy

Answer 18

Have u tried porridge? It’s easy to cook and can feed as many people as u want. U can add some meat or veges... if u prefer. It’s good for health too. This wouldn't cost more than 7$. My other suggestion is noodle soup with some meat (poke bone) or veges.  U need 2 buy a flour to make the noodle (shape doesn't matter, can be round or flat) but make sure it’s thin so that it’s easier to cook.  First u need to properly cook the poke bone (add onion, pepper etc) so that soft to eat and after that u can add the noodle. This wouldn't cost a lot and can feed a lot of people too.

Answer 19

Pancakes for supper.

see if you have anything good hiding in the freezer.

You might have enough make tacos or burritos.

No wonder why mom made hot dish so often and we were only 6.

Hot dish is easy pasta or rice cooked and then mixed with spaghetti sauce or cream of mushroom soap mixed with cooked hamburger but maybe too much like hamburger helper      

Answer 20

1x Can of Chick Peas- $1

3x Carrots chopped- 80cents

3x Large Potatoes chopped- $1.50

1x Large Onion- $1

1x Can of peas/corn- $1

2x Cans of crushed tomatoes- $2

Rice and hopefully you have some curry spices in your cupboard.

Fry off your onion until it turns a little transparent, add your chopped potatoes and cook for a little bit. Add some curry spices (if you have them). Add your carrot and then after a couple of minutes *** your crushed tomatoes. Once everything is almost cooked add in the chick peas and your peas and corn. Add more spices or salt and pepper to taste. Serve on top of rice.

Not a fan of that? Pumpkin soup, you can make enough of that to feed an army with less than $10.

If you really want to make a stir fry i would recommend the following recipe.

2x Packets of Migoreng/ two minute noodles (they cost about 50cents a packet here).

2-3 Carrots

Green string beans

One capsicum sliced

Corn (Frozen or canned)

Celery sticks

Some mushrooms

If you buy migoreng they will come with little garlic/soy sauce/chilli sachets, these are really good in stir fry. Bung all the veges in a pan and fry them off, add the flavour sachets, cook the noodles in boiling water and then toss through the vegies.

Good luck!!

Answer 21

Do you want to go out for dinner?><

you can go to a relatives house and have dinner><

Beans on toast><  buy the cheap beans or you can have sausage and beans on toast or spaghetti<>

Answer 22

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Answer 23

i would buy perogies with sataide onions and sausage  

Answer 24

I gotz no money so it's 99 cents noodles for me. sad sad.

Answer 25

Why not make some home made mini pizzas.

You just get some tortilla wraps (I think)

The soft round bread stuff lol sorry I can't remember

For  a cheap pack of  them it's like $3.

So you can split em in half and put some ham, pineapple, cheese etc on top

They are yummy and cheap to make!

Answer 26

We have found kielbasa / polish sausage to be our cheap meal fix.

Here's some recipe ideas:

Add to rice a roni.

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Creamy Potatoes 'N' Kielbasa

1 pkg frozen potatoes (I used cubed raw potatoes)

1 lb kielbasa sausage, cubed

1 can cream of chicken soup, undiluted

1 C. shredded cheddar

1/2 C. water

In slow cooker combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours. **Do not overcook - will turn to mush**

4-6 servings

Kielbasa recipe

2 peppers, chopped

1 onion, chopped

Kielbasa, chopped, cut at a slant, the more meat that is shown the better

1 C rice

28oz canned tomatoes (DO NOT DRAIN)

Stir all together.

Bake at 300-350F for 2 hours.

May need more water though, check at half hour intervals.

To serve, place scoop on a plate & add a dab of butter.

Green Bean Stuff

2 big cans of Allens flat green beans

2 pkgs of turkey polish sausage

1 big red onion cut jullian style

1 jar roasted red bell pepper

2Tbls dill weed

1/3 c extra virgin olive oil

salt & pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in your crock pot set on low and walk away will be perfect in about 4 hours.  

Answer 27

meat loaf with  mash taters



pot of white beans with ham hocks and fried taters and corn bread

s****. joes and green salads on the side

tacos and green salad



make a chicken pot pies

casseroles  ,http://southernfood.about.com/library/re...

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipes/cassero...

make your own pizzas

mac and cheese with hot dogs , or make chili  dogs  

Answer 28

Vegetable curry with rice.

Answer 29

You could actually make a stir fry for your family with $10, but I'm afraid you would be relying on processed, pre-packaged foods and no meat. You would need white or brown rice (you would know how much rice will feed your family better than I would), which might be something that you already have at home. Because fresh produce is so expensive, you would need to rely on 2 packages of mixed vegetables for stir-fry (located in the frozen food section, there are plenty to choose from and they probably run between $3-$4 per bag). For a sauce, you could buy a pre-packaged teriyaki sauce (there are brands that you can get for $1.99--located near the ketchup/mustard in the grocery store).

To make the stir-fry, you would cook the vegetables according to the directions on the package, cook the rice according to the package directions, heat up the teriyaki sauce, and then combine all three.

If you had a few more dollars, you could use fresh vegetables and add chicken, steak, shrimp, etc, but this is the most inexpensive method of doing it.