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Today we have Chicken and Biscuit bake.  Simple and easy!  you need 1 lb of chicken, 1/2 C  sour cream, 1 bag of broccoli, 1 can of either chicken or mushroom soup, a package of biscuits, 1/2 C cheddar cheese, and 1 Tablespoon of seasoning( I used Home Made Gourmet’s roast beef seasoning staple).  The costs are chicken $2.93, sour cream .79, broccoli 1.40, soup .69, biscuits 1.10, cheddar cheese .50, seasoning .25.  this recipe feeds 10.  The total cost is $7.66 which leaves us $410.51

Well it’s Friday and all the kids went to school, thank God.  Thierry gave blood at the hospital for the doctors and we then meet with the boys Case Manager to discuss the recent IEP and the plans for the summer.  What a day.  We even went to Sam’s and got a membership for the first time in 6 years.  What a rush!  For those following the feeding program, I will be positing over the weekend as well so you can keep up with the totals.  Have a great weekend everyone.

Hi and welcome to our series.  The total today left is $430.27.  Today was a special day and Robbie got to choose our meal so we are having Spaghetti with meatballs.  The cost is not as bad as you might think.  I started with 1 lb of ground meat, 1 onion, 2 T of garlic, 1 can of diced tomatoes, 1 can of tomato sauce, 1 T of Italian spices and 20 meatballs.  Plus one package of spaghetti.  So what did it all cost? Meat 1.93, onion .15, garlic .25, tomatoes .69, tomato sauce .69, Italian spices the jar cost .89, meatballs 2.33 and pasta 1.19.  For a grand total of  $8.12 add a salad at 1.99 and a loaf of french bread for 1.99 and you have 12.10.  This should also give you 1 or 2 lunches as well.  so the total for 6 people is $2.02 each.  That leaves us $418.17

 Today is a Scout day and what a meeting.  We have the Blue & Gold coming up and we are a small pack that has just started back up this year. So we have 1 Tiger Cub and 7 Wolfs and I think 1 Bear.  Plus 2 Weebolos… so not a large group, but a good beginning.  I decided today and with some help to go ahead and register Paul and Alex as well.  I will be getting help with the boys next year as a Merit project for some of the older scouts.  Scouting is such a wonderful program and it will be interesting to see my 2 Down’s boys with the group next year.  If you have children get them involved with a scouting program and if not help with there fundraising by buying cookies or popcorn.  Have a great day and see you all again tomorrow

Well its day 2 and how did your family enjoy last nights meal?  Tonight I have a new and easy recipe for you that includes Hamburger helper and either chicken or turkey.  Actually its Chicken Helper, but old habits die hard.  To that mix I added 1 lbs of poultry, 1 can of black beans and 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese.  The cost was broken down to Chicken Helper $1.00, Poultry 2.97, Beans .65, Cheddar Cheese .50 for a total cost of 5.12 and I served it with chips you could also do it with tortillas. for an additional cost of approximately  1.50.  for a grand total of 6.62 for six or 1.10 each person.  Not too bad that gives us $436.89 - 6.62= $430.27.  So we are on our way.  Tomorrow we have a special meal for Robbie and it is Italian in nature.  For those of you interested, I am currently working on a e-book with all the recipes and shopping list for the month.  It should be ready right after the end of the month.

On a different front, I thought you all might get a kick out of the latest here at Weber acres… Alex one of our triplets is not a bad kid.  He goes to school regularly and seems to enjoy it and the teachers seem to enjoy him as long has he isn’t biting or attacking the little girls in his class.  Today I got a call from the school saying that Alex had communicated that he didn’t feel well so I got a call from the nurse and went and got him.  Of course once he got home he was very healthy.  He had a Popsicle and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  Then dad gave him a hot-dog and God only knows what else.  Then of course it was cookies with the brother when they got home from school and dinner.  So much for school, illness and best intentions.  Hope your kids are not as smart as my little Down’s Child.  Have a great night.

Today is my son’s birthday and it is far from being a fools day.  I do want to appologize for the fact that the blogs have not been updated lately.  I just have had the blahs and haven’t been able to get over them.  Now I hope I am back on track.  Thank you all for your patience with me.  Now on to bigger and better. 

How to feed a family of 6 for $450 a month.  Tonight it is Lasagna.  The nice thing about this meal is that it makes enough for left overs.  I used the recipe off of the box so I didn’t have to cook the noodles.  The total time in the oven is about an hour and it can be made ahead so all you have to do is put it in the oven when you get home.  The cost break down for me was: meat 1.99, sauce (26oz jar) $1.30, water, ricotta cheese 1.45, mozarella cheese in the bag 1.99, parmasan cheese (1/4 of the bag) 1.99, noodles (1/2 box) 1.64, 2 eggs (2/12) 1.50.  so the total cost for 12 servings was 9.12/ 12 = .76 per serving.  So we have two meals for $9.12.  you can serve the lasagna with salad for an additional 1.99 & Italian bread for 1.50 plus a dessert of pudding or jello.  Jello is about .50 for box plus water.  So our total meal tonight is 13.11 which leaves us  $436.89.  Tomorrow we go easy…

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