Dollar Meals: How to Eat Healthy for a Buck!

Who says you can not eat healthy for a dollar? With dollar meals you can do just that.

I have had many people say "I have my cheap ingredients and coupon deals, now what do I do with them?" How true it is that using supermarket coupons is only one part of the equation for feeding your family well for cheap.

I love resources like Big Oven to look for new ideas for cheap and healthy meals. Big Oven is a data base where you can plug in the ingredients you have on hand and up will pop a whole list of recipes for you to try. It makes both inexperience and the occasional lack of creativity no problem for finding something delicious for dinner for a very frugal price.

Here are a few other ideas to get you started.

Breakfasts
Breakfast is the cheapest meal of the day to cook. You can easily cook up any meal with eggs, toast and coffee for around a buck per person if you are watching out for specials when you shop. The key is getting your ingredients for cheap at the store.

You may like: homemade muffins, quiche, french toast, homemade waffles, homemade pancakes, oatmeal and cornbread. Cold cereals and milk will easily fall into this price range if purchased with coupons and on sale.

Lunch and Dinner
Lunch and dinner is a little tougher to come up with a bargain, but still very doable.

You may like: homemade pizza, soups, stews, chili, any kind on sale meat marinated and on the grill, quiche, homemade stir fry,tacos, meatloaf and meatballs, main dish salads.

The key with heavier lunch and dinner menus is to keep the cost of the proteins down to a reasonable level and then fill in with lots of homegrown or sale priced produce and/or grains or pastas. Your choices get broader the better your shopping and bargain hunting skills become.

Additional Resources For Dollar Meals:
Dollar Store Food and Gourmet Meals

Cheap Meal Ideas for Breakfast

Cheap Meal Ideas: The Best Meatballs and Meatloaf

What Makes a Recipe Cheap?