$10 dinner party, what are you cooking?!
$10 dinner party, what are you cooking?
You have invited 4 friends over for dinner, but the pantry is bare and there is nothing in the fridge. You only have $10 to your name, whats for dinner?
Answers:
go to walmart or other grocery store. get wheat pasta--two boxes--bowties and rotini shapes (varied shaped make nice inexpensive splash)--each box is around $1.00, buy a jar of Pesto--you can find this next to the spaghetti jars, this is about $2.00, get a few mushrooms and 1 green pepper, this should be about $3.00, then a loaf of french bread for $1-2 depending on your store. If you have enough for a little parmasian cheese, that would be nice but not necessary. There are also a lot of cheep bottles of wine for around $3/bottle depending on how much you have spent on the other stuff (I just did this meal for 5 and got all the stuff at walmart and was just slightly over $10 b/c I had to buy cheese).
The pesto in the jar is good tasting and it makes the dish very easy to make, then just cut up the pepper and mushrooms and add to the dish.
When you have to do something cheap, pasta is good, but most people think spaghetti and red sauce, so this brings a nice twist to the ordinary and can still be very elegant.
Good luck and enjoy your evening!
4 happy meals
Chili.
pasta with meat sauce
why did you invite people over for dinner when you were broke?
mini pizza.
Go to Walmart, get their baked chicken from the deli already cooked $5, bag of salad, $2, and some french fresh bread...VOILA..
Oh GOD. What a nightmare. Have you really put yourself in this position? Tsk tsk tsk.
Spaghetti night! The noodles are cheap, the sauce costs only a few bucks, and you can even add some veggies and herbs to it and keep it under budget. As for the wine. Too bad. they'll drink tapwater and like it!
Good luck!
Instance noddles and vegetable, just tell them that you'll a health conscious.
Baked ziti!
1 pkg. (16 oz.) ziti pasta
1 jar (26 oz.) spaghetti sauce
1 container (15 oz.) POLLY-O Original Ricotta Cheese
1 pkg. (8 oz.) POLLY-O Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided
1/4 cup KRAFT 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Cook pasta as directed on package. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water.
MIX spaghetti sauce, ricotta cheese and reserved 1/2 cup pasta cooking water in large bowl. Add pasta and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese; mix lightly. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese and the Parmesan cheese. Cover.
BAKE 30 min.; uncover. Bake an additional 10 min. or until heated through.
Tuna casserole and salad with rolls
pasta with meatsauce
rolls
pizza duh u you can order pizza.
goulash & lots of bread
Creamy chicken with biscuits. For dessert, a bowl of chocolate pudding with whip cream.
Whole Chicken Fryer: $3.50
Biscuits: $2.00
Can Cream Chicken Soup: $.59
4 oz sour cream: $1.50
Box of chocolate pudding: $.89
Whip Cream: $2.00
----Total: $10.50ish (check the couch for the spare change)
And actually, the chicken dinner will feed up to 10!!!!
chicken parmesan with spagetti and some bread
Mine would consist of:
A. Calling said guests and cancelling.
B. going out to Jack in the Box for a #7.
C. Take remaining change and buy a clue.
snacks
salad, spaghetti and ready to serve spaghetti sauce, fresh french Baguette, fruits and a bottle of Pepsi or coke
You can make a pot of chili and purchase crackers for 10 bucks
You can also make Spaghetti and Garlic Bread for under 10 bucks.
Cook it from scratch and you will save enough money to purchase some milk or pop
For instance - 1 bag small red beans = $1.00 (or less)
4 cans chili beans = $3.00
Hamburgers, French Fries & potatoe salad works too.
Email me if you want recipes
SEW =I hope this helps
Bratwurst and sauerkraut.
(Imitation) crab salad.
Ice Cream
chili chesese chip pickle tea
I'd run to the 99 cent store and get:
box of cake mix (.99)
icing (.99)
salad (.99)
sloppy joes mix or hamburger helper or good ole' stoffers (.99)
4 pack of water (.99)
dressing (.99)
assorted fruits (.99)
soda (.99)
this is what my mom said:
beef-$3
lettuce $1
cheese $2
shells (1.19
tomatoes .50
sourcreme 1.19
seasoning 79
i think hers sounds better lol
think pasta with a simple tomato sauce
add a simple green salad
and bread no butter
good luck