One Chicken, three meals.

I was at Walmart and walked by the deli and they had a rotisserie chicken marked down to $2.99. That was too hard to pass up. I took it home and cut off most of the meat from one side and chopped it up, reheated it and put it on corn tortillas with black beans corn, chopped cilantro, onions and sour cream. One of us is a vegetarian so three of us had the chicken on our tacos and all four of us ate for less than $5.


I cut the meat off the other side of the chicken and put it in a freezer bag. placed the rest of the chicken, bones and all in another freezer bag and froze them until I wanted to use them. A few days later I thawed the chicken without the bones and heated it up along with some cooked rice I seasoned with garlic, onions and chilli powder, I topped the rice with the chicken, black beans, avacado, cheese, sour cream and a heated tortilla. Another meal for 4 people for less than $5.

Finally I grabbed the bag of chicken bones with some meat still on and I placed all of it in a large stock, 8-10 cups of water, carrots, onions. garlic, green pepper salt and pepper. I placed a lid on it and simmered for a few hours. I strained the whole thing and picked out all the chicken. I placed the chicken back in the broth added mixed veggies and egg noodles and cooked for about 15 minute until noodles were done. Of course the vegetarian did not eat this soup but there were enough leftovers for the hubby and I to have it for lunch the next day. Once again under $5 for a meal.

Today I will be cooking a big pot of rice. I will throw in whole carrots, onion. garlic and peppers all from the garden and freeze the rice in bags. I will use them later this month for fried rice, beef with broccoli, mushrooms and gravy, some sort of soups and whatever pops into my head.

Lots of Love

Mrs Ladybug