Cheap and Easy Dinner Meal Idea for a Large, Hungry Family

Are you looking for cheap dinner meals for a large family?

Today, I’m going to show you how to make some cheesy enchiladas for only $.98 a serving. I’m also going to show you how to make a delicious lemon pound cake for only $.38 a serving.

1. Enchiladas

I shopped at Walmart for my ingredients. Altogether I spent $13.70. The ingredients and prices are listed below:

• 2 lb ground turkey $3.08
• 1 onion $0.46
• 1 can salsa $0.88
• 2 10.5oz cans cream of chicken soup $1.36
• 1 16oz container sour cream $1.96
• 1 16oz bag shredded Mexican blend cheese $3.98
• 1 pack of tortillas (at least 14) $1.98

I also used seasoned salt, red pepper flakes, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder, and cumin.

I preheated my oven to 350 degrees.

Then I diced the onion and cooked my ground beef until it browned. While the beef was cooking I added in the onions and the can of salsa.

I added in one of the cans of cream of chicken soup and half of the shredded cheese. I dumped in the tub of sour cream and mixed the ingredients as they heated up and blended.

Then I added my seasonings. I put in a tablespoon of seasoned salt, a teaspoon of chili powder, a teaspoon of cumin, a teaspoon of garlic powder, and a teaspoon of onion powder. I also added a quarter teaspoon of red pepper flakes. You can add in more if you like.

Next, I sprayed down my pan so the enchiladas wouldn’t stick to the bottom. Then I lined the pan with my tortillas. I went ahead and filled each tortilla with about half a cup of the sauce.

I closed each of them and flipped them over so they would stay closed.

I had a bit of the sauce left over. I added the second can of cream of chicken soup to the leftover sauce. I mixed and heated the sauce and used that to cover the enchiladas.

I spread the sauce as evenly as I could to help the enchiladas come out nice and soft. Then I layered the rest of the shredded cheese on top.

I put the pan in the oven to let it cook for 25-30 minutes.

I knew it was done when it was bubbling and the cheese started to get that golden brown color. I like to serve this dish with some sour cream and guacamole.

2. Lemon pound cake

I spent $9.85 on ingredients for the Lemon Pound Cake. Here is what I bought:

• 4 lemons $2.72 2 lb
• flour $1.16 4lb
• sugar $2.94
• 1 8oz tub sour cream $1.16 6
• eggs $1.87

I also had some ingredients at home that I used:

• 1 cup of butter or margarine
• Powdered sugar
• Baking soda

I started by putting my softened margarine into a bowl. Then I added 3 cups of sugar, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, and 1 teaspoon of salt.

I grated the peel of the lemon and added some of that into the bowl. I juiced my lemons and added that as well.

I added my sour cream to the mixture. I also added 6 eggs. I used a hand blender to mix the ingredients. Then I added in 3 cups of flour and continued to blend the ingredients.

I sprayed down the bunt cake pan. I find that adding some flour to the bunt cake pan in addition to the butter spray helps prevent the cake from sticking to the pan.

After I sprayed the butter and added the flour, I poured in the batter.

I baked the cake for about 15 minutes in a 320-degree oven. While the cake cooled I started making a glaze. I added lemon juice and about a tablespoon of lemon zest to powdered sugar.