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A homeschooling mother of one teenager and a little. In 2001, I resigned from my 13 year position as a case manager to homeschool my oldest who was a preschooler at the time, and later a daughter who came along in 2005. This is by far the hardest job I've ever loved. My husband of nearly 20 years supports us as a fire fighter and EMT.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Frugal Chicken and Bean Burrito Dinner


I cooked some shredded chicken and black eyed peas/beans in a little canned enchilada sauce, homemade chicken stock, diced onions, garlic, and spices such as cumin, paprika, garlic salt, and cayenne pepper. I didn't have any chili powder, but it still turned out well. The burritos had a filling of  shredded cheese, shredded lettuce mix, and salsa. Yummy and inexpensive.

Costs of Ingredients:

- 28 ounces enchilada sauce: $1.00  at Dollar General - will not get this again as it was fairly tasteless. I'll make my own next time, or if I'm feeling exotic, a chicken mole sauce(with cocoa powder/sugar).
- Ten large tortillas for $1.00 at Save-A-Lot
- Shredded chicken(.59 cents a pound)
- Black eyed peas/beans($1.70 for a medium bag which makes about 32 servings)
- Shredded Mexican style cheese about $2.00? at Save-A-Lot
- Various spices, garlic, and onions - all bargains from Save-A-Lot, Dollar General, and the Dollar Store
- 15.5 ounce Tostito's Salsa, $2.50 a jar
- Shredded lettuce mix, .50 cents a bag at Save-A-Lot
- 28 ounce enchilada sauce, $1.00 at Dollar General

Total cost: about .55 cents a large burrito.

We only used a small portion of the above ingredients, and after having eaten five burritos, there was a little more than half of the chicken/bean filling left over . We'll have this again tomorrow night.

4 comments:

Elizabeth G. said...

You are making me hungry :)

Soutenus said...

This was great timing for me . . .we just finished up our beef and barley soup and I needed a creative and frugal idea for tomorrow night's dinner!

Myrnie said...

You're funny :) All those spices you put in are IN chili powder! Your mix was probably loads better than anything you could have purchase premade :) Sounds delicious!

Alexandra said...

Thanks for your comments/ :)

Myrnie - lol...I must have known this at some level!