Honey, What's for dinner???

I know when I get home from work I am going to have everyone asking me a million times the famous question, "What's for dinner?"  So to try and be prepared I start thinking of the answer to this question first thing in the morning & even sometimes the day before.  We are on a tight budget these days so I am throwing down a challenge to find 4 nights worth the great meals for under $40 to feed 4 people each night. 

As anything new I am doing in my life I must run it by the girls at work to get any great ideas from them.  Let's face it, woman can come up with some great ideas when they are challenged.  These meals will include the recipe & what I paid for each item.  Please feel free to comment with any great meal ideas you have.  Remember it must feed 4 people & be under $10 for each meal.

Monday

I am just coming off the weekend & I am already tired.  I have a cold & running a slight fever.  Well just in case you didn't know, mom's don't get sick days.  They must still get up before the rooster each morning & get everyone ready and off to school.  Then make sure everyone has a clean home & dinner to come home to - all while running a 102 fever.  So tonight I think it is going to be super easy.  My family loves to cook things on the grill & since it is June I think we will cook out tonight.  Cookout is my way of having the husband cook dinner & get the kids out of the house so I can rest.  

Luckily, I have a membership to Sam's Club.  Now, I don't shop there much because things seem to be expensive (mainly because you are buying in bulk) and I don't have a lot of extra room in the house; however there are several things that are what I call "Sam's items".  Hot dogs are definitely a "Sam's item".  They have a huge pack of BEEF hot dogs for like $7.  This package will feed us for a couple of months so each time I go into Sam's I grab a pack to keep in the freezer.  If you are lucky enough to have a huge spare freezer Sam's has great bread for super cheap.  The hot dogs buns are $1.88 for 16 buns.  The ideal thing to do would be to buy a pack & freeze them so you will have them when you need them; however, I don't have any today so I will run by the DOLLAR TREE & grab a pack of buns for $1. 

Wow it is before 12pm & I already have dinner planned out.  I am feeling quite accomplished at the fact dinner for tonight is planned & now I am working on tomorrow night.