My favorite - all milk quiche with roasted veg and fruit salad
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Aldi pie crust $.65 (1 of 2 - you can use a scratch one, but I hate making crusts)
5-6 large eggs (1 dozen have been around $.60 at Aldi's) $.30
1 cupish whole milk (1/16 of gal Aldi milk that's been $1 this year) $.06
Salt/Pepper $.10
I like to really fill my quiche high - you can use less egg or milk if you want...
The filling - the family's most popular is ham and cheese or bacon and cheese
- Bacon 1/4lb cooked and diced $1 ($4/lb pack - I buy Aldi thick cut or on sale grocery Smithfield) - ham is cheaper if you like that more
- Sharp Cheddar Cheese 1/2 cup shredded ($2 8 oz - bag or shred myself) $.50
Total Quiche Cost $2.61
Roasted Veg is 1lb veg + olive oil + S&P - Broccoli, Green Beans, or Asparagus are my go-to's for this meal b/c they work so well with eggs - I get each on sale fresh for $1.49/lb or less (green beans are $.99, and broccoli can be $.99 or $1.29) + 1TB olive oil and s&p makes it about $1.65
Fruit Salad - I like a berry base that I add kiwi or bananas or grapes - I make this when strawberries are $1.50/lb
Strawberries $1.50
Other Fruit $1 (1 large or 2 small bananas and 1 kiwi as an example - this will make 5-6 people worth of fruit, so plan accordingly)
You can macerate with a little sugar and liquor, but I like this straight most of the time
Fruit Salad $2.50
Total full meal cost $6.76 (this feeds 4+, but you can just have yummy leftover lunches
...it feels fancy and decadent, but when you see how little a quiche with a fruit cup and veg costs, you'll practically never pay for it again
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If you sub cream or 1/2 and 1/2, your cost probably goes up $.50 or $1, but I love whole milk in quiche b/c it tastes much lighter and I love the light almost "fluff" feeling you get
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I also do broccoli and cheese as a quiche and will wrap asparagus with bacon and roast and call that a meal, so this meals has a lot of change up possibilities
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