Well... it was so-so... but everyone is happy and full.
Dinner was these simple chicken patties that Save-a-Lot sells. They're 14 for $3.99 and the buns are a package of 8 for 75¢ at the discount bread store. That makes 14 chicken sandwiches for $5.30.
I went to the farmer's market on Saturday and got a ton of delicious fruits and vegetables. I got three giant zucchinis and five yellow squash. Tonight I crinkle cut sliced them and then steamed them. I made a cheese sauce with some American cheese to go with the zucchini and squash. There is plenty of leftovers of both, and I'm not exactly sure how much it was, but I'm going to say the veggies were about $3 and the cheese sauce was about $3.
Finally, I had really splurged and bought three pounds of fresh cherries at the farmer's market. We had eaten two pounds just by grazing, but the last pound needed to be either eaten today or prepared into something else. So, I got out my trusty Pampered Chef Cherry and Olive Pitter (THAT THEY HAVE DISCONTINUED -- GRRRRR!) and pitted all those cherries in just a few minutes.
I made a quick glaze with this recipe. I also whipped up a quick 2-layer chocolate cake (mix). My new favorite icing is to use this recipe without the oats or nuts, and this time I substituted 1/3 cup shortening and 1/3 cup margarine for the peanut butter.
To assemble the cake, I put the bottom layer on the cake tray and iced it with the icing. I layered the cherry glaze. Then I added the second layer and iced the whole cake. I served slices of the cake with a spoon of extra icing and cherry glaze poured over the top.
It wasn't cheap, the cherries made that expensive, but all-in-all this black forest cake came to about $5, including the extra ingredients (eggs, milk, etc.)
In total, that made our meal about $16.30. I served eight with vegetable and cake leftovers. We can't do this every night, but when I consider that last night's dinner was about $5 for eight of us, I think we can splurge every once in a while and have a Freaking Black Forest Cake! (My name for the recipe.)
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