$53 Grocery Haul for 3 Adults • Realistic Budget Cooking • Dinner Ideas

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

More nutritious alternative.

chicken

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: chicken wings

Thighs are juicier, wings are often cheaper.

Take chicken thighs out of the package and divide them for meals.

Remove the skin from the chicken thighs, not worrying about being perfect.

Cut the chicken off the bone to cook faster and easier.

Season the chicken with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and cayenne.

Heat a cast iron skillet and add the chicken skins to it.

Cook the chicken skins until crispy, seasoning with salt, pepper, and garlic.

Add the deboned chicken thighs to the skillet and cover with a lid to cook for a few minutes on each side until browned.

Remove the chicken thighs from the pan and set aside.

Chop tomatoes from the garden after rinsing them and remove the stems.

Add chopped tomatoes to the skillet to deglaze and scrape up bits from the bottom.

Boil water in a pot for pasta and add half a bag of leftover egg noodles to it.

Chop a handful of spinach and add it to the mixture in the skillet.

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