Frugal Friendly Foods: Spaghetti Dinner for Less Than $1 a Person

Do you have a lot of hungry mouths to feed? You can make a delicious frugal friendly spaghetti dinner complete with green beans and breadsticks for a family of 6 for less than $1 a person!

We purchased almost all the ingredients that we need to make spaghetti once every two weeks for an entire year at Walmart. The total was $143.98. That means that each meal totals $5.54 cents. That is less than $1 a person.

I picked up the yeast from WinCo because Walmart doesn’t carry the kind I like. This is significantly less expensive and I LOVE it. I would have preferred to purchase the flour in a 25-pound bag from Costco but it is what it is.

Quite frankly, you could save more if you purchased store brands but when we went the pasta isle was wiped out and we had to make do with what they had available. I usually shop the sales and stock up when the items are on sale. That is one of the reasons why it is so much less expensive to be a prepper. My pantry is always stocked with items that I have purchased for significantly less than the normal price.

Let’s talk about how to pack for long-term storage. You do not have to do this! If you are going to rotate through all this stuff within a year or two you should be just fine. However, if you want to extend the shelf life to 5-10 years, I’d recommend packaging the dry goods in Mylar.

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The bread mixer that I use is a Bosch Universal Mixer and I seriously LOVE it! You can find it here https://shrsl.com/3c4zv. I'm not a fan of the blender attachment but the food processor attachment works great.

Breadsticks
1 ½ cup warm water
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 Tablespoon yeast
3 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup butter or olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic salt
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese

Mix dough and immediately roll out. Brush with butter and garlic salt. Fold in half and cut into 1-inch strips. Raise 15-20 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes until golden brown. Brush with more garlic butter and sprinkle with kosher salt and grated parmesan cheese.

Homemade Pasta Sauce
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons dried onion flakes
½ cup celery, chopped
2 teaspoons dried basil – 2 tablespoons fresh
2 teaspoons dried parsley -- 2 tablespoons fresh
1 teaspoon dried oregano – 1 tablespoon fresh
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1 quart bottled tomato juice
1 can tomato paste
1 tablespoon honey
2 cups chopped kale
1 cup chopped zucchini
2 peeled chopped fresh tomato
¼ cup cornstarch

Learn more about building your prepper pantry at TheProvidentPrepper.org

3 Months Supply of Food: Amazing Peace of Mind
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Long Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset
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https://theprovidentprepper.org/the-difference-between-short-term-and-long-term-food-storage/

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