A Frugal Meal w/ Lawry's Mediterranean Sundried Tomato & Garlic Chicken - Win It Plus a Large Pyrex Baking Dish

Last week I received a huge package from Lawry's and Blogspark, and I was so excited to see what was inside. There was a huge Bake N Store Pyrex dish...just like the one I had been wishing for, there were spice blends, spice mixes and marinades....perfect for a busy mom on the go, who likes to serve her family dinner family style every night...the frugal way.

The other night I looked at the four different Lawry's spice mixes, and I decided to start out with the Lawry's Mediterranean Sundried Tomato & Garlic Chicken, because I had the ingredients needed to make this dish.

The dish called for:

• 1 pkg of Lawry's Mediterranean Sundried Tomato & Garlic Chicken Spices and Seasonings
• 1 1/2 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 1/4 cups penne pasta, uncooked
• 1/4 cup sliced pitted black olives
• 1 cup water
• 1 can petite diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1/2 cup of feta cheese

The directions:

1. Place chicken, pasta and olives (mushroom and spinach) in a baking dish.
2. Mix water, seasoning mix and tomatoes until well blended. Pour over chicken and pasta. Stir to cook well. Cover with foil
3. Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 4 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Sprinkle with cheese.

Mom's note: I switched the olives with mushrooms and green bell pepper (finely cut to disquise), and spinach.

It turned out to be a very frugal meal.

COST:

• The chicken breast was from Target @ $2.75 for a lb.
• I used a blend of Ronzoni SmartTaste Penne and Mueller's Wholewheat Penne. Both had been bought on sale for $0.17, so I probably used about 5 cents worth.
• I did not use olives, but instead I used some mushrooms bought for $0.50 at Publix. I probably used 10 cents worth.
• The canned tomatoes were bought at Publix and submitted for a mail-in rebate, after which they cost me about 25 cents each.
• The feta cheese was "bought" free at Publix.
• I also added some spinach, which I had in the freezer. I got packs of spinach for about 25 cents each a while ago, and I used about 10 cents worth.
• The last touch was a leftover slice of bell pepper...price maybe 10 cents.

Total cost for the meal was $3.35, and there was enough to feed four and leftovers for my husband for lunch the next day.

As a vegetarian I opted out, and went with some veggies instead.

The verdict:

As I am a vegetarian, I cannot attest to the tasting, but I can deliver my family's reaction.

My husband: "This is like a $15 restaurant meal! I'll have this again!

My eight-year-old son: What's this...seaweed? (That was the spinach) He ate everything else without complaints.

My four-year-old picky eater: I'm not eating that!

My fourteen-month-old baby boy: Did not say a word, but ate everything and attempted to lick his plate.

 

This was a very successful meal, at our house, since the picky eater never eats anything anyway. I will definitely be making this again.

 

 

You can win this very prize package featured at the top of this post.

 

Enter to Win a Lawry's Flavor Kit w Lawry's products and a Large Pyrex Bake N Store Dish 11/3




Disclaimer: The Lawry´s products, information and additional prize pack to give away were all given to me by Lawry´s through MyBlogSpark.

 

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