Saturday is the night we host our community dinner. We
invite neighbors, friends from church, co-workers, or some combination of those
to come to our house and share a meal. It’s out biggest meal of the week, so we
sometimes have to get creative about how to make our money go farther. This
week, though, we hosted our next-door neighbors, an older couple that look out
for us and chat with us on the porch regularly. They were the first people we
met in the neighborhood, so we’ve been trying to have them over since then! Finally
we had them over to enjoy a meal with us.
On the menu: White Cheese and Chicken Lasagna!
Head Chef: Priscillia.
Sous Chef: Walter Levi
Check out the recipe here!
Actually this week we were a little ahead of the game,
buying some of the ingredients last week, including the lasagna noodles, chicken
broth, some of the cheese, and spinach.
Here’s the cost break-down:
One block of mozzarella cheese $1.99
Boneless, Skinless Chicken $5.98
Italian Bread $1.99
We have on hand many of the ingredients necessary for the
recipe: onions, garlic, flour, milk, and spices.
In addition, our neighbors brought over a salad and dessert
to complement our lasagna.
TOTAL: $10.00
Saturday’s meal is the most difficult to keep in budget, but
with generosity from our neighbors and a little bit of planning ahead, we
enjoyed a tasty meal and delightful conversation about our neighborhood, encountering
critters in the city, home remedies for sickness, and Catholic traditions, with
plans penciled in to visit mass at our neighbors’ parish.
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