*Red beans & rice lunch – 1.01¢

  • Zatarain’s red beans and rice
  • baby carrots
  • potato salad
  • corn bread
  • iced tea
  • plum

Smart-shopping cost: 80¢

Publix regularly runs BOGO, bringing a box down to $1.35 – Aldi’s regular price! Zatarain’s box says 7 servings (it IS a pretty heavy dish), but I priced it at 5 servings per box.

You can frequently buy potato salad (and Cole slaw and pasta salad) at Kroger half price (manager’s special).

27¢ – beans and rice

15¢ – baby carrots

35¢ – potato salad

16¢ – corn bread

8¢ – iced tea