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[quote=Anonymous]My mom used to be in the same position all the time when I was growing up.  There were 5 kids, and this is the type of menu she would use to get through the week when there was nothing left to be had.  I think you can get all this in your budget.  You and your daughter are in my prayers OP.

$5.00 Rotisserie Chicken
1 head cabbage
1 onion
1 bunch green onions
1 carrot (if you can afford it)
Egg
Pasta
PB
Loaf of bread

Friday:
Dinner: Rotisserie Chicken, 1 can green beans, rice

Saturday:

Breakfast: toast

Lunch: Cold chicken sandwiches w/mayo, mustard, etc

Dinner: Chicken fried rice (Chop 4 green onions, ¼ onion and half of carrot, sauté in pan with oil, dice some of the chicken, scramble in 1 egg, stir in with the veggies, sprinkle with garlic and soy sauce to flavor the meat, add in the leftover rice, season to taste with more garlic and soy sauce, stir fry until all is hot)

Sunday:

Breakfast: scrambled egg and toast

Lunch: PB sandwiches (good with honey if you don’t have jelly) or cold chicken sandwiches or hard boiled egg sandwiches

Dinner: Rice and stir fried cabbage (chop ½ the head of cabbage.  Dice ¼ of the onion and 3 more green onions, sauté in oil, add some of the chicken, season and stir fry, add the cabbage, sprinkle with soy sauce and garlic, turn the heat down and cover/steam.  When the cabbage starts to cook, break and egg into a bowl, break open the yolk, and stir fry the egg into the cabbage mix.  Serve with rice

Monday-Thursday:
Breakfast: eggs and toast, Lunch at school?

Monday:
Dinner: Cabbage soup (Fill a big pot with water, boil down the remaining chicken bones to make a stock, pull and shred the remaining meet and add it back to the stock, discard the clean bones and season the stock with salt and pepper.   Chop the cabbage and ¼ onion, put in the boiling water and cook until the cabbage is soft.  Break 2 eggs into a bowl, break the yolks and drop into the water, stirring as you do this to break apart the eggs as they cook.  Serve with rice

Tuesday:  
Spaghetti and sauce, make garlic toast for the side

Wednesday:
Leftovers

Thursday: 
Stir fried spaghetti:  Basically the same as the fried rice.  Cook and drain the spaghetti (a la dente) Take whatever veggies you have left, dice, sauté, add 1-2 eggs and scramble, add the pasta, stir fry, season with soy sauce and garlic, salt, pepper, etc.
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