Anyway! The two blogs I mentioned are Budget Bytes and Poor Girl Eats Well. Budget Bytes is particularly interesting because the author does a comprehensive breakdown of her ingredient prices to get an accurate price per serving amount. This inspired me to do some of my own calculating, just for interest's sake.
So here is what I used, the prices, and then the price per serving. I got 8 servings out of this recipe and put half of it into containers for freezing.
2 cans clams @ $1.67 each = $3.34
half of one container of 10% cream = $0.86
carrots = $0.37
potatoes = $0.76
6 slices bacon (17 slices/package at $4.97/package = $0.29/slice) = $1.74
1 cup of whipping cream left over from another recipe = $1.39
fresh thyme left over from another recipe = $2 (approx.)
salmon = $2.79 (approx. - I didn't keep the receipt for this as I bought it a few weeks before I started keeping track, but this is what I remember it to be approximately)
total cost of chowder = $13.25
8 servings = $1.65/serving
Not bad, eh? There is room for improvement, though. But not bad at all. And the chowder was good!
1 comment:
All good ingredients there. Looks good. I have been getting in the habit of clearing out the fridge and making a dish with whatever I have. Thanks for the links to the other sites.
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