Ritz Chicken and Veggies for 4- under $6

This Ritz chicken recipe is one I snagged from Weight Watchers a while back and I put my own little spin on it- I substituted sour cream for plain, Greek yogurt and added veggies.

1-1/2 to 2lbs chicken breasts
1- can healthy request cream of chicken soup (or Aldi Fit & Active brand)
1- small container plain Greek yogurt
1- sleeve whole wheat Ritz style crackers
1- can your choice veggies
Garlic salt or powder
S&P to taste

Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Spray skillet with non-stick spray and add chicken. Season with garlic salt or garlic powder if you are cutting back on salt. You can also use minced, fresh garlic if you so desire. Add S&P to taste. Layer chicken and drained can of veggies (carrots and french-style green beans are great!) into a casserole dish. Mix together the can of soup, yogurt and 1/3 sleeve of crackers. Top the chicken-veggies mix in the casserole dish with this soup mix. Crush remaining crackers and put over the top. You may want to spay the cracker topping lightly with non-stick spray or even spray butter. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Chicken is already cooked so it's just a matter of heating it all through.

Cost:

Chicken breasts, frozen, 48oz- $5.99 at Aldi (use 1/2 of bag for $3)
1- can light cream of chicken- at Aldi it's $.89/can- you can sometimes find a good deal with coups
1- can french style green beans or carrots- Aldi's $.59- you may find canned goods cheaper on sale at the grocery store
1- box Ritz crackers (unfortunatley, Aldi does not offer the wheat variety)- on sale $2 - sometimes you can get them for $2 on sale less a $.50 coupon for a total cost of $1.50/box. We'll assume you pay $2. Check store brands for deals too. You use only 1 sleeve so $.50.
1- small container plain Greek yogurt- average $1 (sometimes less on sale)

Total Cost: $5.98 for 4- and that means 1/4 of the casserole dish. You could actually make this an easy 6 servings or even 8 servings and add a salad.

Most places you can get a head of lettuce for $.99. Aldi's dressing range in price but are very cheap. Or you can get good deal on salad dressing with coupons. I have scored plenty of free bottles of salad dressing such as Ken's Steakhouse and Wishbone Western dressing for as little as $25 a bottle.