What you need:
- 2 tsp olive oil-on hand
- 1/2 cup onion-$.25
- 3 cloves garlic-$.05
- 8 oz can tomato sauce-$.28
- 3 cups low sodium fat free chicken broth-I used the broth from boiling chicken breasts from another recipe-$0
- 1-2 tsp chipotel chili in adobo sauce-I don't use this
- 1/4 cilantro-didn't use
- 15 oz can black beans (I used the dry beans (about 1/3 a bag) I made up before hand)-$.33
- 14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes-$.58
- 2 cups frozen corn-$.50
- 1 tsp cumin-on hand
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano-on hand
- 2 8oz skinless chicken breasts-1/4 of a $9.58 package=$2.40
- 1/4 cup chopped scallions-$.24
- 3/4 cup red fat cheddar cheese-not included in calorie count
- sour cream for topping if you want-not included in calorie count
- I threw in a chopped red chili pepper from my garden, you could also use a few red pepper chili flakes
Total was $4.63 or $.77 a serving
I find it's best for me to make this recipe up the night before and then throw the chicken breasts in (raw) in the morning when I put it in the crock pot.
I made this for dinner along with some corn bread (not low cal unfortunately! I need to find a good low cal recipe for that!) and we only had about 1/2 a serving left. That's quite a hit in our house.
