After Friday’s failed homemade Re-fried Beans, I’m a little nervous about making dinner tonight. I’m attempting to make Homemade Egg Noodles for my Chicken and Noodles.  This is my hubby’s favorite meal, so I hope that the noodles turn out yummy.

My quest for making homemade noodles began when I purchased a bag of frozen noodles at the store for $3.42 (ouch). Add in 2 boxes of Chicken Broth for $4.56, and dinner is already up to $7.98 before you add the chicken. I knew there had to be a way to make the meal a little more  frugally.

I’ve started off by making and freezing my own stock. I use Turkey Stock instead of the Chicken Stock, and it works beautifully. The cost of the homemade stock is so much less, and delicious too.  I also switched my chicken from fresh to frozen. I can usually buy the frozen chicken breasts 3 lbs on sale for around $5.00, the last time I purchased fresh it was $9.42.

I serve Mashed Potatoes with this dish too. I make them from scratch, not because it costs less, but because they just taste better that way. I usually mash about 5 lbs of potatoes. I serve some with the meal, and the rest go in to Ziploc containers and off to the freezer for future meals. It all comes down to the noodles. I hope I can pull this one off 😉