Frugal, Healthy, Tasty Meals for Two

I mentioned Friday I had some overly soft tomatoes to use up. In efforts to not waste, I thought a sauce would be the best option. I ended up making a delicious dinner for DH and myself that was frugal, sort of healthy, and sure hit the spot flavor wise. Here's what I did and note that all measurements are approximates since I rarely measure when I cook. 

Sauce

Rough dice three tomatoes ($0)

Small dice 1/3 of a yellow onion ($ ,20)

1 zucchini, sliced and halved.($ .20)

Saute onion and tomato a bit of olive oil, and tomato break down, stir to let it get sauce like,

Add garlic, onion flakes, and Italian seasoning, a pinch of salt and course black pepper and continue to cook and let simmer, add zucchini and cook until soft(all seasoning and oil-guessing $ .60)

Meatballs

1 pound hamburger ($1.70, as froze 1/2 meatballs
1 egg

Mix with 1 1/2 tsps garlic, 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning 1 tsp onion flakes, 2 TBS milk, pinch of slat and pepper, 1/2 cup quick cook oats (all seasoning, milk, oats ($. 50)

Roll into balls and bake approx. 30 minutes in a 350 oven (as I had the oven on for something else) or I would have cooked on the stove. I got 14 decent sized meatballs/frozen 7 for another meal.

Cook 8 ounces of pasta 1/2 box)of choice. ($. 45) Mine was veggie rotini. Combine sauce and pasta, serve meatballs on the side. 

DH can be a big eater when he is hungry, and he was last night. He probably ate 2/3rds, but what I ate was more than enough. We even got a serving leftover for one of us for lunch. I estimate this was $3.65 for three portions. Anytime you can come under $3 a portion is a good thing. Using up spare produce and both stretching the hamburger while adding some fiber was a better thing. This provided two servings of vegetables plus  other than the pinch of salt for some flavor, the sodium and sugar content was low. Bon Appetit!