Cheap and Easy Recipes: Meatball Subs w/Kale Chips & Apples ($5.05)

Meatball Subs is the newest addition to my Feed 4 for 5 menu. Using my homemade Marinara Sauce and a few other ingredients I was able to create this cheap and easy recipe, that feeds 4, along with some Kale Chips and Apples for just $5.05. It was a huge hit and will soon be on the menu again.

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Cheap and Easy Recipes: Meatball Subs w/Kale Chips & Apples ($5.05)

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Total Time25 minutes mins

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 4

Author: Robin | Fluster Buster

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• Bread Crumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 cup marinara sauce
• 4 Sub Rolls
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese

Instructions

• Combine ground beef, egg, bread crumbs and ¼ cup marinara sauce in a bowl and form into 1-inch balls.
• Brown the meatballs in a lightly greased skillet. Once they’re browned, place the meatballs on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 375°.
• Heat the remaining marinara sauce in a sauce pan.
• Assemble the subs: place a slice of cheese on the bottom to the roll, add 4 meatballs and cover in marinara sauce.

Cost Breakdown

• Kale – (1 bunch for $0.50) purchased on sale from a supermarket.
• Olive Oil – (12 ounces for $2.39) purchased from a discount grocery store.
• Ground Beef – (1 pound for $1.88) purchased on sale from a supermarket. I track the sales and when ground beef goes on sale for this price I stock up and fill my freezer.
• Bread Crumbs – (free) instead of throwing out the heals of bread I store them in a Zip-loc bag that I keep in my freezer. Whenever I need bread crumbs I just pull out what I need and run them through the food processor.
• Egg – (30 count for $2.59) purchased from a discount grocery store.
• Marinara Sauce – (3 1/2 cups for $1.11) made using my marinara recipe.
• Sub Rolls – (6 rolls for $1.00) purchased on sale from a supermarket.
• Mozzarella Cheese – (8 ounces for $1.66) purchased on sale from a supermarket.
• Apples – (1 pound for $0.99) purchased on sale from a supermarket. There are approximately 3 medium apples in a pound.