For my daughter’s birthday she wanted tacos. I was looking at how much it would cost to buy them from Taco Bell- the only Mexican place open at 10 when her party was and it would have been at least $80 to feed the people we had invited. So I looked into how much it would cost to buy the ingredients for tacos. It was $45 and we would have triple the food and more options and all I really had to do was cook turkey with taco seasoning, and open some containers. So here’s how to lazily feed 15 plus people, tacos for $45.
Related: $10 Meal Plan
Protein:
Chicken- $4.99 from Costco
Ground meat- $2.48
Pork- $.00 I had bought this from Costco a while ago
Black beans canned- $1.00
Refried beans- $1.00
Grain:
Flour Tortillas – $4.87
Crunchy shells- $1.78 x2 = 3.56
Tortilla chips- $2.46
Corn tortillas – $.00 I decided not to buy these
Toppings:
Olives- $1.99
Salsa- $2.28
Sour cream- $.00 I had a mostly empty container already
Lettuce pre-shredded- $4.34
Pico de gallo- $3.88
Limes- $.68
Cheese pre-shredded- $8.28 (we had tons of leftover cheese)
Queso- $3.26
Total:$45.07
All I did
In the end all I had to do was cook the ground beef, warm up the chicken with seasoning, and open some lids. It was easy, not stressful and simple.
If you wanted to make it cheaper but more hassle, you can make your own salsa or pico de gallo, shred your own lettuce, make your own queso, make beans from dried
