So I decided to make a creative dinner.  I went to the local store and bought some hot Italian sausage to add to my melange of veggies at home.  I cut up:

1small-medium sweet potato......$  .70
1 large carrot.............................    .25
1/2 large red onion.....................   free
3 fresh garlic cloves....................    .10
5 leaves of kale (stems removed)  1.00
1/4 red cabbage.........................    .25
2 hot Italian sausage links............  2.67
3 T Sesame oil............................       ?
Seasoning...................................   free
Parmesan....................................    .10

Grand TOTAL...........................$ 5.07

I received the seasoning free as a gift one year and the onion from a roommate who was moving out.  The sesame oil was bought so long ago I just can't remember how much it was.  I'll have to check it out soon though because I'm almost out.  I am super full and I still have two bowl fulls left.  So that ended up making 3 meals meaning $ 1.69 per meal.  Of course it'll cost more if you're buying all the ingredients.  But I can't imagine it costing much more than that.  It was a pretty hearty meal and if I'd been thinking I would've made some barley to put the veggie/sausage melange on top of.  Rice or pasta would be great too.  I've never added sausage to veggies like this before and I'm pretty pleased.  This can easily be a veggie/vegan meal.  In fact I look forward to trying it with tofu, beans or seitan  on a bed of quinoa or you name it!  Just don't forget the seasoning.  There's nothing worse than bland bland bland.  Blah!  I hope the picture looks appetizing.