Make Thanksgiving Dinner for 6 for Under $50
Make Thanksgiving Dinner for 6 for Under $50
Thanksgiving is a time to get together with friends and family to celebrate everything we are grateful for.
This holiday can be super busy with all the bells, whistles, and fixings you need for your guests. Or sometimes, it is just our small family and the best part of it all.
We can have a delectable Thanksgiving dinner for under $50!
This year, it isn’t our turn to host, but we will be attending one dinner during Thanksgiving weekend and making our own dinner on Thanksgiving Day.
We decided to head to Walmart to prepare for our little family shindig since they offer a variety of affordable, fresh groceries.
To satisfy everyone, we decided on making delicious comfort food to feed 6 that is both easy to make and easy on the wallet.
You can even style your table with décor items from Walmart. Read on for all three tasty recipes!
When you cook a sirloin roast in the slow cooker, the roast tastes amazing and is so full of flavour. Also, being able to prepare it in the morning and letting it slow cook during the day makes it so easy.
Prepare it, leave it and enjoy it for dinner!
Cook It Slow
There’s simply nothing better than a soft, tender, and juicy slow roast. For our protein choice, we chose Walmart’s Canada AAA Angus sirloin tip roast ($1.54/100g).
Luckily, I was able to get fresh potatoes, carrots, garlic, oils, herbs, and spices there, plus, all the condiments and broths to make our roast succulent.
When you cook a roast in the slow cooker, the roast tastes amazing and is so full of flavour. Also, being able to prepare it in the morning and letting it slow cook during the day makes it so easy. Prepare it, leave it and enjoy it for dinner!
Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast
This is one meal that my kids ask for over and over for. It's so delicious and I guarantee that it will become a family favourite like it is in our house. The roast is perfectly, fall-apart scrumptious and the veggies are cooked perfectly. ENJOY!
Ingredients
- 1 Canada AAA Angus sirloin tip roast, 1 to 1.5 kg
- 1 tsp 5 ml salt
- 1 tsp 5 ml black pepper
- 1 tsp 5 ml garlic powder
- 1 tbsp 15 ml canola oil
- 1 tbsp 15 ml Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp 15 ml sambal oelek ground fresh chili paste
- 1 tbsp 15 ml Dijon mustard
- 4 small potatoes, quartered
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed
- 4 medium carrots, cut diagonally into one-inch pieces
- 4 cups 1 L beef broth
- 2 springs fresh rosemary
- 1 springs fresh thyme
- 1 tsp 5 ml cornstarch
- 1 tsp 5 ml cold water
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Remove roast from packaging and pat dry. In a small bowl, combine salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Sprinkle evenly over roast, being careful to season all sides.
- In a large skillet, heat canola oil to medium high. Sear roast for four minutes on each of four sides.
- Transfer to 6-quart (6 L) slow cooker.
- In a large measuring cup, add Worcestershire sauce, sambal oelek ground fresh chili paste and Dijon mustard to beef broth. Mix well and set aside.
- Add potatoes, garlic and carrots to slow cooker, nestling them around the roast.
- Pour beef broth mixture carefully over the top. Tuck rosemary and thyme around the roast. Cover and cook on low for eight hours.
To make gravy
- Ladle two cups of hot cooking liquid into a small saucepan. Set over medium high heat. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water. Add to hot cooking liquid and stir until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Season with salt and pepper.
To serve
- Discard herbs.
- Transfer vegetables to a serving bowl.
- Remove roast to a cutting board. Slice thinly across the grain. Transfer to serving platter. Top with hot gravy.
Enjoy Thanksgiving
The fact that I can get everything I need at Walmart is a huge bonus. That includes picking up any utensils, napkins, tablecloths, plates, and décor that we need. Since we had already picked up our pumpkins, we decided to make a centerpiece with them.
We visited Walmart’s craft section for flowers and tags to make cute little place settings, and I picked up an adorable fall trivet to place on the table.
You May Also Like:
- Maple Bacon Poutine Burger
- Salvadorean Beef Enchiladas Recipe
- Lime Teriyaki Carne Deshilachada y Arroz
It’s safe to say that Thanksgiving meals for 6 under $50 are very possible when you shop at Walmart. We did it, you can too!
To see all the delicious and fresh groceries you can get to prepare amazing and epic meals, visit Walmart.ca!
What will you be having for Thanksgiving dinner this year?
Let me know, til then–cheers m’deres!
Note: This post is sponsored by Walmart Canada as part of the Walmart Thanksgiving program. In exchange for this post, I have received perks in the form of products and/or compensation. All opinions on this blog are my own.
PIN FOR LATER:
Nancy Polanco is a freelance journalist, lifestyle content creator, and editor of Whispered Inspirations. She is a proud Mom to Gabby and Michaela and partner and best friend to Darasak. Having worked as part of a health care team for almost a decade, Nancy is happy to be back to her passion. She is a contributor to the Huffington Post, TODAY’s Parents, and an Oprah Magazine Brand Ambassador.
This is BEYOND awesome! I love Thanksgiving, but the food can get so expensive, especially if you prepare the majority of it. Thanks!
My pleasure!
Well thank you i would like to prepare this whole meal sometime,sure looks delicious !
Awesome, thanks Kathy. Hope you enjoy it!
Everything look amazing, especially the deep dish apple pie. The crust looks so flakey and delicious! Walmart really is a one stop shop!
It really is! Thanks so much. 🙂
Totally impressed! What a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner spread for so little money!
I love that you used a lot of rosemary in your main dish YUM!!
It gives it great flavour!
This is a delicious take on Thanksgiving dinner. The pasta looks really yummy and the Pies are making my mouth water.
Thanks so much! It is so delish!
I love cooking frugally, so I am all over this! You have some awesome ideas here!!
Thanks so much!
Great meal with the mac and cheese and the apple pie for dessert. I need to get to Walmart and get my groceries there.
They have so many options there!
This looks like a delicious Thanksgiving dinner! I love the fact that it’s less than $50. I don’t think I’ve ever spent that little on Thanksgiving and have that much tasty food.
Yes, it is pretty amazing. Everything at Walmart is so affordable and great portions.
Oh wow go Walmart for making it so easy to feed a family of 6 for Thanksgiving it always makes a difference when a store gives you good buying options.
Yes, I completely agree. 🙂
Girl! If I didn’t know better, I would think that we were separated at Birth. I thought I was the only one that can feed a family of 7 for less than fifty bucks! You go girl 😉
Hehe, that is awesome!
Holy canole! That’s an amazing meal for under $50!! WOW! I love the mac & cheese side dish you made – I might have to make that!
Thanks so much, enjoy!
These are some great recipes. I love the table setting as well. Everything looks amazing! I sure can’t wait for Thanksgiving.
Thanks so much! It really was a great meal and perfect for Thanksgiving.
What a delicious line-up of recipes. That roast looks so good … and easy too!
It is so simple!
Walmart is the perfect place to shop when you are looking to save serious bucks! I love your recipes and the meal plan you have here. I would make that pot roast all year long!
Mmm, me too! The pot roast was my FAVOURITE thing!
That is a challenge I would like to take! $50 for a dinner for 6 sounds amazing. I often end up overspending so this time I will just follow your recipes to save money 🙂
Awesome, hope you rock that challenge!
I agree that pie makes everyone happy. Pie is good. In fact, I am going to make pie tomorrow
Yay, enjoy!
Oh nice! It’s great to know you don’t have to spend a ton to get a lot for your family.
Yes, it is nice to keep more in your wallet, for sure!
I’m definitely hungry now lol That macaroni looks mouth watering . Thanks for sharing I will be pinning for later.
It is so good! Especially the crunch, hope you try it out!
This is absolutely amazing! I will definitely use these tips for Thanksgiving!
Awesome! 🙂 Enjoy.
Lots of items that I have never seen at Walmart. I need to find that pice crust next time I shop.
You would have to have a Super Centre in there for sure!
Thanksgiving is my favorite, but it can get so expensive. Thanks for these tips and recipes! The Skillet Mac and Cheese looks amazing.
It really can get expensive! Thanks. 🙂
Oh wow! Everything looks so GOOD. I wouldn’t have thought you could do all that on under $50!
Thanks m’dere! A great cut of meat for under $10 and a huge bag of pasta for under $2. It is EASY.
This is one of the most useful articles I’ve seen about budgeting!! Thanksgiving can be stressful in our household due to low income and not having enough money, so you better believe I’m bookmarking this and will be back around that time. My husband will think I’m superwoman!! 😀
I am so happy this can help you. The meal is so hearty and filling. 🙂
That is a great idea for Thanksgiving dinner but I have to have some turkey. Thanksgiving isn’t the same without the gobble gobble. -yolonda
Hehe, thanks for sharing.
You are very talented at these amazing dishes you have created, unbelievable that these were under $50. Love the photos too!
Completely possible! You would be surprised. 🙂 A huge bag of pasta for under $2, can you believe it?
Excellent blog post love your ideas it doesn’t have to cost the earth to have a lovely family meal
Thanks so much!
Thanksgiving doesn’t have to extravagant or expensive! This is an awesome dinner recipe and it’s definitely going to feed the whole family!
You are right, as long as you are gathered and together!
Wow, I never thought you could do a Thanksgiving dinner for $50! You totally make it look possible and I so want to give it a try this year.
Awesome, good luck!
Wow the food looks tasty unfortunately my Walmart does offer the best selections of meat. I would have borrowed your idea
That is unfortunate, we always have great cuts!
I never knew you can make great dishes under 50. Thanks for the recommendations and recipes. I’ll try it soon.
Yes, it is totally possible.
not turkey – as we don’t have an oven – that is why I am interested in your slow cooker meal!! Definitely considering this!!
This will definitely work for you!
Wow!! Those recipes look so delicious and I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome, enjoy!
LAST yr I got one of their turkeys….I aimed for the tiny ones, they’re VERY reasonably priced. Get it home and when the time to use it comes round, I cut it out of that plastic that its bound and and BAMMMM huge turkey pops out LOL..yes, it was the smallest weighed one I could find, but that binding is deceiving and MAN ON MAN the left overs…left overs for soups, and a meat pie and stir fry and sandwiches LOL…gobble gobble…we eat turkey so rarely and eat red meat a lot in our house…. Walmart is def affordable.
WOW, that is amazing! Glad you got your money’s worth!
That’s a lovely dinner! We’ll be feeding about 25 this year. I may have to make that pie, though.
OMG! That is A LOT of people!
Wow, those food is making me hungry! I will have to cook for Thanksgiving for the four of us so thanks for these great ideas.
Awesome, enjoy!
This looks absolutely scrumptious and so affordable! I don’t think I could skip the turkey though on Thanksgiving. I have to have me some turkey and dressing. It’s my favorite meal.
That is understandable but, for when it is low-key and just us, we do not need the big turkey. But, I can totally understand!
This is awesome ! Ty so much for sharing !!! I was starting to think about thanksgiving already and this is great to see how affordable we can do it because this year it might just be us !
Just us this year too, so definitely great to have a delicious and affordable meal.
Not only does this dinner look and sound delicious but it would make my wallet sing songs of joy!! I am a loyal walmart customer but I obviously need to work on my meal planning skills because this is something I definitely need to do in my home.
Girl, and it is SO easy. Affordable and simple. 🙂
I am already drooling over your recipe and would love to give them a try.
Awesome, enjoy!
Wow, all of this for under $50?! That is incredible! This is sure to make someone’s day, as Thanksgiving meals can be so expensive and why so many families end up not celebrating it in the traditional sense with the turkey and all of the sides like this. I hope more people find out about this and how affordable it is for a whole family
Thanks and yes! They have quality and affordable products at Walmart.
This will still be perfect our family gathering. I can imagine their reaction if I will prepare these. Looks so yummy!
Awesome! Enjoy. 🙂
If everyone is creative and resourceful, everyone can prepared a delicious meal under $50 even in a bigger family group. Besides, thanksgiving is a moment that a family could enjoy whatever it is on your table. Nothing is impossible for resourceful homemakers.
I think theses recipes are pretty straightforward and easy. So affordable too.
THANKSGIVING HOW I LOVE THEEEEE SOOOO! <3
Yessss!
What a delicious meal you made at such a reasonable cost. And for six people!
Thanks, it was a really great meal.
That’s an incredible meal for under $50! The skillet mac and cheese looksso good!
It is so delish!
We prepared this meal for 5 and there was enough leftover for two people,made a great meal and was easy to follow and prepare.
Looks so good, we are having company for dinner on Sunday and this might be a perfect menu, thanks for sharing.
Awesome, enjoy. It is perfect year-round, I will admit!
This sounds lovely. I had no idea it was possible to save and have a lovely meal.
Yes, it is so yummy!