This Italian classic is chicken, potatoes, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, a few sprigs of fresh rosemary from the yard and some parmesan.

I grew up on a bigger version of this. Once it’s almost done baking you add a can of peas and toss a pound of spaghetti in the rendered chicken fat. Serve it all together. Perfect for growing kids. Adds like $2 to the batch but gives you substantial more food. Between the pasta, potatoes an peas you aren’t just fully loaded on carbs but you have a full amino acid profile too and are getting all your protein aminos even without any of the chicken.

But as an adult I like simple classic. It’s also less work.

Cost per person: $1.84