A Virginia woman has shared how she made a Christmas dinner that can feed up to six people for a total of $20.50 just in time for the festive season.
Rebecca Chobat, who is a 30-year-old stepmom and works full-time, cooks for herself and her boyfriend for most of the year, but his two children also live with them for a couple of months.
She started shopping at Dollar Tree about a year ago to supplement her regular groceries to save money, and she now shares her budget finds and tips on TikTok[[url=#]In a series of videos, which have more than 1.6 million views collectively at the time of writing, she revealed how she made Christmas dinner for six people by spending $20.50, including food sales tax, at the Dollar Tree.
















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Chobat takes people on her shopping trip in the first TikTok video, saying she sets herself a few ground rules to make sure she's maximizing her savings.
'The guidelines I follow when shopping for these types of videos is that I only visit one Dollar Tree and I only buy what's available on that day at that specific store,' she says.
'The only items I can use from home are oil, salt and pepper.'
Chobat grabs stuffing mix, fried onions, frozen green beans, cream of mushroom chocolate bars soup, two bags of mashed potatoes, two packages of honey ham, frozen berry and banana mix, banana nut muffin mix, frozen spinach, cream cheese, mozzarella, homestyle biscuit mix, chicken broth, and a tub of Cool Whip.
When it came to shopping on a budget, Chobat says she mostly keeps an eye on price per meal, not price per ounce or price long-term.
'I have this mindset that buying something in bulk isn't always cheaper.

It can be a lower cost per ounce but if buying more results in using more or wasting more then it doesn't really save any money,' she told DailyMail.com. 









Chobat detailed all the items she purchased for the Christmas dinner, which included stuffing mix, Cool Whip, frozen berry-banana mix, chicken broth, mashed potatoes and green beans






Two of the dishes Chobat made: mashed potatoes and a pull-apart spinach dip in a skillet






The green bean casserole made out of the frozen vegetables, cream of mushroom soup and fried onions

'Dollar Tree isn't always the cheapest option, but sometimes it's better than taking extra time and gas to go shopping at multiple stores, and the fixed pricing structure can really help people get more variety for their money.'