Budget Dinners: Grilled Summer Chicken, Bruschetta, and Peach Crisp

This complete meal demonstrates that the cost of dinner can be kept low while still tasting great and being good for the body.

This easy budget entree features chicken grilled with summer vegetable in a foil packet. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

As we inch into a new school year, and look forward to fall colors and football, it’s not a bad idea to squeeze in a few last meals cooked on the grill and served al fresco.

The nights are finally cooling, if only slightly, and in my backyard at least, fireflies are still calling out to each other at twilight with their fleeting, magical flashes of neon yellow.