Grilled Chicken Slathered in a Homemade Barbecue Sauce Stars in This $25 Dinner for Four

A well balanced dinner for four costs a fraction of restaurant prices.

Barbecued chicken thigh headlines this budget dinner for four. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

June is a great time to fire up your grill and move at least some of your daily or weekly dinner duties to the backyard.

Cooking outdoors is usually cooler, tends to have a better view and is generally a lot more fun for both the cook and those he or she is trying to feed.