Budget Friendly Meals

These are the easiest, healthiest, and most delicious budget-friendly meals that you can make at home for under $10!

There are so many affordable recipe ideas here. The best way to save money for your meals is to make them yourself, from scratch. Plenty of these dishes are casual, fancy, and everywhere in between. So you can prepare a beautiful and tasty plate no matter the occasion. You don’t have to be a professional chef to make the most out of your ingredients. And who says you have to spend a ton of money to make a homemade meal? So many of these recipes will feed you and your loved ones more than once.

Popular Recipes

There are over 500 (and counting!) easy recipes in this category – all of them totally budget-friendly! If you’re not sure where to start, give these ideas a try. They are the most popular ones on my site right now.

Classic Chicken Salad

1

Classic Chicken Salad Recipe

10 mins

High-Protein Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese

1

High-Protein Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese

6 mins

Shepherd's Pie

5

Shepherd's Pie Recipe

1 hr 40 mins

Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato

4

Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato

46 mins

The Latest Budget-Friendly Recipes

You can feed yourself and your family healthy meals without breaking the bank. These easy recipes are easy, tasty, and totally satisfying.

Ground Turkey with Potatoes and Peas

6

Ground Turkey with Potatoes and Spring Peas

30 mins

deviled eggs on a platter

0

Classic Deviled Eggs

25 mins

Broiled Tilapia Oreganata with lemon and asparagus

2

Broiled Tilapia Oreganata

10 mins

Hash Brown Egg White Muffins

2

Hash Brown Egg White Nests

1 hr 10 mins

Classic Chicken Salad

1

Classic Chicken Salad Recipe

10 mins

Filipino Adobo Chicken – Chicken braised in vinegar and soy sauce with lots of garlic. This easy, savory chicken dish has become a staple in my home. As this simmers, your kitchen will be filled with an intoxicating sweet and sour aroma that will leave you anxious to eat.

6

Filipino Adobo Chicken

1 hr 10 mins

chia pudding with mango, coconut and kiwi

5

Tropical Chia Pudding Breakfast Bowl (High Protein)

2 hrs 10 mins

Pot of Yellow Rice and Black Beans

6

Black Beans and Rice

50 mins

Tortilla Encrusted Chicken Tenders with lime wedges

4

Tortilla Encrusted Chicken Tenders

25 mins

This Buttermilk-Marinated Air Fryer Whole Roasted Chicken comes out unbelievably juicy and delicious. It's so easy to make, just 3 ingredients!

7

Buttermilk Marinated Air Fryer Whole Chicken

1 d 55 mins

High Protein Zucchini Omelet

3

High-Protein Zucchini Omelet for One

17 mins

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

4

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

30 mins

Black Bean Soup

1

Black Bean Soup (Freezer Friendly)

2 hrs 30 mins

black beans and rice

2

Quick Black Beans Recipe

22 mins

Slow Cooker Beef Ragu

4

Slow Cooker Ground Beef Ragu

4 hrs 15 mins

Pumpkin Banana Bread

4

Pumpkin Banana Bread

1 hr 25 mins

Fall Fruit Salad

6

Apple and Grape Fall Fruit Salad

15 mins

Maple Roasted Butternut Squash

3

Maple Roasted Butternut Squash

45 mins

Spaghetti and Meatball Soup

6

Spaghetti and Meatball Soup

30 mins

Creamy Corn Soup

7

Creamy Corn Soup with Queso Fresco

35 mins