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.

The Latest Budget-Friendly Recipes » Page: 16

Asparagus Salad with Egg and Bacon
3

Asparagus Salad with Egg, Bacon and Dijon Vinaigrette

20 mins
Chicken Soup with Acini di Pepe
2

Chicken Soup with Acini di Pepe and Spinach

30 mins
These simple and tasty black beans, flavored with bacon, onion, garlic, poblano and lots of spices, have smoky yet mild taste that pair well with lots of dishes.
1

Instant Pot Black Beans

45 mins
Homemade breakfast potatoes made with red potatoes, onions, bell pepper and carrots all on one sheet pan. All you need is some eggs and breakfast is served!
2

Sheet Pan Home Fries

40 mins
EASY, healthy flourless pancakes, made with only FOUR ingredients, nuts, ripe bananas and oats, plus a whole egg for a powerhouse of nutrition all in a quick breakfast! A perfect way to use up those ripe bananas.
3

4-Ingredient Flourless Banana-Nut Oatmeal Pancakes

15 mins
Chicken breasts cooked in a skillet with green olives, lemon and fresh herbs.
4

Skillet Lemon Chicken with Olives and Herbs

20 mins
Unstuffed Cabbage
2

Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls (Instant Pot or Stove Top)

30 mins
These are the BEST tasting, light and fluffy whole wheat pancakes made from scratch – high in fiber, so they leave you feeling full and satisfied throughout the day.
4

Whole Wheat Pancakes

25 mins
Mini burgers with bacon, layered on a bamboo skewer with lettuce, tomatoes and pickles! Who can resist your favorite foods on a stick – not me! These burger bites make the perfect low-carb appetizer to please everyone from age six to age sixty, just set out some ketchup and mustard for dipping and watch them disappear.
2

Burger Slider Skewers

30 mins
Slice of bread with hot spinach dip
3

Hot Spinach Dip

30 mins
I love cauliflower "rice", and I love roasted cauliflower so I combined the two to make this easy low-carb side dish that goes great with just about anything from chicken, to steak or fish.
2

Roasted Cauliflower Rice with Garlic and Lemon

30 mins
I love this cabbage soup recipe, made with ground beef, vegetables and tomatoes. It's the perfect cold weather soup and makes enough for leftovers.
0

Chunky Beef, Cabbage and Tomato Soup (Instant Pot or Stove Top)

40 mins
Creamy, dairy-free and dee-lish thanks to roasting the vegetables which adds so much flavor and depth! Topped with more roasted vegetables for texture, it's both filling yet light.
3

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Cauliflower Soup

35 mins
Picadillo is the most requested dish by my kids and it's so easy to make. We love it served over brown rice (or cauliflower rice) with this quick cabbage slaw or a salad on the side.
0

Instant Pot Picadillo

25 mins
Roasting cauliflower enhances the flavors in this delicious, healthy soup. If you haven't jumped on the turmeric bandwagon yet, this soup is a great place to start! I like to reserve some of the roasted cauliflower as a garnish for the soup.
5

Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower Soup

1 hr
I always have eggs, pasta and some type of greens on hand; for this fettuccini dish I used Swiss chard but spinach, escarole or kale would also work.
4

Fettuccini with Winter Greens and Poached Egg

20 mins
Baked ziti is a favorite comfort dish in my home! Adding spinach is a quick and easy way to get more leafy greens into your family's diet without complaints.
8

Baked Ziti with Spinach

45 mins
Spaghetti Squash Primavera is made with fresh vegetables simmered with a quick marinara sauce and topped with fresh mozzarella – easy, cheap, gluten-free and perfect for Meatless Mondays!
5

Spaghetti Squash Primavera

30 mins
1

Sweet Potato and Carrot “Tots”

40 mins
Meatball Stroganoff over noodles
3

Meatball Stroganoff

40 mins