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: 20

A perfect summer lunch panini made with eggplant, tomatoes, mozzarella and skinny pesto on crispy French bread. Make this for one, or for the whole family.
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Eggplant Panini with Pesto

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30 mins
These peaches and cream popsicles made with juicy, ripe peaches, yogurt, almond milk and almond extract make a wonderful treat on a hot summer day like today.
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Peaches and Cream Popsicles

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20 mins
This peach and banana green smoothie with hemp seeds and baby spinach is a quick and nutritious breakfast without having to cook a thing!
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Peach Banana Green Smoothie with Hemp Seeds

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These baked stuffed chicken breasts are really simple to make, stuffed with melted cheese, roasted red peppers, prosciutto and baby spinach.
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Roasted Red Pepper and Prosciutto Stuffed Chicken Breast

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40 mins
Lean strips of chicken breast, bell peppers and onions served sizzling hot with warm tortillas and shredded cheese. If this is your idea of delicious, you are not alone!
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Chicken Fajitas

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40 mins
This healthy baked oatmeal with strawberries, rhubarb and slivered almonds is so good you'll almost think you are having dessert for breakfast!
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Strawberry Rhubarb Baked Oatmeal

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55 mins
Fried Ice Cream, a dessert made from a breaded scoop of ice cream that is typically quickly deep-fried, creating a crispy shell around a cold scoop of ice cream. This lighter version isn't fried, but oh-my-word, I can't tell you how good this is!
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Mexican “Unfried” Ice Cream

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30 mins
I love this Southwestern black bean salad when the weather warms, it makes enough to feed a crowd. Also makes a great side dish or appetizer if served with chips or as a topping for taco salads. You can even serve with grilled meat and fresh tortillas.
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Southwestern Black Bean Salad

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35 mins
Harissa eggs in purgatory is a simple Italian egg dish, simmered in a fiery tomato sauce. Tastes like heaven if you need a quick inexpensive meal with a kick!
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Harissa Eggs in Purgatory

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20 mins
Strawberry salad made with mixed greens, kale and spinach, sliced almonds, crumbled gorgonzola cheese and topped with poppy seed dressing – perfect for summer!
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Strawberry and Gorgonzola Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

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Rainy days and soup go hand in hand. If you're a mushroom lover like me, you'll love this easy savory and creamy chicken and mushroom soup. Done in 30 minutes!
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Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Soup

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Kid-friendly and delicious! If you're a cheeseburger lover, and the thought of ground beef, tomatoes, pickles and cheese tickles your fancy, then this truly American, comforting Cheeseburger Casserole is for you!
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Cheeseburger Casserole

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35 mins
Confession, I've never had a shamrock shake from McDonald's. But I love the idea of a green minty milkshake for St Patrick's Day, so I set out to make my own, with a bit less fat and calories.
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Shamrock Shake

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10 mins
Homemade Whole Grain Croutons
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Homemade Croutons

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30 mins
A quick and easy breakfast made with tomatoes, egg whites, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese. Lots of flavor, low in carbs and takes just minutes to make.
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Tomato Mozzarella Egg White Omelet

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10 mins
Leftover picadillo and brown rice makes a super easy second meal, all in the CrockPot. Stuffed peppers topped with melted cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese and you'll have a delicious dinner without much fuss -a complete meal-in-one.
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CrockPot Picadillo Stuffed Peppers

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Creamy tuscan white bean soup, with roasted garlic and a touch of sage. So simple and inexpensive to make, and so so good. Leftovers can be frozen.
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CrockPot Tuscan White Bean and Garlic Soup

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4 hrs 5 mins