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Home | Recipes | Budget-Friendly Meals

Budget-Friendly Meals

Looking for delicious and satisfying meals on a budget? Our budget-friendly meals are perfect for those looking to save some cash without sacrificing flavor.

Browse dozens of recipes that make the most of everything from pantry staples to budget cuts of meat, including simple buttery pasta, slow cooker chicken with potatoes, easy scrambled eggs, and more.

A person using metal chopsticks to scoop up spaghetti al limone amalfitano from a bowl.
A metal skillet filled with sausage pappardelle with grated Parmesan on top.

Jamie Oliver’s Sausage Pappardelle

25 mins

A pot of spaghetti and meat sauce with tongs in it and two bowls of spaghetti and meat sauce with forks.

One-Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

30 mins

Eight egg bites stacked on a round white scalloped platter, surrounded by brown eggs.

Egg Bites

35 mins

An oval platter filled with carrot fries and a small bowl of chipotle dipping sauce.

Carrot Fries with Chipotle Sauce

50 mins

Two round hash brown waffles on white plates, topped with sour cream, bacon, and chives.

Crispy Hash Brown Waffles

35 mins

Two Parmesan-crusted grilled cheese with jalapeños on a white cutting board, one cut in half, with a knife lying beside them.

Parmesan-Crusted Grilled Cheese with Jalapeños

25 mins

A glass pie plate filled with chocolate wacky cake with a piece cut from it on a white plate beside it.

Chocolate Wacky Cake with Chocolate Frosting

1 hr 30 mins

A blue and white bowl filled with San Francisco-style Vietnamese garlic noodles with a pair of chopsticks resting on the side of the bowl.

San Francisco-Style Vietnamese Garlic Noodles

30 mins

A green bowl filled with air fryer shoestring fries with a person picking some out of it.

Air Fryer Shoestring Fries

35 mins

A white plate topped with crispy smashed potato salad sprinkled with pancetta and chives and topped with a creamy dressing.

Crispy Smashed Potato Salad

1 hr 10 mins

Several seared salt and pepper pork chops topped with a scallion and pepper mixture on a platter with a spoon resting on the side.

Salt and Pepper Pork Chops

40 mins

A muffin tin filled with 12 baked egg and toast cups

Baked Egg and Toast Cups

32 mins

A stack of fluffy buttermilk pancakes on a white plate with syrup and butter on top.

Best Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes

45 mins

A round plate filled with easy scrambled eggs and a pancake in the shape of a rocket with pastry stars scattered around it

Julia Child’s Easy Scrambled Eggs for Kids

10 mins

Roasted pear with honey and rosemary on sourdough, on a marble slab tray, beside a jar of honey, a spoon, and sprigs of rosemary.

Roasted Pear with Honey and Rosemary

30 mins

Easy shortbread cookies cooling on a wire rack, beside a rolling pin and a large shortbread petticoat.

Easy Shortbread Cookies

1 hr 45 mins

A white plate of Everything But the Kitchen Sink Pasta on a white crackly tabletop

Everything But the Kitchen Sink Pasta

1 hr

Dairy-free crispy onion strings on a sheet of parchment, on a white plate, garnished with parsley.

Dairy-Free Crispy Onion Strings

1 hr

Spicy marinara sauce in a small mason jar with a spoon, with a larger mason jar, a jar of dry spaghetti, two tomatoes on the vine, and parsley in the background.

Spicy Marinara Sauce

1 hr

Rosemary buns with olive oil on two plates, all sprinkled with rosemary and sea salt.

Rosemary Buns with Olive Oil

16 hrs

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