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Home | Recipes | Budget-Friendly Meals | Page 10

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 pile of perfect scrambled eggs on a white plate with a spoon resting beside the eggs.

Perfect Scrambled Eggs

25 mins

3 Strozzapreti with butter sauce on a white plate with grated cheese on top.

Strozzapreti

3 hrs

A cheese crusted grilled cheese sandwich in a skillet.

Cheese-Crusted Grilled Cheese

15 mins

Spicy beef taco bake with ground beef, beans tortilla chips, chopped onions, and lettuce in a white bowl.

Spicy Beef Taco Bake

2 hrs

Glass of spinach almond pesto with a spoon inside on a metal sheet strewn with almonds

Spinach Almond Pesto

10 mins

Three bowls of fennel potato soup, one with a soup spoon, beside a small bowl of salt.

Fennel and Potato Soup

50 mins

A casserole dish of hominy au gratin--hominy in a cheese sauce--plus a spoon filled with the cheesy hominy

Hominy au Gratin

1 hr

Two bowls filled with tortellini, peas, and spinach.

Easy Tortellini Soup

15 mins

A lemon pound cake resting on a round wire rack, drizzled with a white icing glaze

Lemon Pound Cake

1 hr 20 mins

A clay pot of chunks of Vietnamese caramel chicken in ginger sauce, topped with cilantro

Vietnamese Caramel Chicken

1 hr

A spice-rubbed whole Instant Pot rotisserie-style chicken on a sheet of parchment paper on a wooden board.

Instant Pot Rotisserie-Style Chicken

1 hr

A pile of charred greens--kale and spinach--on a white plate.

Skillet Charred Greens

30 mins

A white bowl filled with broth, avocado slices, lime wedges, cheese, and tortillas strips

Mexican Chicken Soup

3 hrs

Two white bowls filled with porridge; one topped with blueberries and the other with figs and almonds.

Brown Rice and Quinoa Porridge

1 hr 30 mins

A casserole dish with four halves of roasted winter squash filled with cheese-topped stuffing

Stuffed Winter Squash

1 hr 30 mins

A bowls of green beans gremolata with a small dish of gremolata on the side.

Green Beans Gremolata

15 mins

A sheet pan filled with roasted sausages, peppers, and onions.

Sheet Pan Sausage and Peppers

45 mins

A bowl filled with Vietnamese chicken soup with a spoon resting in it.

Vietnamese Chicken Rice Soup

45 mins

A person assembling a breakfast burrito and a complete breakfast burrito, and bowls of cheese and salsa on the side

Breakfast Burritos

45 mins

A wooden bowl filled with lentil soup with kale, topped with parsley and sour cream.

Lentil Soup with Kale

3 hrs 30 mins

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