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Home | Recipes | Budget-Friendly Meals | Page 15

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 white enamel pot with a blue rim with spaghetti, chili flakes, and oil in the bottom. A set of wooden tongs sits inside.

Spaghetti with Garlic and Chile Flakes

15 mins

Six bowls of Easter egg dye with an egg in each.

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

45 mins

A pile of ribbon fries on a white surface.

Homemade Ribbon Fries

40 mins

Two metal baskets lined with paper, each with three Jamaican fried dough fritters, or festival.

Jamaican Fried Dough ~ Festival

40 mins

Garlic mashed potatoes with melted butter and black pepper inside a copper pot, resting on a kitchen towel.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

30 mins

Pan-roasted mushrooms and a knob of butter melting in the center, in a cast-iron skillet

Pan-Roasted Mushrooms

35 mins

A cast-iron skillet filled with chilaquiles on a wooden cutting board with a block of queso fresco and half a jalapeno beside it.

Chilaquiles

25 mins

Crispy fried chicken pieces on grease-stained paper.

Padma Lakshmi’s Crispy Fried Chicken

9 hrs

A cast-iron skillet with 8 whole roasted onions with papery skins and creamy interiors.

Whole Roasted Onions

1 hr

An enamel baking dish holding a sliced oven brisket topped with onions with jus on the side.

Edna Lewis’s Oven Brisket

3 hrs 15 mins

White bowl of fresh peas with mint.

Fresh Peas with Mint

15 mins

A bowl filled with basic polenta next to a mug of tea, a cloth, and a spoon resting on the side of the bowl.

Basic Polenta

30 mins

A person holding a wok for making wok popcorn in front of their face.

Perfect Wok Popcorn

5 mins

Close up of a pile of zucchini slaw with carrots, squash, and bell peppers, sprinkled with parsley. 2 forks in the background.

Zucchini Slaw Two Ways

25 mins

A plate filled with pasta with butter and Parmesan.

Pasta with Butter and Parmesan

20 mins

Homemade pasta dough in 5 colors, plain, squid ink, spinach, beet, and saffron on a white background.

Homemade Pasta Dough

1 hr 30 mins

Sweet and spicy roasted nuts in a large green bowl on a wooden table.

Sweet and Spicy Roasted Nuts

35 mins

A metal bowl with handles filled with seasoned perfect French fries.

Perfect French Fries

30 mins

A broken slice of banana bread stacked on a white plate

Banana Bread by Cook’s Illustrated

1 hr 30 mins

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