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Home | Recipes | Budget-Friendly Meals | Page 4

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 bowl of Puerto Rican-style ropa vieja with rice and cilantro on a green mesh serving tray with a linen napkin beside it.

Puerto Rican-Style Ropa Vieja

3 hrs 30 mins

A skillet of homemade IKEA Swedish meatballs, cream gravy, and parsley.

Homemade IKEA Swedish Meatballs

40 mins

Two oval loaves of filone on a wooden board.

Filone

20 hrs

A white plate topped with chunky ranch-style home fries topped with a fried egg.

Chunky Ranch-Style Home Fries

1 hr 20 mins

A creamy pot of three-ingredient macaroni and cheese in a yellow Dutch oven, garnished with chives. A wooden spoon rests nearby with a bit of cheesy pasta on it.

3 Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese

20 mins

A nonstick skillet filled with scrambled eggs topped with chopped chives.

Scrambled Eggs

10 mins

A pink bowl filled with flower-shaped sugar cookies topped with decorating sugar

Valentine’s Sugar Cookies

30 mins

Two and a half bacon fat peanut butter cookies on two stacked green plates with a stack of cookies in the background.

Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies

45 mins

Three pretzel rolls on a sheet of parchment sprinkled with coarse salt.

Pretzel Rolls

2 hrs 30 mins

A baking dish filled with crispy herbed Parmesan potatoes on a white wooden surface with white plates beside it.

Crispy Herbed Parmesan Potatoes

55 mins

Roasted broccoli with soy sauce scattered on a baking sheet.

Roasted Broccoli with Soy Sauce

40 mins

A stuffed roast winter squash with blue cheese on a rimmed baking sheet.

Roast Winter Squash With Blue Cheese

1 hr 30 mins

Nine banana muffins with white wrappers.

Banana Muffins

45 mins

Two mugs of Hungarian cauliflower soup with two spoons beside them.

Hungarian Cauliflower Soup ~ Karfiolleves

45 mins

A jar of whole grain mustard with a wooden spoon in it.

How to Make Homemade Whole-Grain Mustard

2 d

A roasting pan filled with chicken thighs, cloves of caramelized garlic, and sprigs of fresh thyme.

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

1 hr 45 mins

Colorful curried roasted carrots scattered on a rimmed sheet pan.

Curried Roasted Carrots

30 mins

A white bowl filled filled with a healthy gado gado salad

Healthy Gado Gado Salad

50 mins

Two golden pan-fried pork chops in a cast-iron skillet.

Pan-Fried Pork Chops

30 mins

An oval dish filled with slow cooker chicken with garlic and potatoes and sprigs of rosemary with a fork nestled inside.

Slow Cooker Chicken With Garlic and Potatoes

4 hrs 45 mins

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