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Home | Recipes | Budget-Friendly Meals | Page 5

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 strainer filled with homemade yogurt with cheesecloth on top.

How To Make Homemade Yogurt

7 hrs

A parchment-lined baking sheet with four baked cod fillet on top of roasted potatoes slices and topped with lemon slices.

Roasted Cod with Potatoes and Lemon

40 mins

Four curried cauliflower and potato pasties in a metal baking dish with a pink and white striped towel on the edge.

Curried Cauliflower and Potato Pasties

2 hrs 30 mins

An oval baking dish filled with slices of candied sweet potatoes in a brown sugar syrup.

Candied Sweet Potatoes

1 hr 30 mins

A white bowl filled with brodo di pollo on a wooden surface with a fork and spoon beside the bowl.

Brodo di Pollo ~ Italian Chicken Soup

1 hr 15 mins

Three sheet pan sausage, peppers, and onions on a white plate with a jar of mustard beside it.

Sheet Pan Sausage, Peppers, and Onions

45 mins

A spoon scooping chocolate mug cake from a blue mug.

Chocolate Mug Cake

15 mins

A fork scooping strands of roasted spaghetti squash from the center of a halved squash.

Roasted Spaghetti Squash

50 mins

A bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin with a few slices cut from the end and a knife resting beside.

Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

45 mins

Chunks of roasted sweet potatoes with Sriracha and lime wedges and sprigs of cilantro scattered over the top.

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Sriracha and Lime

50 mins

An oval platter filled with cubed roasted potatoes, garnished with fresh dill.

Roasted Potatoes with Dill

1 hr 5 mins

Crockery filled with bacalhau a Gomes de Sa--layers of salt cod, potato, and, onions; on top, sliced olives, quartered boiled eggs, parsley on wood.

Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa

2 hrs 10 mins

Three bowls of minestrone soup with a small bowl of pesto on the side.

Old-Fashioned Minestrone Soup

1 hr 30 mins

A platter of roasted carrots with a serving fork on the side.

Easy Roasted Carrots

55 mins

A toasted classic tuna melt on a wooden board with a dish of ketchup next to it.

Classic Tuna Melt

20 mins

A glass jar filled with soft chocolate chip cookies.

Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 hr 15 mins

Seven sourdough bagels topped with poppy seeds.

Sourdough Bagels

10 hrs

A serving of cucumber and onion salad being lifted from a serving bowl with silver salad tongs.

Cucumber and Onion Salad

1 hr 25 mins

A whole pizza marinara on a stack of white plates.

Jim Lahey’s Tomato Pizza ~ Pizza Marinara

1 hr 30 mins

Pieces of Chinese roast pork in a black dish with chopped scallions beside it.

Chinese Roast Pork

5 hrs 20 mins

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