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Home | Recipes | Budget-Friendly Meals | Page 7

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 sheet pan of homemade egg pasta in different shapes: ruffled mafaldine ribbons, rectangular sagnarelli, nests of tagliatelle and spaghetti, and ear-shaped orecchiette.

Fresh Homemade Egg Pasta Dough

25 mins

A variety of homemade bagels on a white surface.

Classic Homemade Bagels

13 hrs 15 mins

A grated carrot salad piled on a wooden cutting board with two lemon wedges.

Grated Carrot Salad

10 mins

Two stacks of cornmeal griddle cakes on a patterned plate.

Cornmeal Griddle Cakes

20 mins

Serving bowl and small bowl of French rice pudding topped with whipped cream, along with spoons on a lace tablecloth.

Riz au Lait ~ French Rice Pudding

45 mins

Bowl of turkey chili surrounded by bowls of sour cream, tortilla chips, cilantro, and lime on a slab of wood

Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili

1 hr

Pieces of uncooked homemade cavatelli on a floured surface.

Homemade Cavatelli

1 hr 30 mins

A round of farmers cheese resting on a piece of cheesecloth in a bowl.

Farmer Cheese

1 hr 30 mins

Soft pretzels of assorted shapes and sizes on a wooden surface.

Soft Pretzels

10 hrs

A loaf of monkey bread--balls of caramel-coated bread dough dripping caramel sauce on a rectangle plate

Monkey Bread from Zoë François

7 hrs 5 mins

Four buttermilk drop biscuits in a bowl lined with a striped green kitchen towel.

Buttermilk Drop Biscuits

35 mins

A Mason jar filled with rye sourdough starter.

Rye Sourdough Starter

7 d

Half a cooked meatloaf in a red loaf tin with two slices cut from it.

Homemade Meatloaf

2 hrs 15 mins

A tangle of tomato and tuna spaghetti on a white plate.

Tuna and Tomato Spaghetti

30 mins

Two pieces of breaded fish fillets sprinkled with salt on a grey plate with a portion of steamed broccoli and a fork.

Breaded Fish Fillets

30 mins

Three spiced roast chicken thighs, with warm spice, cajun, and spiced curry coatings.

Spiced Roast Chicken

1 hr

A few Mason jars filled with chicken bone broth.

Chicken Bone Broth

1 d 1 hr

A loaf of English muffin bread with two slices cut from the end on a wooden board.

English Muffin Bread

1 hr 45 mins

A cast-iron skillet with eight cheater's chorizo meatballs being cooked in it.

Cheater’s Chorizo

10 mins

A glass jar of single quart sauerkraut with a spoon inside and a two-pronged fork lying beside it.

Single-Quart Sauerkraut

14 d 15 mins

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