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Home | Recipes | Budget-Friendly Meals | Page 9

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.
An overhead view of a single, perfectly baked snickerdoodle.

Snickerdoodles

40 mins

A black skillet filled with summer tomato pasta, sprinkled with fresh Parmesan cheese.

Summer Tomato Pasta

30 mins

Grilled chicken thighs on a platter with a sprig of rosemary on top.

Grilled Rosemary-Garlic Chicken

1 hr 30 mins

A grey plate topped with steak and quinoa salad with shaved carrots and mustard vinaigrette.

Steak and Quinoa Salad

1 hr

A plate of churros with a cup of hot chocolate in the background

Churros

40 mins

Sixteen Sriracha deviled egg halves and a teaspoon on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Sriracha Deviled Eggs

1 hr

Two loaves of no-knead artisan bread, one with two slices cut from it and a dish of butter nearby.

No Knead Artisan Bread

5 hrs

Skillet mac and cheese in a grey bowl with a spoon, garnished with extra shredded cheese.

Skillet Mac and Cheese

35 mins

A blue Dutch oven with a potato and chickpea stew and some spinach with a wooden spoon resting inside.

Potato and Chickpea Stew

1 hr 15 mins

A glass jar filled with a layered Vietnamese chicken salad.

Vietnamese-Style Chicken Salad

1 hr 30 mins

Old frying pan with two leftover mashed potato cakes being turned by a spatula.

Leftover Mashed Potato Cakes

30 mins

A whole roast chicken on a platter with a bowl of roasted root vegetables nearby.

French Roast Chicken ~ Poulet Rôti

1 hr 50 mins

A dark purple plate with pork scallopini with apples and sage in a sauce

Pork Scallopini with Apples and Sage

30 mins

Two heads of roasted garlic--one in foil, one unwrapped--drizzled with oil on a cutting board.

Roasted Garlic

1 hr 5 mins

An ice cream scoop with a scoop of easy fruit sorbet resting on top of a container of sorbet.

Easy Fruit Sorbet

3 hrs

Tall glass of tinto de verano, a read wine with Sprite, and ice cubes.

Tinto de Verano

5 mins

Small white ramekin filled with coleslaw with maple syrup

Coleslaw with Maple Syrup

1 hr 10 mins

Chocolate Bread Pudding

Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Bread Pudding

1 hr 45 mins

Four bottles of infused water prepared using the instructions on how to infuse water.

How to Infuse Water

8 hrs 5 mins

A bowl of sesame-peanut noodles coated in peanut sauce, topped with sesame seeds, chopsticks on the side.

Sesame-Peanut Noodles

20 mins

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