Budget-Friendly Meal Ideas for 2 Adults & 1 Toddler: Quick, Easy Recipes with Leftovers

[eputuis6]

I look at the 3 local circulars that I get in the mail...And then choose one, and then buy the meats that are on special...And then I make my meals from that....And if chicken is on sale, I will buy extra, if chop meat on sale the same and freeze it....

 

[oralia]

Halve the meat in your recipe & add beans to stretch it further

 

[osina]

Canned tuna is a cheap meat to use in meals. You can make a tuna pasta meal with boxed Mac n cheese and a tuna pot pie with a refrigerated pie crust & any canned veggies. I also make tuna Patties.

 

[robertza]

Red beans and rice, smoked kielbasa with red potatoes and either green beans or cabbage, egg salad sandwich, stir fry with rice, green salad with chicken or tuna, burritos, loaded baked potato, summer meal of corn on the cob, sauteed squash and onions and sliced tomatoes, macaroni salad

 

[veronisa]

@robertza WITH COLESLAW AND RED BEANS AND RICE!!!!

 

[robertza]

@veronisa yes that sounds good

 

[jimmya617]

Chicken and veg pasta bake, lasagne with salad, beef and mushroom caserole with mash, honey mustard chicken with rice, Shepard's pie.

 

[tubebreak]

Rotisserie Chicken for the win. One bird will get you several meals. That last would be to cook carcass and make soup.

 

[wordsofaith]

@tubebreak yes I make enchiladas with the chicken left overs I do like a chicken salad and the carcass I use to make some soap 3 days of meals lol or I freeze the juice for a cold day since it’s getting hot

 

[gibbs41]

Sam’s Club-$5!

 

[logeth]

Here is one meal my girls liked when they were small: sliced hot dogs in either pork n beans or baked beans, mac n cheese and applesauce.

 

[regina04]

@logeth I'm 54 and I love beans and weenies! I made it just today.

 

[logeth]

@regina04 I still eat it too. Would rather have it on hot dog bun instead of usual way of fixing a hot dog.

 

[wordnord]

@regina04 my husband calls it’s beanie weanies it’s so funny to me. I love it too though. I usually cute very thin slices of onion and sauté them up first. Then add a whole container of hotdogs sliced very thin (just how I just them) I drain some of the grease then I add 2 cans if the large baked beans. Let it cook a little bit and it’s so yummy.
Oh and I usually put in a nice squirt of mustard to balance out some of the sweetness from the beans.

 

[ozzie123]

We do chicken quesadillas
Flour tortillas
Chicken breast we use a rotisserie chicken
Shredded cheese
Butter a skillet and flip the tortilla til warm then on half add chicken and cheese fold over and cook til crispy flipping occasionally.
Sometimes we add fajita seasoning and veggies like onion and bell pepper

 

[poseyka]

Buy bulk on sale. Buy roasts and cut down to steaks. Loins too can be cut to smaller roasts or steaks.

 

[jimmycorner]

Pork.pork.pork... buy it at Sam's or Costco

 

[christbrah]

@jimmycorner totally this! We buy one large package, eat some for dinner, some cut to steaks, and shred the rest off in the instapot. Bagged up for many meals over the month.

 

[jimmycorner]

@christbrah YES!!! SOOO much food... its a great cost saver for sure!

 

[faithshepard]

Mexican breakfast burrito? We cook an egg or two in a pan sprinkle some taco seasoning on it and a slice of cheese throw it on a tortilla wrap. Although my kids prefer this for breakfast sometimes we do this for dinner with some carrot sticks or sliced tomatoes