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

[ministerroe]

@ah44257 you're welcome

 

[ccoburn]

https://www.justapinch.com/.../chicken-noodles-crock-pot...

Super easy, makes a ton, freezes well

 

[nicole6793]

I cook whole chicken (bake, grill or stew) serve with potatoes I peel, cut in bite sized pieces and simmer till tender then drain and put lots of butter and parsley on
And salt to taste, with a veggie. The left overs I dice and mix with diced apple, graded cut in half, diced celery, tops of a couple of green onions then mix with mayo and season lightly with salt pepper and put a scoop in center of butter lettuce instead of bread.

 

[briguy47]

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[sunny123]

Do you have a slow cooker?

 

[eyzonthepriz]

Burger veggie soup . Brown season a pound burger chop carrots onion potatoes add corn add water and soup stock thicken when cooked serve with biscuits . //// anything with pasta & rice can always add more pasta and rice to stretch.

 

[leywren]

Sometimes me and my family do like quick cheap spaghetti.
- pancakes
- chicken wraps (we normally just cook chicken tenders and put it on a tortilla and add sauces and eat!)
- pizzas

 

[eflores]

Baked potatoes with chili beans and brocoli in cheese sauce!

 

[gvz]

One of the main ways I cut down on our family grocery bill is make sure you are shopping the sales plan your meals around what is on sale!! Life saver

 

[urbangrazer]

This one will have enough leftovers for the next day AND to freeze for a couple family meals later as well.

https://myketorecipes.com/unstuffed-cabbage-rolls/

 

[camelot007]

Chicken and yellow rice, tater tot casserole, spaghetti, baked ziti, lasagna, broccolis and Chicken and rice casserole

 

[tinsleyguy]

Sausage gravy and biscuits, homemade sloppy joes, chili, then have chili dogs with the leftovers!

 

[treyd]

Buy on sale items. Download digital coupons as well if your grocery store offers those on their website or app.

 

[vincentchough]

definitely shop at aldi. they have a lot of fresh produces for good pricing. meat is also a good price there (where i am). something my boyfriend & i like is corned beef & white rice. it’s just corned beef & ketchup, seasoned however you like it. if you want to spice it up, we add potatoes or fries & corn. we love to make sliders. rolls, sandwich meat & cheese. simple, cheap & feeds well. chicken bowls; rice, chicken, fresh veggies to your likings. another thing we like to cook is rice porridge. it’s just rice & white into a pot, cook for 30-40 mins. 1 cup of water to 10 cups of water (a little ginger & garlic, you can buy it one time & it’ll last you a while, you can even freeze it to reduce waste), can feed 4-6 people. Season however you like. Super affordable, super easy & a great comfort food. really good for toddlers for their immune system as well.

 

[c2c]

A good way to cut down on grocery bill is to shop and make a meal plan is buy shopping the weekly add of your local grocery store(s). In my area (Maryland) when any meant goes on sale I buy multiple packs take them home and vacuum seal/freeze them. So you have to know what the best prices in your area are. Sams/Costco are also good for the large packs of meat or a huge pork loin and then you cut them down to pork chops...getting as many as possibly ouf of the one loin you got for $2-3 a pound. The same goes for everything you buy....fruit-we only buy what is on sale in season. Exampes: When chicken breast in the value pack is on sale for $1.99-2.49.........So that in the following few weeks if we want chicken and it's $4-6 a pound at the store I just get it out of the freezer. One week grapes are on sale for 99C-$1.49 pound that one of the fruits we have that week. When there not on sale we buy them. It sounds difficult but after a few weeks/months of shopping like this it just makes life so much easier.