Need Budget-Friendly Meal Ideas: Tired of Chuck Steaks & Pasta - Looking for Cheap, Nutritious Recipes!

[gjmoody69]

One of my go to cheap meals are a box of Mac and cheese(I do the one with cheese sauce so I don't have to buy milk or butter), can of glory green beans, and smoked sausage I cut in 1/2 inch slices and fry. Carbs, veggie and protein. Cost me about 10-13 bucks to feed 5 people but I'm buying 2 of everything I said. For 2-3 people would be like 7 bucks

 

[austins3991]

What are some of your favorite veggies and fruits?
Try different spice combos with veggies....

 

[omer00]

Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes

 

[revolver]

I like to find my recipes from Pinterest and the app called intent (with 3 blue dots).
Also maybe have a small side salad with all your dinners. You’d be surprised all the different things you can buy for salads these days lol.
I love using frozen veggies so they don’t go bad fast but I always have a weeks worth of fresh stuff for snacks. My new found live with cucumbers with sesame seed oil drizzled on them! I hate blueberries but I’ve recently been trying to add frozen ones to my smoothies.

 

[oilygear]

Seasonings/spices can make all the difference. Get Tony Chacheres or a similar Cajun seasoning blend. Always add garlic powder and onion powder, salt and pepper. Crockpot meals, soups, etc go a long way. Check out Pinterest for recipes.

 

[cryingheart]

Get a crock pot asap
Poor man’s beef stew
1 lb of burger cooked
1 bag of frozen veggies
4 to 6 potatoes cut up
1 packet of beef stew seasoning
2 packets if brown gravy
Follow directions on beef stew packet and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours . Add everything but gravy until right before serving
I serve with biscuits

 

[leob84]

I buy like the bean soup mix in bags, cook add smoked sausage of cooked scarmbled up beef, onion diced, can of tomatoes, tiny bit of garlic powder, salt n pepper.. Can add diced bell pepper if like it..
Make easy soup

 

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@bevyte

 

[mac336]

Super cheap to make after the initial purchasing

 

[brandon05w]

I’ve been obsessing over pan-fried pork chops plus broccoli, Alfredo sauce and pasta. It’s been a go to meal for me since I was in college and is one of my favorite cheaper meals plus it’s very quick!

 

[slr]

Chicken tacos???
Chicken Alfredo
Sloppy joes
Beef or chicken burritos
Chicken fajitas
Chicken or steak shush kabob

 

[qwerty10]

Rice and beans. I used to make this a lot when I was struggling in the 90's. I'd make a big pot of rice season it and I added cheese to it. Then I'd add a can or 2 of kidney beans and let it cook through till it was hot. That lasted at least 2-3 nights.

 

[kamyawilliam]

2 cans of chili with beans, 1 can of diced seasoned tomatoes, drained and 1 can of whole kernal corn, drained. Mix together in a casserole dish. Top it off with a prepared box of jiffy mix. If you don't like cornbread, you can use biscuits instead.
Bake at 360 until cornbread is golden brown.
This is one of the meals I would fix 40+ yrs ago when my husband and I first got married.

 

[sweetme]

@ailidas003 I use the bag too!

 

[123m]

Buy a whole chicken. They are usually just over a dollar a pound. I buy the biggest one I can find. Can get several meals out of it. Rice a roni and some veggies.

 

[kelton]

Stuffed bellpepers cheap hamburger meat some bellpepers and rice you could use a can of tomatoe sauce if you want optional or corn beans salsa and cheese. Chicken or steak fajitas or itilain sausage bellpepers onions on a hogie roll or kelbaski sausage with broccoli and seasoning is really good egg bites or egg sandwiches English muffins eggs sausage or bacon and some cheese. Grilled cheese sandwiches with ham or without tomato soup. Chilie. Baked potatoe soup and some corn bread or bread with butter to go with it. Ceaser salad. French toast or pancakes. Baked macaroni and cheese with garlic butter steak bites.

 

[kelton]

Lemon peper chicken and rice pilaf. Sweedish meatballs over rice with a vegetable. Chicken kabobs or chicken teriyaki bowls. Salami chips bake salami in the oven on broil spray with olive oil add itilian seasoning or oregano and add parmesan cheese. Chicken wraps. Egg salad potatoe salad. Loaded Baked potatoes. Yams and steak .

 

[notsocommonsense]

Chicken n dumplings
Vegetable soup with hamburger meat

 

[psoriasis4]

White rice and eggs. Cook ur eggs to sunny side up and then cook ur rice like normal.
Yellow rice and chicken with peas.
I use canned chicken. Cook ur yellow rice and then open ur chicken drain it and then throw it in the yellow rice about 2 mins before the rice is done. Mix up and let sit for about 10 mins. Get a can of peas and drain them then add butter heat up. Then put your yellow rice and chicken on a plate and peas on top. These are super cheap meals. They taste great and stretch pretty far.

 

[andhow]

All but the soup please