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

[wannia]

Spaghetti, goulash , tacos, chili , shepherds pie . I love breakfast food pancakes, French toast eggs, with sausage,ham or bacon.

 

[shawnwes1]

I used this recipe for inspiration, I personally didn't follow it exactly but I did for the most part

 

[shawnwes1]

I cooked the broccoli separate and added when plating because my 7yo wouldn't have touched it if there was broccoli on his plate lol

 

[iopci]

@shawnwes1 what’s the recipe? looks delicious.

 

[xipray4ux]

Fresh produce is pretty cheap with any protein

 

[dmcc]

Chicken breast, frozen veggies, and white rice. Use different poultry seasonings with lemon to marinate the chicken. When you cut it in cubes, it cooks faster; 3 min each side. Here's how to do it: https://www.laurafuentes.com/cook-chicken-pieces-pan/ I recommend H-E-B's poultry seasonings especially the sriracha garlic seasoning. https://www.heb.com/.../weber-garlic-sriracha.../1932114 If you get bored of rice (add lime/lemon and cilantro at the end for flavor), cook black beans with garlic, or some baked potato.

 

[piro]

@dmcc this is a good idea! Also birds eye has a good pasta and veggies in a tomato sauce. I just throw frozen chicken chunks and that in a pan , put a lid on it and it's done in like 20 minutes. You'll have to stir it a bit, but it's easy a good. Also quesidilllas.

 

[dmcc]

@piro Niccee! I have tried their pasta and it smacks! Thank you.

 

[tomaszpl]

Chicken and rice casserole, Chicken pasta

 

[ruth12345]

Rice chicken thighs n cream of anything soup

 

[triumph1]

Try Allrecipes website. You can type in what you have on hand in the pantry and they'll give you recipes. Keep trying. It is not as hard as they make it look on TV and in most cases it is less expensive and tastier than eating out

 

[joe72]

Chop the steak in small cubes. Sautee with onion and mushroom...add some beef broth...heavy whipping cream and a package of au juh or a brown gravy packet. Add corn starch and water to thicken if needed.... make mashed potatoes or rice and serve on top.... so yummy!
Or...cut steak into cubes add carrots Peas mushrooms onions potatoes...pretty much any veggies you want. Add beef broth and corn starch to make it thick. Place a pie shell in a pie pan pour the mixture in and then place the other pie shell on top...make a few slits in the top shell. Bake at 350 for about 30 to 45 minutes depending on how big your pie shell and filling are

 

[wittygal]

Italian village ravioli cook in 5 minutes and just add your favorite sauce and you get 3 servings a bag
You can cut up the steaks season flour with salt pepper onion flakes or powder paprika and garlic powder dredge meat in it shake off excess put in a frying pan with oil onions and garlic brown meat on all sides transfer to a crock pot add veggies and a package of Lipton vegetable soup mix soy sauce and either a can of gravy, au jus or broth you can also add in some red wine if you want mix everything well and when veggies are fork tender and meat reaches and internal temp of 165* it's time to eat enjoy you can use this recipe for pot roast as well you can also serve the meat over rice or noodles

 

[firebolt]

Start with a Costco rotisserie chicken...
Creamy chicken and veg over mashed potatoes
Teriyaki chicken over rice with in season veg (I use soy sauce and brown sugar with a little sriracha)
Chicken mixed with your fav rice a roni
Chicken in a cajun cream sauce with fettuccine
Chicken fried rice
Chicken cooked with taco seasoning in stuffed baked potatoes (also add corn, tomatoes, chz and green onion)
Chicken taquitos

 

[truckerjack56]

Sloppy joes and potatoes and corn

 

[wittygal]

Meatloaf, meatballs or hamburgers per 1 lb of ground beef you need an 1/2 cup of grated cheese and egg, 1 cup of bread crumbs, 1 cup of water, 1 TBSP of dried parsley rub it between your hands and let it fall into the bowl, salt and pepper mix together if a meatloaf put in pan a shape bake on 350* for approx 45 mins to an hour internal temp should be 165*
Meatballs or hamburgers shape to size meatballs you can use an ice cream scoop so they will all be the same size par fry and add to your sauce and let finish cooking in it
Burgers shape,grill or fry to desired likeness

 

[bljudson]

You can make your own tortillas for wraps put of oats

 

[pm1909]

my husband and I in college lived off this by changing up his last year in college! 1# OF ANY MACARONI (CHANGE IT UP)

 

[wittygal]

Chicken parts rub with olive oil season with salt pepper onion flakes or powder paprika garlic powder and Rosemary let sit at least a 1/ 2 hour before grilling, frying or baking again internal temp is 165* boneless chicken you can use this as well you can also make teriyaki chicken season with salt pepper onion flakes or powder paprika and garlic powder, teriyaki sauce let marinate at least a 1/ 2 hour before cooking right before it's done add swiss cheese and shredded cheddar cheese or any of your favorite melting cheese
You can also marinate chicken with Italian dressing and seasonings
For pork and beef I season meat with salt pepper onion flakes or powder paprika and garlic powder as well as soy sauce let marinate at least a 1/ 2 hour before cooking

 

[wittygal]

Turkey tenderloin, a whole chicken or turkey rub with mayo, season with salt pepper onion flakes or powder paprika garlic powder and poultry seasoning rub bake @ 350* and internal temp 165*
Good luck happy cooking