Budget Friendly Meals

These are the easiest, healthiest, and most delicious budget-friendly meals that you can make at home for under $10!

There are so many affordable recipe ideas here. The best way to save money for your meals is to make them yourself, from scratch. Plenty of these dishes are casual, fancy, and everywhere in between. So you can prepare a beautiful and tasty plate no matter the occasion. You don’t have to be a professional chef to make the most out of your ingredients. And who says you have to spend a ton of money to make a homemade meal? So many of these recipes will feed you and your loved ones more than once.

The Latest Budget-Friendly Recipes » Page: 20

These delicious fries are baked in the oven with garlic, a little olive oil, kosher salt and black pepper, then sprinkled with freshly grated Parmesan and parsley – to die for!
2

Skinny Garlic Parmesan Fries

25 mins
Chia Watermelon Fresca is a refreshing summer beverage made with watermelon and chia seeds.
4

Chia Watermelon Fresca

5 mins
Raw Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Tomatoes and Pesto is my favorite easy, end-of-summer vegetarian dish made with raw, garden vegetables and homemade pesto.
4

Raw Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Tomatoes and Pesto

30 mins
This simple, kid-friendly chicken dish is quick and easy to make for any night of the week – ready in under 15 minutes!
1

Weeknight Skillet Sazon Chicken Tenders

20 mins
Italian tuna and brown rice salad is wonderful, easy lunch using basic pantry items such as tuna, brown rice, capers and good quality chopped olives plus some frozen mixed vegetables and fresh lemon juice.
5

Italian Tuna and Brown Rice Salad (Riso e Tonno)

15 mins
Cream of Zucchini Soup
1

Cream of Zucchini Soup

25 mins
These sweet 'n spicy Asian glazed grilled drumsticks are finger licking good! An inexpensive, weeknight dish you'll want to make all summer long!
3

Sweet ‘n Spicy Asian Glazed Grilled Drumsticks

2 hrs 30 mins
Zucchini Tots
2

Zucchini Tots

30 mins
These Baked Tostones or twice "Fried" Plantains aren't fried at all, they are baked in the oven which makes them a delicious, healthy side dish or appetizer!
2

Baked Tostones (Green Plantains)

30 mins
Spiralized Greek Cucumber Salad with Lemon and Feta is delicious, the perfect light dish. In Greece, Greek salads do not have lettuce, instead they are made with fresh cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, olives, red onion, oregano, lemon juice, olive oil, and fresh feta – delicious!
6

Spiralized Greek Cucumber Salad with Lemon and Feta

15 mins
Lemon Feta Chicken with Oregano is made with Mediterranean ingredients such as lemon, oregano and feta cheese turning ordinary chicken into a spectacular dinner
7

Lemon Feta Chicken with Oregano

55 mins
Canned Tuna Ceviche – Transform ordinary canned tuna into a zesty, flavorful lunch with a Latin flair by adding fresh lime juice, cilantro, jalapeño, tomato and avocado in this easy tuna ceviche – so good!
2

Canned Tuna Ceviche

25 mins
These Greek Nachos are a lighter, healthier Greek twist on traditional nachos – made with whole wheat pita chips, hummus, cucumbers, tomatoes and feta.
5

Greek Nachos

15 mins
This simple slow cooker chicken taco salad is high in fiber and protein which means it's very satisfying – all for under 300 calories. Trust me, you won't miss the tortillas!
8

Easy Crock Pot Chicken and Black Bean Taco Salad

4 hrs
Cauliflower "Fried Rice" is my favorite low-carb side dish when I'm craving Chinese take-out!
1

Cauliflower “Fried Rice”

30 mins
Crock pot carne guisada is a slow cooked Latin beef stew with baby red potatoes and Latin seasonings. Serve this topped with fresh aji picante – it's a must and really brightens the flavors and rounds out the dish!
3

Crock Pot Carne Guisada (Latin Beef Stew)

6 hrs 30 mins
These Asian inspired meatballs are out of this world! Made with ground turkey, ginger, scallions, cilantro and sesame oil with a tangy sesame-lime dipping sauce
2

Asian Turkey Meatballs With Lime Sesame Dipping Sauce

35 mins
Cold winter nights call for hot soup. This cauliflower watercress soup is healthy and light, with a perfect creamy texture from the cauliflower.
2

Cauliflower Watercress Soup

30 mins
This Crock Pot Balsamic Pork Roast is so easy and literally falls apart once cooked. Here it's cooked with balsamic vinegar and honey which gives it a slight tang that I love!
5

Crock Pot Balsamic Pork Roast

6 hrs 5 mins