50+ Budget Friendly Meals – Easy Family Dinners

This is a family favorite in my house! You can use leftover chicken, turkey, or ham. And throw in your favorite veggies for a perfect, easy dinner.

This easy homemade ramen is a fast, inexpensive comfort food dish using simple ingredients you probably already have on hand.

This super easy Filipino Chicken Adobo recipe is the one pot weeknight dinner you’ve been waiting for – easy, no fancy ingredients, and delicious!

These chicken tenders are simple and a family favorite!

This easy Instant Pot Salsa Verde Chicken is perfect for keto, paleo, and Whole30 meals and meal prep! Go crazy with your favorite healthy toppings!

This Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup is the ultimate allergy friendly comfort food! This creamy soup is gluten free, dairy free, and soy free.

These baked chicken tenders skip the frying, keep the crunch. A panko coating, olive oil dredge, and wire rack method means crispy tenders.

Turkey Meatloaf Muffins with salsa and cheese are bursting with flavor. The whole family will love this healthy, 5-ingredient recipe.

This Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken is so good and only 5 ingredients. Click the link for the complete recipe for your family meal.

This healthy air fryer chicken thigh recipe uses a red wine vinegar marinade to keep the chicken moist, but the skin nice and crispy.

This is a class Depression era recipes that helps stretch ground beef by using lots of delicious grilled onions.

Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Casserole Recipe- ultimate comfort food, and it's easy to make so you can enjoy it during the week. Made with cabbage, ground beef, rice and sauce!

Beef and cabbage stew is a rustic and hearty one-pot dish that cooks up easily for a delicious meal that goes well with homemade bread.

Looking for quick and easy dinner ideas? Look no further than 4-Ingredient Quick & Easy Goulash! It's simple, easy, family-friendly, budget-friendly comfort food that just seems to be loved by all.

This easy pot roast recipe results in tender, flavourful meat with the minimal amount of effort. Seriously! Most of the work is opening jars.

Craft flavorful Sloppy Joes from scratch with seasoned ground beef, tangy tomato sauce, and spices. Simmer to perfection for a mouthwatering meal!

There are a number of cookbooks from the Depression era which offer a treasure trove of frugal recipes. This Beef and Beans recipe is based upon one from a 1930s cookbook.

With classic cabbage roll flavors in a one-pot meal, this Cabbage Roll in a Bowl can be your new go-to meal that's ready in under 30!

This is a classic WW2 casserole that is cheap and easy to throw together for a weeknight meal.

These savory pancakes are one of my favorite vintage recipes I've ever tried. They also freeze well so you can make up a huge batch and eat for days/

Baked Beans with Sausage is a fairly easy flavorful way to cook dried beans with a crock pot option from Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch.

This hearty healthy ham and bean soup is delicious. Flavored with chicken stock and tomato sauce, this is an easy slow cooker soup recipe!

Looking for a delicious recipe that is easy to make and also a very frugal recipe? Try this field peas recipe that is paired with ham for a delicious and filling meal.

These Instant Pot Pork 'n Beans hearken back to the canned version, but are refined sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, & soaked for best digestion!

Jambalaya is one of the best dishes and with an Instant Pot you can whip up a batch of Easy Jambalaya in short order.

Make an easy 3-ingredient Keto meal out of this Keto Sausage and Broccoli dish. It also makes an excellent simple, versatile meal.

Make a delicious, inexpensive white bean soup for a one-pot meal. Use canned beans or quick soak dried beans, bean soup with ham.

A New Orleans classic red beans and rice is a great comfort dish that is cheap to make.

The quickest weeknight meal you can make; tuna, peas, onions and a simple broth make this dish one you will eat over and over again!

Enjoy these healthy salmon patties made from canned salmon and a few other basic ingredients. They are keto-friendly and gluten-free plus they freeze really well so they are great for meal prep!

Cheesy tuna casserole is a classic dish that's easy to make and great for meal prep. Learn 2 ways to make tasty cheesy tuna noodle casserole!

This Cheesy Tuna and Rice One Skillet Recipe is quick and easy to make. Plus, it is budget friendly and uses common pantry items!

This canned tuna pasta recipe is quick, healthy, and comforting. It's the perfect recipe when you don't have a lot in your pantry!

A quick, easy, and budget-friendly recipe for tuna patties that are crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside, and bursting with tons of flavor from simple ingredients like onion, mustard, spices, and fresh lemon. (gluten-free & grain-free options)

There is something cozy about pulling a hot casserole from the oven. Macaroni Tuna Mornay is a casserole which will bring back childhood memories for those who grew up in 60s.

This simple no-cook sauce has a delicious flavor with minimal work required.

A healthy one-pot Peanut Butter Curry ready in 10 minutes. It's also gluten free & vegan using simple ingredients you can buy anywhere!

These Chipotle Vegan Black Bean Burgers are already delectable with their hearty texture and rich flavors, but it's the addition of our homemade chipotle sauce that elevates them to pure deliciousness, creating a tantalizing smoky heat that leaves you craving for more with every bite. They are completely vegan and gluten-free!

Make a quick and tasty chickpea curry in just 10 minutes. Packed with spinach, it is a healthy vegan delight.

These black bean enchiladas are high in protein and full of flavor. Perfect for an easy dinner and great to make ahead for meal prep.

Parsley Pasta with Parmesan recipe that takes 15 minutes to make and costs less than $4. Your entire family will like this fresh pasta dinner.

It doesn't get much simpler than this Easy Peas and Rice Soup. Make a batch tonight!

Moroccan Chickpea Soup is a vegan and gluten-free 30-minute meal combining chickpeas, vegetables, and warm spices in a tomato-based broth.

Dump & start recipe for a quick & tasty Italian vegetarian soup, Pasta Fagioli. This hearty soup is made by simmering pasta & beans in a rich tomato broth.

Brothy Beans with Garlic Toast ~ yes beans and toast can be dinner, and a darned delicious one, at that, this is a healthy Mediterranean inspired meal!

These 5-ingredient vegan stuffed shells with spinach and ricotta is a simple 30-minute vegan pasta dinner perfect for any occasion.

Beans and Rice Taco Soup is a 30 minute meal made with only shelf-stable ingredients. Tomato soup with salsa, black beans, corn, rice, and taco seasoning.

This is about making quick and easy buckwheat patties with simple ingredients. Learn how to make buckwheat burgers by following this vegan recipe.

Got leftover rice? Don't toss it out. Repurpose it into these crunchy, cheesy fritters with hidden veggies.

We all need a few low-cost meals in our repertoire and Haluski is perfect. Cabbage, onions and noodles. Despite the humble ingredients, Haluski is delicious.