I love this post and find it really encouraging! I would love to hear what you guys think! Chili Mac- one box of swirly noodles and 2 cans of amour chili with beans.

Cook noodles. Add chili. Cost less than 5 bucks! Feeds approx Quesadillas are my favorite in-a-pinch meal. I just fill the tortillas with whatever I have on hand: cheese of course , rice, beans, spinach, diced tomatoes… the possibilities are endless.

We ate these for a week! My Burmese friend makes a very nourishing and filling soup from by using a large pot with 2 to 3 quarts of both or water. Into that add 1 cup of rice. Let this come to a boil and then simmer until the rice is completely dissolved and it looks creamy. You can add bits of leftover meat or fish, leftover veggies or fresh diced or grated veggies.

Season with salt and pepper and whatever else your family likes. This makes 1 cup of rice and a few leftovers make a really good meal.

The rice part is called congee and I make it all the time in my crockpot. Just as you said, you can add so many things to it. Great post and comments. New ideas are always a great resource when money is tight.

My meal ideas for times like this are: making a batch of no knead dough which uses only flour, water, salt and yeast. I make English muffins with it, pizza, and bread. And cheese if i have a little bit. I also make an almost free soup using bits of all leftover veges and beef that I have saved from cooking from weeks prior.

Usually I add a can of tomato sauce to this frozen leftover assortment and it is great. Making a loaf of bread is super frugal for breakfasts just served with jam or as toast. My mom used to make rice and tomatoes and fried potatoes.

She used a can of tomatoes, with salt, pepper, bacon grease and a sprinkle of sugar which we ate over white rice. For a treat we would have biscuits with molasses or hot chocolate pudding. I think homemade dumplings or noodles in some sort of meat broth, thickened is also super cheap and filling.

Some of my favorite meals are those my mom made at the end of her budget! Simple but good stuff. Fried egg sandwiches are also one of my favorite cheap meals.

I like cauliflower, corn, carrot, broccoli blend…add some cooked meat , chicken or pork…cut up in small to med cubes.. aprox 1 chick leg or thigh…is good enough…. cook a few minutes and serve. The burger dog…. fry it and serve on a stick like a corndog or in a bun likes hot dog…..

also if you have a few bucks to spare on a treat. I like hot Cheetos with cone dip. The hot chocolate creates a nice hard shell around the hot Cheetos…. Trust me on this one…the combination is delicious. Diy sushi bowls. I cook rice with a can of salmon mixed in. Serve with cucumber sticks and seaweed.

My kids make their own mini sushi rolls at the table. I always made mac n cheese with wieners that I sliced up and browned in a little margarine. Mix these together for a pretty darn good, and cheap meal. When I stock up on sales, say ground beef.

I fry it all then portion it out for different meals such as taco salad, stew etc. I label what they are for and freeze. I allot them for times the budget is tight. That way I have easy fix meal ideas already half done and my budget gets a break!

Save bacon grease. After cooking bacon, let the grease cool slightly, then strain into a pint jar. I use a small sieve, but you can also push a coffee filter an inch or so into the jar, then screw on the lid and strain the grease through that.

That grease makes veggies taste wonderful, and if you have more month than money, you can use the grease to make gravy. Even without any meat, gravy served over hot biscuits or rice, or potatoes is very filling!

What a wonderful list. There are lots of times when I have to figure out something for dinner on a whim. Too many trips to town eats up too much gas money.

I learned living so far out, you plan ahead better. I typically have dried beef in the freezer and we just have dried beef gravy over toast a lot of times.

And we actually like it. Thank you so much for sharing these ideas. I will have to remember these next time we get in a pinch.

I made up an artisan bread recipe that bakes in a loaf pan, it has half whole wheat flour and half unbleached flour, salt, yeast, water. Great way to stretch the budget. One of our fast foods at end of money is creamed tuna over whole wheat toast, as we usually have cream of chicken soup and tuna in our pantry…..

I add lemon pepper to it and a bit of garlic powder. And always keep an extra loaf of whole wheat bread in the freezer. So amazing the things I learned……my kids say I can make a meal out of practically nothing. Because I based it on wheat, whole grains, dried beans, lentils…….

amazing what tasty healthy meals I came up with!!! And to make it into fast food meals: I began planning, cooking, and freezing ingredients ahead. For example, Italian Stew: grab frozen cooked wheat, frozen cooked lentils, frozen cooked crumbled sausage, a bottle or can of tomatoes, italian seasonings, dried onions and dried garlic bits…..

for a super yummy stew….. in fact when I made this stew for a few taste testers, not my family, they went back for seconds and thirds. Usually will serve it with popovers, or my homemade healthier refrigerator crescent roll recipe that I wanted to have to replace canned refrigerator crescent rolls…..

I grew up in South Dakota in the 50s. My parents were early in the process of growing a business. With 5 kids we had many meals of creamed tuna on toast topped with butter. Also scrambled egg sandwiches dipped in ketchup.

I laugh because my frugal parents worked their way up to millionaires by the s. And I love to eat creamed canned tuna or chicken on toast to remember my carefree childhood growing up in a small South Dakota town. We also ate powdered sugar plus a tablespoon of milk mixed up on saltine crackers for a treat.

We ate apples off our tree. We were in heaven growing up on the beautiful long grass prairie to the sound of the ever present wind. In the fall everyone raked their leaves into the gutters and lit them on fire for hot dog roasts over the fires on the same day all over town.

Greenbean casserole soup! From my counting change for gas years. I used all store bought canned items then. It was in the s! Can of cream of mushroom soup. Add milk. Add browned ground beef, or other meat. Add a can each of drained potatoes and drained Green beans. Salt and pepper. Make it as thin as you need to or as thick as you can afford to.

This came about when I had 30 bucks for groceries for the whole week for a family of four and that included having to buy diapers for a toddler. It was at the end of the week and I was rummaging thru what little was in my cupboards trying to figure out how to make an actual meal for four!

Also, never forget basic grilled cheese. Have a can of tuna? Turn it into a tuna melt. Good healthy pasta… cheap!

Make a small amount of oatmeal without any additives on the stove, allow this to cool. Now mix with wheat flour until it makes a ball you can roll out. Roll out the dough and place on a heated castiron pancake pan. unoiled allow to cook until brown on one side and flip to cook on the other side.

Be careful not to cook too long on either side. I also make wheat yeast bread and that uses 4 cups wheat flour and 4 cups unbleached white flour.

I have a couple of easy recipes 1. chicken mac as we call it lol… I use left over rotesserie chicken but you can use any kind of left over chicken you have on hand. whatever you like 3. about half of a block of velvetta or any kind of cheese you like 4. spicy potato soup 1. cooked hamburger meat—-or turkey I have never used turkey but you can try if you like too.

goulash 1. drain off excess great from meat 2. cooked noodles we use elbow mac 3. must do a taste test lol. Sure, if all you do is shop a big box store Walmart, Target, fancy grocers and buy name brand, yeah, prices are insane. Sure, some package sizes have changed, but so have our shopping habits.

Where possible, STOP shopping the big box stores and fancy grocery stores. I understand those options are there for convenience as well as for some folks who have disabilities, but those of us that CAN do for ourselves, should. This website has always been great at highlighting those options.

And when you DO buy things like cleaners or soaps, water them down!!!!! Manufacturers rely on consumers not knowing how to do things. By diluting your cleaners and soaps, you can get x more per product, with the same results! Try it! And you can clean sooooo many things using white vinegar, lemon juice, and baking soda.

All of which can be bought cheaply and easily! Of course, I still believe there are plenty of bargains to be had but it also very much depends on where you live. Nearest farmers market is 15 miles away and expensive! I moved from ne ohio….

there is quite a lot there to choose from and the grocery prices are lower there. Food prices are much higher here. Even in the big box stores and the dollar stores.

the dollar store prices drop just driving over a few towns. Kinda like gas prices. My go-to quick and cheap dinner is cacio e pepe. Spaghetti with butter, finely grated pecorino Romano, ground black pepper and pasta water to make a sauce.

Delicious, quick and cheap. Yorksire bread…. easy, quick, cheap! Place pan with oil in it in oven. Heat oven to I just use my blender. Pour into pan of hot oil. Bake 20 min. I cut mine in triangles like I would a pizza. Family loves this bread. Also came up with gf version, but that works best in a muffin tin.

Awesome rolls! This is a great healthy cheap… and fast…. option to bread! Skip to content This post may contain affiliate links. Table of Contents Toggle. Previous Previous. Next Continue.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Yeah, my mother put many things over toast. And yummy. How old is that list? Those foods are a lot more expensive than that where I live. I want to know what is the dish in the first picture. That looks yummy. Love your blog!

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You can unsubscribe at any time. You got it! Easy Black Bean Soup Latin American Heritage. Nutrition-wise, brown rice is a great choice. Brown rice contains all of its healthy bran and germ, has more than twice as much fiber, potassium, vitamin B6, and magnesium as refined white rice, as well as more of many other essential nutrients.

Whole grain brown rice has been shown to cut diabetes risk , inhibit some cancers, and darker colored rice such as red and black rice are rich in antioxidants. When compared to total occasions, brown rice occasions highly over-index for Chinese, global fusion, Spanish, Indian Middle Eastern, and Tex-Mex cuisines, and then strongly over-index for Mexican, Contemporary Italian, French, and Japanese cuisines.

The research also shows brown rice is often paired with healthy ingredients and helps to drive consumption of other nutrient-dense foods.

And as you can see below, long grain brown rice is less expensive than the same private label long grain white rice. Brown Rice Pilaf with Golden Raisins and Almonds Mediterranean. Brown Rice and Red Beans in Light Coconut Milk African Heritage.

Wild Veggie Tostadas Latin American Heritage. Vegetarian Bibimbap Asian Heritage. Thousands of years ago, people ground wheat, mixed it with water to make a wheat paste, dried it, and then boiled it to go with meals.

A healthy pasta meal is truly the sum of its parts and features two key factors: what you pair with your pasta, and how much pasta you eat in a meal.

Pasta is an ideal partner for healthy foods and ingredients such as vegetables, beans, and herbs whole or in sauce form and extra virgin olive oil. Nuts, fish, and small amounts of meat or cheese can also be added for extra flavor and protein.

Healthy pasta meals are a balance of pleasure and health! Pasta e Fagioli Mediterranean. Sopa de Fideos Latin American Heritage. Asian Garlic Noodles Asian Heritage.

Jamaican Rasta Pasta African Heritage. Vegetables are at the heart of all traditional diets around the world. Cost and availability are cited as reasons. Frozen vegetables are an affordable and available solution.

No waste. To stretch even more flavor and nutrition from a pot of simmering vegetables, save the cooking water for another use, such as for future soups or sauces.

In African Heritage culinary traditions, this nutritious cooking liquid is called pot likker, which no savvy cook would let go to waste. Vegetable Risotto Mediterranean. South American Vegetable and Rice Soup Latin American Heritage.

Aloo-Palak Asian Heritage. Oldways Kenyan Vegetable Mashed Potatoes African Heritage. Tomatoes are a great source of several vitamins and minerals: Lycopene, Vitamin C, Potassium, Iron, Fiber and Beta Carotene [1].

We can all agree that perfectly ripe fresh tomatoes are a treat. But they have a fairly short growing season. For those months when tomatoes are not in season in your neck of the woods, canned tomatoes are a perfect option for tomato lovers, because they are harvested fresh and packed within hours and can deliver year-round nutrition, good taste, and affordability.

This liquid can be saved and used as a way to add flavor to rice or other whole grains, such as in the Jollof Rice recipe below. One Pot Mediterranean Orzo Mediterranean. Oldways Jollof Rice African Heritage. Asian Tomato and Rice Bowl Asian Heritage. Chicken Tortilla Soup Latin American Heritage.

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This caprese-inspired salad makes a meal when stirred into pasta. You can even add grilled chicken for more protein. Although this recipe calls for ingredients you'll likely only find at specialty grocery stores, you can easily swap out the Thai basil with regular basil and the Thai peppers with serrano peppers, as Allrecipes Allstar lutzflcat did: "This was so full of flavor and so darn easy to make I simply couldn't believe it.

This simple linguine is made using ingredients you likely have in your kitchen right now. Try adding grilled or sauteed veggies to make it a meal. Chicken and asparagus are tossed in an orange-soy sauce and served over brown rice to make a well-balanced weeknight dinner. If you prefer the sauce a little thicker , combine equal parts cornstarch and water, mix until combined, and stir into sauce.

Canned tuna is an affordable, high-quality source of protein, and it's hard to resist in this cheesy panini melt. Serve with homemade potato chips for a diner-style dinner. Vegetarians and meat eaters alike will enjoy these quesadillas loaded with mushrooms, onions, black beans, cilantro, mozzarella cheese, and lime juice.

Serve with salsa on the side, if desired. This five-ingredient dinner comes together in just 25 minutes. You can use homemade pesto or jarred pesto in place of pesto sauce mix, according to reviewers.

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This inexpensive dish is a great way to use up leftover pork! Are you in the mood for a change of pace?

Perhaps another taste of the Far East will whet your appetite! If Szechuan cuisine suits your fancy, Chengtu Chicken is worth the time. A true scotch egg consists of a hard-cooked egg wrapped enveloped in sausage, then coated in bread crumbs and baked or fried! Here is one of my favorite inexpensive homemade Chinese food dishes.

Chinese chop suey is the quintessential comfort dish — chicken or pork and vegetables cooked in a flavorful sauce. Served with fresh steamed green beans and jasmine rice, you might want to consider making a double batch as the family will go back for seconds and thirds!

Chicken Tikka tends to get overcomplicated in recipes, but this one is fine, quick and easy. Ethnic foods are delicious! Thai style sweet and sour dish with tomatoes cucumber, onion, pineapple, sweet pepper and spring …. The key to good tempura is fresh ingredients, lumpy batter and a constant oil temperature.

Used …. Canning ~ Preserving Copycat ~ Clone Dehydrated- Dried Foods Dirt Cheap Recipes Dump Recipes Ethnic Inexpensively Keto Make Your Own Ramen Recipes Holidays Valentines Day St. It is meals like this that help stretch our food budget money out.

Plus, many of the flavorful spices and ingredients used in ethnic foods have been proven to have a wide variety of health benefits. Just a few examples, Turmeric, an ingredient in many curries, has been researched widely for its anti-cancer properties. Hot pepper are in wide use around the world, and they also boost a wide variety of health promoting attributes.

The point is, Ethnic food may not only help your budget, it may also help your health! These are just a couple of online examples, but I really enjoy getting cookbooks at the library for a wide variety of ethnic foods and learning how to cook certain dishes from them.

I really want to learn how to cook a new favorite, Ethiopian sourdough teff bread with different toppings. It is also worth noting that when we eat out, we often find ourselves at a restaurant that is either Thai, Vietnamese, and Ethiopian, among others because the prices are good, the meals are flavorful, and we can easily share entrées.

These meals eaten out often give me inspiration for learning how to make them at home, for even cheaper! Lamb, by the way, is almost always completely grass-fed, so we often choose that when we can.

A local ethnic store can be a great source for many ingredients though always label check, some contain soy oil, MSG, and other unsavory ingredients , as well as fresh seafood, and hard to time food items. Great tip! So much of ethnic cooking is from scratch, too.

Blessings, Nancy. So true! Many of the local restaurants in our area cook from scratch, which is what I look for. We tend toward eating at ethnic restaurants when we eat out as well. Given my dietary restrictions food sensitivies and GAPS diet and breastfeeding , it seems that ethnic places allow me something I can actually eat.

Indian food seems to be our favorite. I get concerned at some Asian places about MSG, soy, sugars, etc.

It has always seemed to us that Indian restaurants were the least likely to use things like MSG and packaged foods. I currently live near Washington, DC and love it because we have every kind of ethnic market available due to the diplomatic population.

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